Australian Capital Territory School Holidays 2027
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 2027 ↗ · page 2 ↗
Copied 3 October 2026 · Last checked 3 October 2026 · Updated 3 October 2026
Australian Capital Territory school holidays 2027 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 2027
| Term |
Dates |
Then |
|---|
| Term 1 | Mon 1 February 2027 – Fri 9 April 2027New students (Kindergarten, Years 7 and 11, new enrolments); continuing students start one school day later | Easter school holidays: Sat 10 April – Mon 26 April 2027 |
| Term 2 | Wed 28 April 2027 – Fri 2 July 2027 | Winter school holidays: Sat 3 July – Sun 18 July 2027 |
| Term 3 | Tue 20 July 2027 – Fri 24 September 2027 | Spring school holidays: Sat 25 September – Sun 10 October 2027 |
| Term 4 | Tue 12 October 2027 – Fri 17 December 2027 | Summer school holidays: Sat 18 December 2027 – Sun 6 February 2028 |
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 2027
Holiday dates include the weekends and public holidays between two terms.
Student-free days 2027 (staff only)
On these days only staff attend: no school for students. They are part of the term, not school holidays.
- Fri 29 January 2027 – Student-free day (teachers start)
- Tue 27 April 2027 – Student-free day (teachers start)
- Mon 19 July 2027 – Student-free day (teachers start)
- Mon 11 October 2027 – Student-free day (teachers start)
Public holidays in term time 2027
- Mon 8 March 2027: Canberra Day
- Fri 26 March 2027: Good Friday
- Mon 29 March 2027: Easter Monday
- Mon 31 May 2027: Reconciliation Day
- Mon 14 June 2027: King's Birthday
2027 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 2027
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | | | 1B | 2B | 3B |
| 4B | 5B | 6B | 7B | 8B | 9B | 10B |
| 11B | 12B | 13B | 14B | 15B | 16B | 17B |
| 18B | 19B | 20B | 21B | 22B | 23B | 24B |
| 25B | 26B | 27B | 28B | 29S | 30 | 31 |
February 2027
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| 1T1 | 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 |
March 2027
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8H | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26H | 27 | 28 |
| 29H | 30 | 31 | | | | |
April 2027
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9End | 10B | 11B |
| 12B | 13B | 14B | 15B | 16B | 17B | 18B |
| 19B | 20B | 21B | 22B | 23B | 24B | 25B |
| 26B | 27S | 28T2 | 29 | 30 | | |
May 2027
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | | | | 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 |
| 31H | | | | | | |
June 2027
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14H | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | | | | |
July 2027
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | | 1 | 2End | 3B | 4B |
| 5B | 6B | 7B | 8B | 9B | 10B | 11B |
| 12B | 13B | 14B | 15B | 16B | 17B | 18B |
| 19S | 20T3 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
August 2027
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | | | | | 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 2027
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24End | 25B | 26B |
| 27B | 28B | 29B | 30B | | | |
October 2027
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | | | 1B | 2B | 3B |
| 4B | 5B | 6B | 7B | 8B | 9B | 10B |
| 11S | 12T4 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
November 2027
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| 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 2027
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17End | 18B | 19B |
| 20B | 21B | 22B | 23B | 24B | 25B | 26B |
| 27B | 28B | 29B | 30B | 31B | | |
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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.
