School holidays and term dates

We are responsible for setting term dates for community and voluntary controlled schools, including special schools.

All schools must provide 190 days of education a year.

A school list with contact details for all schools in Sheffield is also available on this page.

Schools also need to have 5 teacher professional development days. Professional development days are not fixed, and each school will decide for itself when and how to take these days. Schools may close for a full day, part of a day, or have all of their professional development training after normal school hours. Your school will tell you if they will affect your child.

We use a common set of term dates across the city, but schools that have their own Admission Authority can set their own term dates and our calendars may not apply to them.

These schools include:

• academies
• foundations
• trusts
• voluntary aided schools

School term dates 2024 to 2025

Following consultation from 12 January to 24 February 2023, the Education, Children and Families Committee formally approved the school term dates for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for the 2024/25 academic year. The decision was taken on 8 March 2023.

Term dates:

• Monday 2 September until Friday 25 October 2024
• Monday 4 November until Friday 20 December 2024
• Monday 6 January until Friday 14 February 2025
• Monday 24 February until Friday 28 March 2025
• Monday 14 April until Friday 23 May 2025
• Monday 2 June until Wednesday 23 July 2025

Bank holidays:

• 28 October to 1 November 2024 (Autumn Half Term)
• 23 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 (Christmas)
• 17 February to 21 February 2025 (Spring Half Term) 
• 31 March to 11 April 2025 (Easter)
• 18 and 21 April 2025
• 5 May 2025 (May Day)
• 26 May to 30 May 2025 (Spring Bank Half Term)
• 24 July to 29 August 2025 (Summer break)

School term dates 2025 to 2026

Following consultation from 8 January to 23 February 2024, the Education, Children and Families Committee formally approved the school term dates for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for the 2025/26 academic year. The decision was taken on 19 March 2024.

Please check with the Individual schools for details of when Professional Development days are to be set.

Term dates:

• Monday 1 September 2025 until Friday 24 October 2025 
• Monday 3 November 2025 until Friday 19 December 2025
• Monday 5 January 2026 until Friday 13 February 2026 
• Monday 23 February 2026 until Friday 27 March 2026 
• Monday 13 April 2026 until Friday 22 May 2026 
• Monday 1 June 2026 until Monday 20 July 2026

Bank holidays:

• 25 and 26 December 2025 
• 1 January 2026 
• 3 April 2026 (Good Friday) 
• 6 April 2006 (Easter Monday)
• 4 May 2026 (May Day) 
• 25 May 2026 (Spring Bank Holiday) 
• 31 August 2026 (Summer Bank Holiday

School Calendar 2026 to 2027: Consultation

Section 32 of the Education Act 2002 requires the Local Authority to determine the dates when the school terms and holidays are to begin and end for schools under its control (such as Community and Voluntary Controlled Schools) for the 2026/27 academic year. 

The Local Authority is consulting on its proposed School Calendar for the 2026/27 academic year.

Schools that are their own Admission Authorities may set their own term dates. It is however desirable if there is a common set of dates across the City, at least for the main holidays.

Headteachers and Governors are invited to respond to the proposed term dates for the 2026/27 academic year. The proposed calendar will also be placed on our websites, but it would be helpful if you could also circulate the proposal to your parents and carers or place on the school website.

The proposed calendar is the same as all neighbouring Authorities. Further details are provided in the attached letter.

The consultation period will run from 9 January 2025 to 21 February 2025. Please send responses to admissionsconsultation@sheffield.gov.uk.

The consultation period will run from 9 January 2025 to 21 February 2025. Please send responses to admissionsconsultation@sheffield.gov.uk.