New South Wales School Holidays 2026
NSW government (public) schools. Catholic and independent schools set their own dates. Always check your school's own calendar.
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Published by the NSW Department of Education ·
Source: NSW Department of Education's term dates 2026 ↗ · page 2 ↗ · page 3 ↗
Copied 3 October 2026 · Last checked 3 October 2026 · Updated 3 October 2026
New South Wales 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 school development days (staff only, no school for students) and the public holidays that fall in term time, taken from the NSW Department of Education's own calendar.
NSW has two calendars: the Eastern division (most of the state) and the Western division (far west NSW), where Term 1 starts one week later.
Term dates 2026
| Term |
Eastern division |
Western division |
Then |
|---|
| Term 1 | Mon 2 February 2026 – Thu 2 April 2026 | Mon 9 February 2026 – Thu 2 April 2026 | Easter school holidays: Fri 3 April – Sun 19 April 2026 |
| Term 2 | Wed 22 April 2026 – Fri 3 July 2026 | Wed 22 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 | Tue 21 July 2026 – Fri 25 September 2026 | Spring school holidays: Sat 26 September – Sun 11 October 2026 |
| Term 4 | Tue 13 October 2026 – Thu 17 December 2026 | Tue 13 October 2026 – Thu 17 December 2026 | Summer school holidays: Fri 18 December 2026 – Wed 27 January 2027 (Eastern division)
Summer school holidays: Fri 18 December 2026 – Wed 3 February 2027 (Western division) |
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; school development days (staff only) are listed separately below.
Good to know
- Dates for NSW government (public) schools. The Eastern division is most of the state; the Western division (far west NSW) starts Term 1 one week later. Each term starts with school development days, when only staff attend. Some schools near the Victorian and Queensland borders use different dates. Catholic and independent schools set their own dates.
School holidays 2026
Holiday dates include the weekends and public holidays between two terms.
School development days 2026 (staff only)
On these days only staff attend: no school for students. They are part of the term, not school holidays.
- Tue 27 January 2026 – School development day Eastern division
- Wed 28 January 2026 – School development day Eastern division
- Thu 29 January 2026 – School development day Eastern division
- Fri 30 January 2026 – School development day Eastern division
- Tue 3 February 2026 – School development day Western division
- Wed 4 February 2026 – School development day Western division
- Thu 5 February 2026 – School development day Western division
- Fri 6 February 2026 – School development day Western division
- Mon 20 April 2026 – School development day
- Tue 21 April 2026 – School development day
- Mon 20 July 2026 – School development day
- Mon 12 October 2026 – School development day
Public holidays in term time 2026
- Mon 27 April 2026: Anzac Day (additional day)
- Mon 8 June 2026: King's Birthday
2026 month by month (Eastern division)
B School holidays
H Public holiday in term time
S School development day: staff only, no school for students
T1 Term starts / ends
January 2026
| 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 | 27S | 28S | 29S | 30S | 31 | |
February 2026
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | | | | | 1 |
| 2T1 | 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 2026
| 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 | | | | | |
April 2026
| 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 | 19B |
| 20S | 21S | 22T2 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27H | 28 | 29 | 30 | | | |
May 2026
| 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 |
June 2026
| 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | | | | | |
July 2026
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|
| | 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 |
|---|
| | | | | 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| | | 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 |
|---|
| | | | | | 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 |
|---|
| 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 | | | |
The summer holidays of 2025-26 (January 2026) are not shown: 2025 is not on this site.
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New South Wales school holidays 2026 (.ics)
· Western division (.ics)
Subscribe (this year and next, updated automatically): https://www.calendar-australia.com/sync/school_new-south-wales.ics
Western division: https://www.calendar-australia.com/sync/school_new-south-wales-western.ics
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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.
