England's 2024 school holidays are set by individual local authorities and academy trusts โ there is no single national school calendar. The Department for Education sets the length of the school year (190 teaching days) but not the specific holiday dates.
2024 is a leap year, and Easter falls early on 31 March. Most schools schedule their Easter holidays around Good Friday (29 March) and Easter Monday (1 April), with a two-week break typically running from late March to mid-April.
Summer holidays: England's main school break runs approximately 6 weeks, typically from late July to early September. Academy schools have some flexibility to set their own dates within a broad window.
Half-terms: October half-term usually falls in the last week of October โ often overlapping with Halloween. February half-term is typically the third week of February. May half-term coincides with the Spring Bank Holiday (27 May), usually giving children the week of 27 May off.
Parents are reminded that unauthorised term-time holidays increasingly attract fixed penalty notices. Schools in England are required to publish their term dates for the current and following academic year โ check your specific school or local authority website for exact dates.