Portsmouth City Council school term dates 2026/27
Term starts and ends, half terms and holidays for 2026/27, as Portsmouth City Council published them: 12 dates, ready to add to a planner. The Portsmouth school holidays are listed on their own, and every school in Portsmouth is listed with whose dates it follows.
Every published date
First Day of Autumn Term
Tuesday, 1 September 2026 · all day
October Half Term
26–30 October 2026 · 5 days
Last Day of Autumn Term
Friday, 18 December 2026 · all day
Christmas Holidays
21 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027 · 12 days
First Day of Spring Term
Monday, 4 January 2027 · all day
February Half Term
15–19 February 2027 · 5 days
Last Day of Spring Term
Thursday, 25 March 2027 · all day
Easter Holidays
26 March – 9 April 2027 · 15 days
First Day of Summer Term
Monday, 12 April 2027 · all day
May Half Term
31 May – 4 June 2027 · 5 days
Last Day of Summer Term
Wednesday, 21 July 2027 · all day
Summer Holidays
22 July – 31 August 2027 · 41 days
Before you book anything
These are Portsmouth City Council’s dates for the schools it sets term dates for. Academies, free schools and voluntary-aided schools can and do set their own, and every school chooses its own INSET days on top of these. Check your school’s own calendar before booking a holiday.
Every term start and end on this page was found in Portsmouth City Council’s own published PDF.
- The year runs
- 1 September 2026 to 21 July 2027
- School days
- 196
- Published dates
- 12
- Last updated
- 23 August 2026
Is your school one of these?
All 66 schools in the Portsmouth area, and which of them follow Portsmouth City Council’s dates rather than setting their own.
Just the holidays?
Half terms, Christmas, Easter and summer for Portsmouth on their own, with how they compare to what most councils do, and a printable sheet of them.
Nearby councils
Other South East authorities
- Bracknell Forest Council
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Buckinghamshire Council
- East Sussex County Council
- Hampshire County Council
- Isle of Wight Council
- Kent County Council
- Medway Council
- Milton Keynes City Council
- Oxfordshire County Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Slough Borough Council
- Southampton City Council
- Surrey County Council
- West Berkshire Council
- West Sussex County Council
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- Wokingham Borough Council
Autumn term 1 September – 18 December 2026 · Spring term 4 January – 25 March 2027 · Summer term 12 April – 21 July 2027