School Holidays and Term Dates in Australia

Find the official school holidays and term dates of every Australian state and territory for 2026: the first and last day of each term, the Easter, winter, spring and summer school holidays, and the staff-only days the departments set. Every date comes from the education department's own calendar, with a link to the source and the date we last checked it. When a department has not published a year yet, we say so and show no estimated dates.

School holidays 2026 by state

StateTerm 1 startsEaster school holidaysWinter school holidaysSpring school holidaysSummer school holidays
New South WalesMon 2 Feb3–19 Apr4–19 Jul26 Sep–11 Oct18 Dec–27 Jan Eastern division
18 Dec–3 Feb Western division
QueenslandTue 27 Jan3–19 Apr27 Jun–12 Jul19 Sep–5 Oct12 Dec–26 Jan
South AustraliaTue 27 Jan11–26 Apr4–19 Jul26 Sep–11 Oct12 Dec–26 Jan
TasmaniaThu 5 Feb18 Apr–3 May11–26 Jul3–18 Oct19 Dec–3 Feb
VictoriaWed 28 Jan3–19 Apr27 Jun–12 Jul19 Sep–4 Oct19 Dec–26 Jan
Western AustraliaMon 2 Feb3–19 Apr4–19 Jul26 Sep–11 Oct18 Dec–31 Jan
Australian Capital TerritoryFri 30 Jan3–19 Apr4–19 Jul26 Sep–11 Oct19 Dec–28 Jan
Northern TerritoryThu 29 Jan3–12 Apr20 Jun–12 Jul19 Sep–4 Oct12 Dec–24 Jan

School holidays 2027 by state

StateTerm 1 startsEaster school holidaysWinter school holidaysSpring school holidaysSummer school holidays
New South WalesWed 3 Feb10–26 Apr3–18 Jul25 Sep–10 Oct21 Dec–30 Jan Eastern division
21 Dec–6 Feb Western division
QueenslandWed 27 Jan26 Mar–11 Apr26 Jun–11 Jul18 Sep–4 Oct11 Dec–23 Jan
South AustraliaWed 27 Jan10–25 Apr3–18 Jul25 Sep–10 Oct11 Dec–30 Jan
TasmaniaThu 4 Feb10–25 Apr3–18 Jul25 Sep–10 OctFrom Fri 17 Dec (end date not on this site yet)
VictoriaThu 28 Jan26 Mar–11 Apr26 Jun–11 Jul18 Sep–3 Oct18 Dec–26 Jan
Western AustraliaMon 1 Feb10–25 Apr3–18 Jul25 Sep–10 Oct17 Dec–1 Feb
Australian Capital TerritoryMon 1 Feb10–26 Apr3–18 Jul25 Sep–10 Oct18 Dec–6 Feb
Northern TerritoryWed 27 Jan3–11 Apr19 Jun–11 Jul18 Sep–3 Oct11 Dec–23 Jan

School holidays by state and territory

Australia at a glance

How we source dates

Every date in the school calendars on this site comes from the education department's own published term dates. Each page names the source, links to it, and shows the date we copied it and the date we last checked it. We do not estimate dates: a year that a department has not published is shown as not yet published, and a year we could not read from the department's own website yet is shown as published by the department, dates not on this site yet. The dates apply to government schools; Catholic and independent schools set their own, and many schools add their own pupil-free days. Always check your school's calendar.

OCT

21

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Wednesday 21

October 2026

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