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Your school holidays, and the weeks yours don’t match everyone else’s.

Every council in England sets its own term dates, so they don’t all line up. Find yours in one click — then see the weeks you’re off while most of the country is still in school. Those weeks are legal, penalty-free, and priced like term time.

77 councils covered so far, of England’s 153. Not sure which one you’re in? It’s the council you pay council tax to — or browse the full list.

What this does

Every date, checked

Term dates you can act on

Taken from each council’s own page and reconciled against the number of school days that council declares. If a year doesn’t add up, we hold it back rather than show it.

The bit nobody tells you

Weeks you’re off and England isn’t

Councils break at different times. Where yours breaks early or late, you get a school holiday at term-time prices — with no absence and no fine, because it’s your holiday.

Before you book

What a term-time trip really costs

£80 per parent per child, and it doubles if you’re late paying. Work out whether the saving actually covers it — or find a week where the question doesn’t arise.

Find my council Work out the fine See a holiday across England

Where the off-peak weeks are

Councils on holiday while England is in school

Week beginningCouncil Still in school
12 Apr 2027Leeds City Council65 of 66off-peak
7 Jun 2027Stockport65 of 66off-peak
12 Jul 2027Leicester65 of 66off-peak
28 Feb 2028Darlington43 of 44off-peak
8 Feb 2027East Riding of Yorkshire64 of 66off-peak
8 Feb 2027York64 of 66off-peak
3 Jan 2028Cornwall42 of 44off-peak
3 Jan 2028Derbyshire42 of 44off-peak

Counted against the 77 councils with validated dates so far, not all 153. A council missing from this list is not necessarily in step — it may simply not be measured yet.

Every council we cover

BarnsleyBedfordBexleyBirmingham City CouncilBoltonBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleBracknell ForestBrentBristol, City ofBromleyBuckinghamshireBuryCambridgeshire County CouncilCamdenCentral BedfordshireCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterCornwallCoventryCroydonDarlingtonDerbyDerbyshireDevonDudleyEalingEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexGloucestershireGreenwichHaringeyHarrowHartlepoolHerefordshire, County ofHertfordshire County CouncilHounslowIslingtonKensington and ChelseaKent County CouncilKingston upon Hull, City ofKirkleesKnowsleyLancashire County CouncilLeeds City CouncilLeicesterLewishamMedwayMiddlesbroughNewcastle upon TyneNorth Somerset CouncilNottinghamNottinghamshireOldhamOxfordshirePeterborough City CouncilPlymouthPortsmouthRedbridgeRochdaleRutlandSandwellSheffieldSloughSouth GloucestershireSouthwarkStaffordshire County CouncilStockportSuffolk County CouncilSuttonWalsallWandsworthWarwickshireWest NorthamptonshireWokinghamWolverhamptonYork

Or start with the holiday

Each page gives the dates most of England uses, then the councils that differ — which is where the off-peak weeks are.

October half-term 2025–26 2025–26Christmas holidays 2025–26 2025–26February half-term 2025–26 2025–26Easter holidays 2025–26 2025–26May half-term 2025–26 2025–26Summer holidays 2025–26 2025–26October half-term 2026–27 2026–27Christmas holidays 2026–27 2026–27February half-term 2026–27 2026–27Easter holidays 2026–27 2026–27May half-term 2026–27 2026–27Summer holidays 2026–27 2026–27October half-term 2027–28 2027–28Christmas holidays 2027–28 2027–28February half-term 2027–28 2027–28Easter holidays 2027–28 2027–28May half-term 2027–28 2027–28Summer holidays 2027–28 2027–28October half-term 2028–29 2028–29Christmas holidays 2028–29 2028–29February half-term 2028–29 2028–29Easter holidays 2028–29 2028–29May half-term 2028–29 2028–29Summer holidays 2028–29 2028–29