2025 NSW School Holiday Info
The information below is relevant to NSW state schools. Independent and Catholic schools do base their terms on the state school dates but their term dates can vary from school to school. You should check directly with the relevant school to find out the correct term date information. In NSW term dates are broken into Eastern Division and Western Division. The term dates for both divisions are identical with the exception of term 1.
Note that the dates below represent official term dates however many schools elect to start the students back on slightly different dates. For instance, it is common for the first day back at school to be a Tuesday for students rather than the Monday. It is also common for students to finish term 4 in the days prior to the final Friday.
NOTE: The Education NSW website does not include weekends as part of the school holidays. For example, the Term 1 School Holidays show as starting on Monday, 14 April 2025. We have elected to include weekends in our dates as it makes it easier for those planning holidays. So our Term 1 School Holidays show as starting on Saturday, 12 April 2025. You can view the Education NSW school holiday dates here.
2025 NSW School Holidays and Term Dates
Period | Start | Finish | Length |
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Term 1 - Eastern Division | Friday, 31 January 2025 | Friday, 11 April 2025 | 10 weeks |
Term 1 - Western Division | Friday, 7 February 2025 | Friday, 11 April 2025 | 9 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday, 12 April 2025 | Sunday, 27 April 2025 | |
Term 2 | Monday, 28 April 2025 | Friday, 4 July 2025 | 10 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday, 5 July 2025 | Sunday, 20 July 2025 | |
Term 3 | Monday, 21 July 2025 | Friday, 26 September 2025 | 10 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday, 27 September 2025 | Sunday, 12 October 2025 | |
Term 4* | Monday, 13 October 2025 | Friday, 19 December 2025 | 10 weeks |
School Holidays - Eastern Division | Saturday, 20 December 2025 | Monday, 26 January 2026 | |
School Holidays - Western Division | Saturday, 20 December 2025 | Monday, 2 February 2026 |
*Year 12 has different finishing dates in term 4. Year 12 only goes for 3 terms and graduate late September/early October. There is then a short break before returning for final exams (HSC) which start mid-October and end around the same time in November. Dates will be added once made available.
2026 NSW School Holiday Info
The information below is relevant to NSW state schools. Independent and Catholic schools do base their terms on the state school dates but their term dates can vary from school to school. You should check directly with the relevant school to find out the correct term date information. In NSW term dates are broken into Eastern Division and Western Division. The term dates for both divisions are identical with the exception of term 1.
Note that the dates below represent official term dates however many schools elect to start the students back on slightly different dates. For instance, it is common for the first day back at school to be a Tuesday for students rather than the Monday due to the first day being used as a school development day. It is also common for students to finish term 4 in the days prior to the final Friday.
NOTE: The Education NSW website does not include weekends or public holidays as part of the school holidays. For example, the Term 1 School Holidays show as starting on Tuesday, 7 April 2026. We have elected to include weekends and public holidays in our dates as it makes it easier for those planning holidays. So our Term 1 School Holidays show as starting on Friday, 3 April 2026. You can view the Education NSW school holiday dates here.
2026 NSW School Holidays and Term Dates
Period | Start | Finish | Length |
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Term 1 - Eastern Division | Tuesday, 27 January 2026 | Thursday, 2 April 2026 | 10 weeks |
Term 1 - Western Division | Tuesday, 3 February 2026 | Thursday, 2 April 2026 | 9 weeks |
School Holidays | Friday, 3 April 2026 | Sunday, 19 April 2026 | |
Term 2 | Monday, 20 April 2026 | Friday, 3 July 2026 | 10 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday, 4 July 2026 | Sunday, 19 July 2026 | |
Term 3 | Monday, 20 July 2026 | Friday, 25 September 2026 | 10 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday, 26 September 2026 | Sunday, 11 October 2026 | |
Term 4* | Monday, 12 October 2026 | Thursday, 17 December 2026 | 10 weeks |
School Holidays - Eastern Division | Friday, 18 December 2026 | Wednesday, 27 January 2027 | |
School Holidays - Western Division | Friday, 18 December 2026 | Wednesday, 3 February 2027 |
*Year 12 has different finishing dates in term 4. Year 12 only goes for 3 terms and graduate late September/early October. There is then a short break before returning for final exams (HSC) which start mid-October and end around the same time in November. Dates will be added once made available.
