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When do schools break up for Easter 2028?

The most common combination is a term ending on Friday 31 March 2028 and the next term starting on Tuesday 18 April 2028, shared by 49 of the 72 councils with these dates available here. Check your school's own dates.

The gap between those terms lasts 17 days, from Saturday 1 April 2028 to Monday 17 April 2028.

The dates councils have chosen

Last day of the spring term

  1. 51 councils
  2. 21 councils
  3. 1 council

First day of the summer term

  1. 50 councils
  2. 24 councils
  3. 1 council

Easter holidays 2028: what differs

Easter holidays 2028 council by council

Easter holidays 2028 by councilThe last day of term and, where available, the start of the next term, based on council sources
CouncilLast day of the spring termFirst day of the summer termDays off
Barking and Dagenham14
Barnet17
Birmingham16
Bolton17
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole17
Bristol17
Bromley17
Buckinghamshire17
Cambridgeshire17
Camden17
Cheshire East17
Cheshire West and Chester17
Cornwall17
Coventry16
Croydon17
Cumberland17
Derbyshire16
Devon17
Dudley16
Durham16
Ealing17
East Sussex17
Enfield17
Essex17
GloucestershireNot given consistently by the council
Greenwich17
Hampshire17
Haringey17
Harrow17
Havering17
Hillingdon17
Hounslow17
Hull16
Islington17
Kent17
Kirklees16
Lancashire17
Leeds17
Leicester16
Leicestershire16
Lincolnshire18
Liverpool16
Manchester17
Merton17
Milton Keynes17
North Northamptonshire17
North YorkshireNot given as a term date by the council
Nottingham17
Nottinghamshire17
Plymouth17
PortsmouthNot given consistently by the council
Redbridge16
Rotherham17
Salford17
Sandwell16
Sheffield17
Solihull16
Somerset17
Southwark17
Staffordshire16
Stockport17
Stoke-on-Trent16
Suffolk17
Surrey17
Sutton17
Tower Hamlets17
WakefieldNot given as a term date by the council
Walsall16
Wandsworth17
Warwickshire16
West Northamptonshire16
Westmorland and Furness17
Wirral17
Wolverhampton16
Worcestershire16
York16

“Days off” counts every day between the last day of term and the first day of the next term, including weekends.

For an explanation of calculated and missing date labels, see: How we check the dates

Reading the Easter holiday dates

The Easter holiday tables for 2028 show each council's last day of the spring term and first day of the summer term, based on council sources. The school break falls between these terms and does not always include the Easter weekend. Neighbouring councils can choose different dates. Calculated dates are labelled, and notes identify term boundaries that the council lists as INSET days. Source links and the dates they were read are listed under Sources and updates at the end of this page. Check your school's own dates too, as these may differ from the council's.

Other years: Easter holidays 2027, Easter holidays 2029.

School term dates 2027/28 · All councils from A to Z

Questions and answers

When do schools break up for Easter 2028?

Term ends on Friday 31 March 2028 in 51 of the 73 councils with this date available here; the table lists the council dates. Check your school's calendar for pupils' last day.

When do schools go back after Easter 2028?

The next term starts on Tuesday 18 April 2028 in 50 of the 75 councils with this date available here. Pupils may return later because of INSET days; check your school's calendar.

Easter holidays 2028: how long is the break?

The holiday lasts 17 days for the most common dates, shared by 49 councils on this site; the table shows the lengths elsewhere.

Do the Easter holidays always include the Easter weekend?

No, the school Easter holidays do not always include the Easter weekend. Check the council's term dates and your school's own dates to see when the school break falls.

Why might a neighbouring council have different Easter holidays?

Councils can choose different term dates for the schools whose dates they set. This means the Easter holidays may not fall in the same week in neighbouring areas.

What do the dates in the table represent?

They are the last day of the spring term and the first day of the summer term, based on the council's published information. Calculated dates are labelled. Where the council identifies either date as an INSET day, a note explains that pupils are not in school.