Government-school holiday breaks and student term dates for Australian Capital Territory. Where the department publishes term dates without a separate break table, the break is the non-school interval between consecutive student terms. Catholic and independent schools may vary.
What school week is it in Australian Capital Territory?
ACT Term 1 figures use the published first day for new students. Continuing students return one or two days later, so their Term 1 days-left total may differ.
Live term, school-week and days-remaining figures are calculated in Sydney time.
Scope: ACT government schools; the published Term 1 boundary starts with new students, while continuing students return later. Week 1 is the week containing the first student day. Remaining school days exclude weekends and statewide public holidays; school-specific pupil-free days and local holidays may differ.
Australian Capital Territory school holidays 2026
Autumn school holidays3–20 April 2026
Winter school holidays4–20 July 2026
Spring school holidays26 September – 12 October 2026
Summer school holidays19 December 2026 – 31 January 2027
Term dates 2026
Term
First day
Last day
Term 1
30 January 2026
2 April 2026
Term 2
21 April 2026
3 July 2026
Term 3
21 July 2026
25 September 2026
Term 4
13 October 2026
18 December 2026
Term 1 start is the first day for new students; continuing students return a day or two later. Public-school dates.
January 2026
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February 2026
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March 2026
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April 2026
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May 2026
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June 2026
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July 2026
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August 2026
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September 2026
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October 2026
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November 2026
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December 2026
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Australian Capital Territory school holidays 2027
Autumn school holidays10–27 April 2027
Winter school holidays3–19 July 2027
Spring school holidays25 September – 11 October 2027
Summer school holidaysfrom 18 December 2027
The summer break continues until Term 1 of the following year; its end is not shown unless that term date is in the source data.
Term dates 2027
Term
First day
Last day
Term 1
1 February 2027
9 April 2027
Term 2
28 April 2027
2 July 2027
Term 3
20 July 2027
24 September 2027
Term 4
12 October 2027
17 December 2027
Term 1 start is the first day for new students; continuing students return a day or two later. Public-school dates.
Calculated school term week guide 2026
Calendana convention
This week-by-week guide for Australian Capital Territory applies to ACT government schools; the published Term 1 boundary starts with new students, while continuing students return later. Week 1 is the Monday–Sunday week containing the first published student day. The education department publishes the term dates; Calendana calculates the week numbers below using that stated convention.
Term 1: 10 calculated weeks⌄
Week
Monday–Sunday dates
Partial week
1
26 Jan – 1 Feb
Students from 30 Jan
2
2 Feb – 8 Feb
—
3
9 Feb – 15 Feb
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4
16 Feb – 22 Feb
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5
23 Feb – 1 Mar
—
6
2 Mar – 8 Mar
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7
9 Mar – 15 Mar
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8
16 Mar – 22 Mar
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9
23 Mar – 29 Mar
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10
30 Mar – 5 Apr
Term ends 2 Apr
Term 2: 11 calculated weeks⌄
Week
Monday–Sunday dates
Partial week
1
20 Apr – 26 Apr
Students from 21 Apr
2
27 Apr – 3 May
—
3
4 May – 10 May
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4
11 May – 17 May
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5
18 May – 24 May
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6
25 May – 31 May
—
7
1 June – 7 June
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8
8 June – 14 June
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9
15 June – 21 June
—
10
22 June – 28 June
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11
29 June – 5 July
Term ends 3 July
Term 3: 10 calculated weeks⌄
Week
Monday–Sunday dates
Partial week
1
20 July – 26 July
Students from 21 July
2
27 July – 2 Aug
—
3
3 Aug – 9 Aug
—
4
10 Aug – 16 Aug
—
5
17 Aug – 23 Aug
—
6
24 Aug – 30 Aug
—
7
31 Aug – 6 Sept
—
8
7 Sept – 13 Sept
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9
14 Sept – 20 Sept
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10
21 Sept – 27 Sept
Term ends 25 Sept
Term 4: 10 calculated weeks⌄
Week
Monday–Sunday dates
Partial week
1
12 Oct – 18 Oct
Students from 13 Oct
2
19 Oct – 25 Oct
—
3
26 Oct – 1 Nov
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4
2 Nov – 8 Nov
—
5
9 Nov – 15 Nov
—
6
16 Nov – 22 Nov
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7
23 Nov – 29 Nov
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8
30 Nov – 6 Dec
—
9
7 Dec – 13 Dec
—
10
14 Dec – 20 Dec
Term ends 18 Dec
A dash means the published student term covers the full Monday–Sunday range. Partial-week notes clip only the first or last row to the official student dates. Week ranges do not remove weekends, statewide public holidays or school-specific pupil-free days; use the live planner above for the remaining-school-days calculation.