2018 NSW School Holiday Info
The information below is relevant to NSW state schools. Independent and Catholic schools do base their terms on the state school dates but their term dates can vary from school to school. You should check directly with the relevant school to find out the correct term date information. In NSW term dates are broken into Eastern Division and Western Division. The term dates for both divisions are identical with the exception of term 1.
Note that the dates below represent official term dates however many schools elect to start the students back on slightly different dates. For instance, it is common for the first day back at school to be a Tuesday for students rather than the Monday. It is also common for students to finish term 4 in the days prior to the final Friday.
2018 NSW School Holidays and Term Dates
Period | Start | Finish | Length |
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Term 1 - Eastern Division | Monday, 29 January 2018 | Friday, 13 April 2018 | 11 weeks |
Term 1 - Western Division | Monday, 5 February 2018 | Friday, 13 April 2018 | 10 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday, 14 April 2018 | Sunday, 29 April 2018 | |
Term 2 | Tuesday, 1 May 2018 | Friday, 6 July 2018 | 10 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday, 7 July 2018 | Sunday, 22 July 2018 | |
Term 3 | Tuesday, 24 July 2018 | Friday, 28 September 2018 | 10 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday, 29 September 2018 | Sunday, 14 October 2018 | |
Term 4* | Monday, 15 October 2018 | Wednesday, 19 December 2018 | 10 weeks |
School Holidays - Eastern Division | Saturday, 22 December 2018 | Monday, 28 January 2019 | |
School Holidays - Western Division | Saturday, 22 December 2018 | Monday, 4 February 2019 |
School development days happen at the start of terms 1, 2 & 3 and the last 2 days of the school year. These days may vary from school to school.
*Year 12 has different finishing dates in term 4. Year 12 only goes for 3 terms and graduate late September/early October. There is then a short break before returning for final exams (HSC) which start mid-October and end around the same time in November.
2017 NSW School Holiday Info
The information below is relevant to NSW state schools. Independent and Catholic schools do base their terms on the state school dates but their term dates can vary from school to https://canadianpharmacyonline.org/ school. You should check directly with the relevant school to find out the correct term date information.
In NSW term dates are broken into Eastern Division http://prescriptionpharmacy.net/ and Western Division. The term dates for both divisions are identical with the exception of term 1.
School staff generally return between 1-2 days prior to students excluding the 4th term where they return on the same day as the students. The student school holiday dates are the ones shown in the below table.
2017 NSW School Holidays and Term Dates
Period | Start | Finish | Length |
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Term 1 - Eastern Division | Monday, 30 January 2017 | Friday, 07 April 2017 | 10 weeks |
Term 1 - Western Division | Monday, 06 February 2017 | Friday, 07 April 2017 | 9 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday 8 April 2017 | Tuesday 25 April 2017 | |
Term 2 | Wednesday, 26 April 2017 | Friday, 30 June 2017 | 9 1/2 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday 1 July 2017 | Monday 17 July 2017 | |
Term 3 | Tuesday, 18 July 2017 | Friday, 22 September 2017 | 9 1/2 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday 23 September 2017 | Sunday 8 October 2017 | |
Term 4* | Monday, 09 October 2017 | Friday, 15 December 2017 | 10 weeks |
School Holidays - Western Division | Saturday 16 December 2017 | Monday, 5 February 2018 | |
School Holidays - Eastern Division | Saturday, 16 December 2017 | Monday, 29 January 2018 |
*Year 12 has different finishing dates in term 4. Year 12 only goes for 3 terms and graduate late September/early October. There is then a short break before returning for final exams (HSC) which start mid-October and end around the same time in November. Dates will be added once made available.
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