Australian Capital Territory School Holidays 2026
ACT public schools. Non-government schools may set different dates. Always check your school's own calendar.
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Published by the ACT Education Directorate ·
Source: ACT Education Directorate's term dates 2026 ↗ · page 2 ↗
Copied 3 October 2026 · Last checked 3 October 2026 · Updated 3 October 2026
Australian Capital Territory school holidays 2026 and term dates for government schools: the first and last day of each of the four terms, the school holidays between them, the student-free days (staff only, no school for students) and the public holidays that fall in term time, taken from the ACT Education Directorate's own calendar.
Term dates 2026
| Term |
Dates |
Then |
|---|
| Term 1 | Fri 30 January 2026 – Thu 2 April 2026New students (Kindergarten, Years 7 and 11, new enrolments); continuing students start one school day later | Easter school holidays: Fri 3 April – Sun 19 April 2026 |
| Term 2 | Tue 21 April 2026 – Fri 3 July 2026 | Winter school holidays: Sat 4 July – Sun 19 July 2026 |
| Term 3 | Tue 21 July 2026 – Fri 25 September 2026 | Spring school holidays: Sat 26 September – Sun 11 October 2026 |
| Term 4 | Tue 13 October 2026 – Fri 18 December 2026 | Summer school holidays: Sat 19 December 2026 – Thu 28 January 2027 |
Term dates are the days students attend, from the first to the last day of each term. The school holidays are the days in between without school for students; student-free days (staff only) are listed separately below.
Good to know
- Dates for ACT public schools. Term 1 starts in stages: new students (Kindergarten, Years 7 and 11, new enrolments) start first, continuing students one school day later. Teachers start each term with a student-free day. Non-government schools may set different dates.
School holidays 2026
Holiday dates include the weekends and public holidays between two terms.
Student-free days 2026 (staff only)
On these days only staff attend: no school for students. They are part of the term, not school holidays.
- Thu 29 January 2026 – Student-free day (teachers start)
- Mon 20 April 2026 – Student-free day (teachers start)
- Mon 20 July 2026 – Student-free day (teachers start)
- Mon 12 October 2026 – Student-free day (teachers start)
Public holidays in term time 2026
- Mon 9 March 2026: Canberra Day
- Mon 27 April 2026: Anzac Day (additional day)
- Mon 1 June 2026: Reconciliation Day
- Mon 8 June 2026: King's Birthday
2026 month by month
B School holidays
H Public holiday in term time
S Student-free day: staff only, no school for students
T1 Term starts / ends
January 2026
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
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| | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29S | 30T1 | 31 | |
February 2026
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| 2• | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | |
March 2026
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9H | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | | | | | |
April 2026
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
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| | 1 | 2End | 3B | 4B | 5B |
| 6B | 7B | 8B | 9B | 10B | 11B | 12B |
| 13B | 14B | 15B | 16B | 17B | 18B | 19B |
| 20S | 21T2 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27H | 28 | 29 | 30 | | | |
May 2026
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| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
June 2026
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
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| 1H | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8H | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | | | | | |
July 2026
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
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| | 1 | 2 | 3End | 4B | 5B |
| 6B | 7B | 8B | 9B | 10B | 11B | 12B |
| 13B | 14B | 15B | 16B | 17B | 18B | 19B |
| 20S | 21T3 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | | |
August 2026
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
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| | | | | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | | | | | | |
September 2026
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25End | 26B | 27B |
| 28B | 29B | 30B | | | | |
October 2026
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
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| | | 1B | 2B | 3B | 4B |
| 5B | 6B | 7B | 8B | 9B | 10B | 11B |
| 12S | 13T4 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
November 2026
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
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| | | | | | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | | | | | | |
December 2026
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18End | 19B | 20B |
| 21B | 22B | 23B | 24B | 25B | 26B | 27B |
| 28B | 29B | 30B | 31B | | | |
The summer holidays of 2025-26 (January 2026) are not shown: 2025 is not on this site.
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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.
