Australian Capital Territory School Holidays 2028
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 2028 ↗
Copied 3 October 2026 · Last checked 3 October 2026 · Updated 3 October 2026
Australian Capital Territory school holidays 2028 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 2028
| Term |
Dates |
Then |
|---|
| Term 1 | Tue 8 February 2028 – Fri 7 April 2028New students (Kindergarten, Years 7 and 11, new enrolments); continuing students start one school day later | Easter school holidays: Sat 8 April – Sun 23 April 2028 |
| Term 2 | Wed 26 April 2028 – Fri 7 July 2028 | Winter school holidays: Sat 8 July – Sun 23 July 2028 |
| Term 3 | Tue 25 July 2028 – Fri 29 September 2028 | Spring school holidays: Sat 30 September – Sun 15 October 2028 |
| Term 4 | Tue 17 October 2028 – Fri 22 December 2028 | Summer school holidays start from Sat 23 December until Term 1 2029 starts (not on this site yet) |
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.
- Term 2 2028: teachers start on Monday 24 April, Tuesday 25 April is Anzac Day, students start on Wednesday 26 April.
School holidays 2028
Holiday dates include the weekends and public holidays between two terms.
Student-free days 2028 (staff only)
On these days only staff attend: no school for students. They are part of the term, not school holidays.
- Mon 7 February 2028 – Student-free day (teachers start)
- Mon 24 April 2028 – Student-free day (teachers start)
- Mon 24 July 2028 – Student-free day (teachers start)
- Mon 16 October 2028 – Student-free day (teachers start)
Public holidays in term time 2028
- Mon 13 March 2028: Canberra Day
- Tue 25 April 2028: Anzac Day
- Mon 29 May 2028: Reconciliation Day
- Mon 12 June 2028: King's Birthday
2028 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 2028
| 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 | 29B | 30B |
| 31B | | | | | | |
February 2028
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| 1B | 2B | 3B | 4B | 5B | 6B |
| 7S | 8T1 | 9• | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | | | | | |
March 2028
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13H | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | | |
April 2028
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | | | | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7End | 8B | 9B |
| 10B | 11B | 12B | 13B | 14B | 15B | 16B |
| 17B | 18B | 19B | 20B | 21B | 22B | 23B |
| 24S | 25H | 26T2 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
May 2028
| 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 |
| 29H | 30 | 31 | | | | |
June 2028
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12H | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | | |
July 2028
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | | | | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7End | 8B | 9B |
| 10B | 11B | 12B | 13B | 14B | 15B | 16B |
| 17B | 18B | 19B | 20B | 21B | 22B | 23B |
| 24S | 25T3 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | | | | | | |
August 2028
| 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 2028
| 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 | 29End | 30B | |
October 2028
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | | | | | 1B |
| 2B | 3B | 4B | 5B | 6B | 7B | 8B |
| 9B | 10B | 11B | 12B | 13B | 14B | 15B |
| 16S | 17T4 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | | | | | |
November 2028
| 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 2028
| 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 | 22End | 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.
