Summer holidays 2027
Also called summer break, the six weeks.
For most councils
22 July – 31 August 2027
Thursday 22 July to Tuesday 31 August · 29 school days
77 of 146 councils in England and Wales (53%) take these dates. The other 69 are listed below.
Summer holidays 2027 by council
Grouped by the dates each council takes, most common first. Every council links to its own year.
22 July – 31 August 2027
77 councils · 29 school days- Barnsley
- Birmingham
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Bracknell Forest
- Bradford
- Brighton and Hove
- Buckinghamshire
- Bury
- Calderdale
- Cambridgeshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- County Durham
- Coventry
- Darlington *
- Doncaster
- Dorset
- Dudley
- Gloucestershire
- Halton
- Hampshire
- Hartlepool
- Herefordshire, County of
- Kent
- Knowsley *
- Lancashire
- Lincolnshire *
- Liverpool
- Medway
- Middlesbrough
- Milton Keynes
- Norfolk
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- North Northamptonshire
- Oldham
- Oxfordshire
- Peterborough
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Rochdale
- Rotherham
- Sandwell
- Sefton
- Sheffield
- Shropshire
- Slough
- Solihull
- South Gloucestershire
- Southampton
- Southend-on-Sea
- St. Helens
- Staffordshire
- Stockport
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Suffolk
- Sunderland
- Tameside
- Telford and Wrekin
- Thurrock
- Trafford
- Wakefield
- Walsall
- Warrington
- Warwickshire
- West Northamptonshire
- West Sussex
- Wigan
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Wirral
- Wokingham
- Wolverhampton
- Worcestershire
23 July – 31 August 2027
30 councils · 28 school days- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bexley
- Camden
- Croydon
- East Sussex
- Enfield
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Harrow
- Havering
- Hertfordshire
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kirklees
- Leeds
- Lewisham
- Manchester
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Salford
- Southwark
- Sutton
- Wandsworth
- Westminster
24 July – 31 August 2027
9 councils · 27 school days26 July – 31 August 2027
8 councils · 27 school days27 July – 31 August 2027
7 councils · 26 school days21 July – 31 August 2027
5 councils · 30 school days29 July – 31 August 2027
4 councils · 24 school days17 July – 31 August 2027
2 councils · 32 school days19 July – 31 August 2027
2 councils · 32 school days7 July – 31 August 2027
1 council · 40 school days28 July – 31 August 2027
1 council · 25 school days* Worked out from the gap between terms, because the council publishes term dates rather than holiday dates.
Questions
- When are Summer holidays 2027?
- For most councils in England and Wales, Summer holidays 2027 run from Thursday, 22 July 2027 to Tuesday, 31 August 2027 - 77 of 146 councils. The earliest council starts on 7 July 2027 and the latest finishes on 31 August 2027.
- How long are Summer holidays 2027?
- 29 school days for most councils. The length varies by council; the table on this page lists each one.
- Do all councils have the same Summer holidays?
- No. 11 different sets of dates are in use for Summer holidays 2027. 77 councils take 22 July – 31 August 2027; the next most common is 23 July – 31 August 2027, taken by 30. Academies and free schools can set their own dates again, so check your school's page.