Find term and holiday dates for local authority maintained schools in Suffolk, including dates for the next school year.
Please check your school’s own website to verify the term dates and details of staff training dates.
| Ends | Friday 1 September 2023 |
| Starts | Monday 4 September 2023 |
| Half term | Monday 23 October 2023 to Friday 27 October 2023 |
| Ends | Wednesday 20 December 2023 |
| Christmas holiday | Thursday 21 December 2023 to Tuesday 2 January 2024 |
| Starts | Wednesday 3 January 2024 |
| Half term | Monday 19 February 2024 to Friday 23 February 2024 |
| Ends | Thursday 28 March 2024 |
| Spring (Easter) holiday | Friday 29 March 2024 to Thursday 11 April 2024 |
| Starts | Friday 12 April 2024 |
| Half term | Monday 27 May 2024 to Friday 31 May 2024 |
| Ends | Friday 19 July 2024 |
| Summer holiday | Saturday 20 July 2024 to Saturday 31 August 2024 |
All maintained schools set five teacher training days called Professional Development (PD) days at their own discretion so please check with your child's school.
Academies and Free Schools can set their own term dates so please check with your child's school in case these differ from those set by us.
Autumn term
Monday 2 September 2024
Monday 28 October 2024 to Friday 1 November 2024
Friday 20 December 2024
Saturday 21 December 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025
Spring term
Monday 6 January 2025
Monday 17 February 2025 to Friday 21 February 2025
Friday 4 April 2025
Spring (Easter) holiday
Saturday 5 April 2025 to Monday 21 April 2025
Summer term
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Monday 26 May 2025 to Friday 30 May 2025
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Non-pupil days or 'PD' days
All maintained schools set 5 teacher training days called Professional Development (PD) days. Suffolk County Council recommends the following dates as PD days for maintained schools:
Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 September 2024
Monday 4 November 2024
Monday 6 January 2025
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Academies and Free Schools can set their own term dates so please check with your child's school.
Autumn term
Monday 1 September 2025
Monday 27 October 2025 to Friday 31 October 2025
Friday 19 December 2025
Saturday 20 December 2025 to Sunday 4 January 2026
Spring term
Monday 5 January 2026
Monday 16 February 2026 to Friday 20 February 2026
Friday 27 March 2026
Spring (Easter) holiday
Saturday 28 March 2026 to Sunday 12 April 2026
Summer term
Monday 13 April 2026
Monday 25 May 2026 to Friday 29 May 2026
Monday 20 July 2026
Non-pupil days or 'PD' days
All maintained schools set 5 teacher training days called Professional Development (PD) days. Suffolk County Council recommends the following dates as PD days for maintained schools:
Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 September 2025
Friday 24 October 2025
Monday 5 January 2026
Monday 20 July 2026
Academies, Voluntary Aided and Free Schools can set their own term dates so please check with your child's school.
| Starts | Thursday 1 September 2022 |
| Half term | Monday 24 October 2022 to Friday 28 October 2022 |
| Ends | Friday 16 December 2022 |
| Christmas holiday | Saturday 17 December 2022 to Monday 2 January 2023 |
| Starts | Tuesday 3 January 2023 |
| Half term | Monday 13 February 2023 to Friday 17 February 2023 |
| Ends | Friday 31 March 2023 |
| Spring (Easter) holiday | Saturday 1 April 2023 to Sunday 16 April 2023 |
| Starts | Monday 17 April 2023 |
| Half term | Monday 29 May 2023 to Friday 2 June 2023 |
| Ends | Friday 21 July 2023 |
| Summer holiday | Saturday 22 July 2023 to Friday 1 September 2023 |
All maintained schools set 5 teacher training days called Professional Development (PD) days. Suffolk County Council recommends the following dates as PD days for maintained schools:
Academies and Free Schools can set their own term dates so please check with your child's school.
Local Authorities have a duty to determine school term dates for local authority-maintained schools. Schools must be open to pupils for 190 days during the school year and 195 days for teachers. Schools have five staff training days to be set at their discretion.
Free schools, Voluntary Aided schools and Academies are responsible for setting their own term dates. Individual schools, may, therefore choose to follow a pattern and/or specific dates that do not match those set by us.
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