Easter holidays 2027
Also called spring break, Easter break, Easter half term.
For most councils
26 March – 9 April 2027
Friday 26 March to Friday 9 April · 11 school days
96 of 146 councils in England and Wales (66%) take these dates. The other 50 are listed below.
Easter Sunday is Sunday, 28 March 2027.
Easter holidays 2027 by council
Grouped by the dates each council takes, most common first. Every council links to its own year.
26 March – 9 April 2027
96 councils · 11 school days- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Barnsley
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bexley
- Birmingham
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Bradford
- Brent
- Brighton and Hove
- Bristol, City of
- Bromley
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Camden
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Coventry
- Croydon
- Cumberland
- Darlington
- Derby
- Doncaster
- Dorset
- Dudley
- Ealing
- East Sussex
- Enfield
- Gloucestershire
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Hampshire
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Hartlepool
- Havering
- Hertfordshire
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kent
- Kingston upon Thames
- Knowsley *
- Lambeth
- Lancashire
- Lewisham
- Liverpool
- Merton
- Middlesbrough
- Milton Keynes
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Newham
- North Somerset
- Nottingham
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Redbridge
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Richmond upon Thames
- Rotherham
- Sandwell
- Sheffield
- Slough
- Solihull
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- Southampton
- Southwark
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Sunderland
- Surrey
- Sutton
- Swindon
- Tameside
- Thurrock
- Torbay
- Tower Hamlets
- Wakefield
- Walsall
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
- West Berkshire
- West Northamptonshire
- West Sussex
- Westminster
- Wiltshire
- Wirral
- Wokingham
- Wolverhampton
- Worcestershire
26 March – 11 April 2027
24 councils · 11 school days22 March – 2 April 2027
10 councils · 10 school days29 March – 9 April 2027
4 councils · 10 school days26 March – 13 April 2027
3 councils · 13 school days30 March – 9 April 2027
3 councils · 9 school days26 March – 12 April 2027
2 councils · 12 school days5–16 April 2027
2 councils · 10 school days25 March – 11 April 2027
1 council · 12 school days3–18 April 2027
1 council · 10 school days* Worked out from the gap between terms, because the council publishes term dates rather than holiday dates.
Questions
- When are Easter holidays 2027?
- For most councils in England and Wales, Easter holidays 2027 run from Friday, 26 March 2027 to Friday, 9 April 2027 - 96 of 146 councils. The earliest council starts on 22 March 2027 and the latest finishes on 18 April 2027.
- How long are Easter holidays 2027?
- 11 school days for most councils. The length varies by council; the table on this page lists each one.
- When is Easter 2027?
- Easter Sunday 2027 is Sunday, 28 March 2027. Good Friday and Easter Monday are bank holidays, so schools are closed on both whatever their holiday dates.
- Do all councils have the same Easter holidays?
- No. 10 different sets of dates are in use for Easter holidays 2027. 96 councils take 26 March – 9 April 2027; the next most common is 26 March – 11 April 2027, taken by 24. Academies and free schools can set their own dates again, so check your school's page.