Find out our planned school term dates, and look up any unplanned school closures.
School term and holiday dates
These are the dates for most state schools in Bristol, but academies and voluntary aided schools dates may be different so please check with them.
Other councils set their own dates, which could be different from ours.
The school year is 195 days altogether. Five of these days are used for staff training (inset days), so that means pupils go to school for 190 days a year.
Each school chooses when their inset days take place.
Unplanned closures
See the Bristol School Closures page for the latest updates on any schools that have had to close.
2024 to 2025
- Term 1: 2 September 2024 to 25 October 2024
- Term 2: 4 November 2024 to 20 December 2024
- Term 3: 6 January 2025 to 14 February 2025
- Term 4: 24 February 2025 to 4 April 2025
- Term 5: 22 April 2025 to 23 May 2025
- Term 6: 2 June 2025 to 22 July 2025
pdf You can download our term planner 2024 to 2025(85 KB) .
2025 to 2026
- Term 1 2 September 2025 to 24 October 2025
- Term 2 3 November 2025 to 19 December 2025
- Term 3 5 January 2026 to 13 February 2026
- Term 4 23 February 2026 to 2 April 2026
- Term 5 20 April 2026 to 22 May 2026
- Term 6 1 June 2026 to 22 July 2026
pdf You can download our term planner 2025 to 2026.(70 KB)
default Add the school term dates for 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026 to your calendar(2.41 MB) .
Consultation on proposed school terms and holiday dates for 2026 to 2027
We are responsible for setting the school term and holiday dates for all community and voluntary controlled schools in the city.
We have opened a public consultation for the 2026 to 2027 academic year.
View the proposed dates and submit feedback.
The consultation closes on 20 May 2025.