Easter school holidays 2027
When schools break up for Easter 2027 and when they go back, for 105 councils in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, from each council's own published term dates. In England, schools in 41 of the 50 councils we have break up on Thursday 25 March 2027 and go back on Monday 12 April 2027; the last day of term ranges from Fri 19 Mar to Fri 2 Apr.
Easter school holidays 2027 at a glance
| Where | Last day of term | Back to school |
|---|---|---|
| England41 of 50 councils | Thu 25 Marall: Fri 19 Mar to Fri 2 Apr | Mon 12 Apr 2027 |
| Wales22 of 22 councils | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr 2027 |
| Scotland13 of 32 councils | Thu 25 Marall: Wed 24 Mar to Fri 2 Apr | Mon 12 Apr 2027 |
| Northern IrelandDepartment of Education | Wed 24 Mar | Mon 5 Apr 2027 |
The most common dates in each nation: in most of England that's off school Fri 26 Mar to Sun 11 Apr 2027, weekends included. Find your council below; academies and independent schools can differ.
England: Easter holidays 2027
In England, schools in 41 of the 50 councils we have break up on Thursday 25 March 2027 and go back on Monday 12 April 2027; the last day of term ranges from Fri 19 Mar to Fri 2 Apr. Every English council's holidays side by side.
| Council, leave to cover it | Last day | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Birminghamtwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Pooletwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Brenttwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Bristoltwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Buckinghamshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Cambridgeshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Cheshire Easttwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Cheshire West and Chestertwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Cornwalltwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| County Durhamtwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Coventrytwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Croydontwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Derbyshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Dorsettwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Ealingtwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| East Riding of Yorkshiretwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| East Sussextwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Essextwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Gloucestershiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Hampshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Hertfordshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Kenttwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Lancashiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Leedstwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| Leicestertwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Leicestershiretwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Lincolnshiretwo weeks and 3 days off11 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Wed 14 Apr |
| Liverpooltwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Manchestertwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| Newhamtwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Norfolktwo weeks and 2 days off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Tue 13 Apr |
| North Northamptonshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| North Yorkshiretwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Northumberlandtwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Nottinghamshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Oxfordshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Sandwelltwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Sheffieldtwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Shropshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Somersettwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Staffordshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Suffolktwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Surreytwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Wakefieldtwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Warwickshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| West Northamptonshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| West Sussextwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Wigantwo weeks and 2 days off10 days' leave | Wed 24 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Wiltshiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Worcestershiretwo weeks and 1 day off9 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
Not published in a form we could check for 2026/27 yet: Devon.
Wales: Easter holidays 2027
In Wales, schools in 22 of the 22 councils we have break up on Friday 19 March 2027 and go back on Monday 5 April 2027. Every Welsh council's holidays side by side.
| Council, leave to cover it | Last day | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Angleseytwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Blaenau Gwenttwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Bridgendtwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Caerphillytwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Cardifftwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Carmarthenshiretwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Ceredigiontwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Conwytwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Denbighshiretwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Flintshiretwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Gwyneddtwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Merthyr Tydfiltwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Monmouthshiretwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Neath Port Talbottwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Newporttwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Pembrokeshiretwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Powystwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Rhondda Cynon Taftwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Swanseatwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Torfaentwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Vale of Glamorgantwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
| Wrexhamtwo weeks off8 days' leave | Fri 19 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
Scotland: Easter holidays 2027
In Scotland, schools in 13 of the 32 councils we have break up on Thursday 25 March 2027 and go back on Monday 12 April 2027; the last day of term ranges from Wed 24 Mar to Fri 2 Apr. Every Scottish council's holidays side by side.
| Council, leave to cover it | Last day | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeentwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Aberdeenshiretwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Angustwo weeks off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Argyll and Butetwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| Clackmannanshiretwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| Dumfries and Gallowaytwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Dundeetwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| East Ayrshiretwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| East Dunbartonshiretwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| East Lothiantwo weeks and 1 day off11 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Tue 20 Apr |
| East Renfrewshiretwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| Edinburghtwo weeks and 1 day off11 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Tue 20 Apr |
| Falkirktwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| Fifetwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Glasgowtwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| Highlandtwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Inverclydetwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| Midlothiantwo weeks and 1 day off11 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Tue 20 Apr |
| Moraytwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| North Ayrshiretwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| North Lanarkshiretwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| Orkneytwo weeks off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Perth and Kinrosstwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Renfrewshiretwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| Scottish Borderstwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| Shetlandone week and 4 days off8 days' leave | Wed 24 Mar | Wed 7 Apr |
| South Ayrshiretwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| South Lanarkshiretwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| Stirlingtwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| West Dunbartonshiretwo weeks off10 days' leave | Fri 2 Apr | Mon 19 Apr |
| West Lothiantwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
| Western Islestwo weeks and 1 day off10 days' leave | Thu 25 Mar | Mon 12 Apr |
Northern Ireland: Easter holidays 2027
In Northern Ireland, schools break up on Wednesday 24 March 2027 and go back on Monday 5 April 2027 (the Department of Education's dates).
| Schools, leave to cover it | Last day | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Irelandone week and 2 days off5 days' leave | Wed 24 Mar | Mon 5 Apr |
Leave to cover the Easter holidays
On the most common English dates, Fri 26 Mar to Sun 11 Apr 2027, being off for every school day takes 9 days of leave for 17 days off: Good Friday and Easter Monday are bank holidays, so they come free. If you can't cover it all, the best value inside it is Tue 30 Mar to Fri 2 Apr: book 4 days, get 10 off.
Easter school holidays 2027: book 4 days, get 10 off
The tables above have the leave for each council's own dates. Open this break in the planner to see it in your year and get the message for your manager.
No children at school? See Easter 2027: the days to book for the most days off from the least leave.
Which schools use these dates
These are each council's dates for its own schools: in England, community and voluntary controlled schools; in Wales, as approved by the Welsh Government; in Northern Ireland, the Department of Education's. Academies, free schools, foundation, voluntary aided and independent schools can set their own, and each school sets most of its training (INSET) days, so check with your school before you book.
Taking children out of school in term time has its own rules: can I take my child on holiday in term time?
Questions
When are the Easter school holidays 2027?
In England, schools in 41 of the 50 councils we have break up on Thursday 25 March 2027 and go back on Monday 12 April 2027; the last day of term ranges from Fri 19 Mar to Fri 2 Apr. In Wales, schools in 22 of the 22 councils we have break up on Friday 19 March 2027 and go back on Monday 5 April 2027. In Scotland, schools in 13 of the 32 councils we have break up on Thursday 25 March 2027 and go back on Monday 12 April 2027; the last day of term ranges from Wed 24 Mar to Fri 2 Apr. In Northern Ireland, schools break up on Wednesday 24 March 2027 and go back on Monday 5 April 2027 (the Department of Education's dates). Councils set their own dates, so check yours above.
When do schools go back after Easter 2027?
England: Monday 12 April 2027 (41 of 50 councils). Wales: Monday 5 April 2027 (22 of 22 councils). Scotland: Monday 12 April 2027 (13 of 32 councils). Northern Ireland: Monday 5 April 2027.
How much annual leave do I need to cover the Easter holidays 2027?
9 days on the most common English dates, Fri 26 Mar to Sun 11 Apr 2027, working Monday to Friday, with Good Friday and Easter Monday free as bank holidays. Each council's own dates are in the tables above, with the leave to cover them.
Do all schools break up for Easter on the same day?
No. Each council sets its own dates: in England the last day of term ranges from Friday 19 March 2027 to Friday 2 April 2027. Academies, free schools, voluntary aided and independent schools can set their own too.