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October school holidays 2026

School holidays vary by council. Compare available published dates, then open your own area for closures, exceptions and original sources.

Use your local calendar. A national overview does not establish the dates at an individual school. Unknown dates are kept out of this comparison.

England

127 of 153 calendars with accepted information in this view.

England available october holidays 2026
AreaHolidayPublished dates
Barnet ↗October half term26 Oct 2026
Barnsley ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Bath and North East Somerset ↗October half term2 Sept 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
Bedford ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Bexley ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Birmingham ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Blackburn with Darwen ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Bolton ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Bracknell Forest ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Bradford ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Brent ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Brighton and Hove ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Bristol ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Bromley ↗October half term19 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Bury ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Calderdale ↗October half term23 Oct 2026
Cambridgeshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Camden ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Central Bedfordshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Cheshire East ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Cheshire West and Chester ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
County Durham ↗October half term23 Oct 2026 – 2 Nov 2026
Coventry ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Darlington ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Derby ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Derbyshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Doncaster ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 2 Nov 2026
Dorset ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Dudley ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Essex ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Gateshead ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Gloucestershire ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Greenwich ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Hackney ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Hammersmith and Fulham ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Hampshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Harrow ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Havering ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Herefordshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Hertfordshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Hillingdon ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Hounslow ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Isle of Wight ↗October half term19 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Islington ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Kensington and Chelsea ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Kent ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Kingston upon Hull ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Kingston upon Thames ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Kirklees ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Knowsley ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Lambeth ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Lancashire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Leicestershire ↗October half term19 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
Lewisham ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Lincolnshire ↗October half term24 Oct 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
Liverpool ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Luton ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Manchester ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Medway ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Merton ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Middlesbrough ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Milton Keynes ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Newcastle upon Tyne ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Newham ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Norfolk ↗October half term23 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
North East Lincolnshire ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
North Lincolnshire ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
North Northamptonshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
North Somerset ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
North Tyneside ↗October half term23 Oct 2026 – 2 Nov 2026
North Yorkshire ↗October half term23 Oct 2026
North Yorkshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Northumberland ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Nottingham ↗October half term19 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Nottinghamshire ↗October half term19 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Oldham ↗October half term24 Oct 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
Oxfordshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Peterborough ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Plymouth ↗October half term24 Oct 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
Portsmouth ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Reading ↗October half term23 Oct 2026
Redbridge ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Redcar and Cleveland ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Richmond upon Thames ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Rochdale ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Rotherham ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Rutland ↗October half termSchools close 16 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Salford ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Sandwell ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Sefton ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Sheffield ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Shropshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Slough ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Solihull ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Somerset ↗October half term23 Oct 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
South Gloucestershire ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Southampton ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Southend-on-Sea ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Southwark ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
St Helens ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Staffordshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Stockport ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Stockton-on-Tees ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Stoke-on-Trent ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Suffolk ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Sunderland ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Surrey ↗October half term19 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Sutton ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Swindon ↗October half termSchools close 21 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Tameside ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Torbay ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Tower Hamlets ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Wakefield ↗October half term26 Oct 2026
Walsall ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Waltham Forest ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Wandsworth ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Warrington ↗October half termSchools close 23 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Warwickshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
West Berkshire ↗October half term23 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Westmorland and Furness ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
West Northamptonshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Wigan ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Wiltshire ↗October half term22 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Windsor and Maidenhead ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Wirral ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Wokingham ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Wolverhampton ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
York ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026

Scotland

25 of 32 calendars with accepted information in this view.

Scotland available october holidays 2026
AreaHolidayPublished dates
Aberdeen City ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
Aberdeenshire ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
Angus ↗October holidays5 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
Argyll and Bute ↗October holidaysSchools close 2 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
City of Edinburgh ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 19 Oct 2026
Dumfries and Galloway ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
East Ayrshire ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
East Dunbartonshire ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
East Lothian ↗October holidaysSchools close 9 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
East Renfrewshire ↗October holidaysSchools close 8 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
Fife ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
Glasgow City ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
Highland ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
Inverclyde ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
Inverclyde ↗October holidays20 Oct 2026
Moray ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
North Lanarkshire ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
Perth and Kinross ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
Renfrewshire ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
Scottish Borders ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
Shetland Islands ↗October holidaysSchools close 9 Oct 2026 · full range not supplied
South Ayrshire ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
South Lanarkshire ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
Stirling ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
West Dunbartonshire ↗October holidays12 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
West Lothian ↗October holidays26 Oct 2026

Wales

22 of 22 calendars with accepted information in this view.

Wales available october holidays 2026
AreaHolidayPublished dates
Blaenau Gwent ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Bridgend ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Caerphilly ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Cardiff ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Carmarthenshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Ceredigion ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Conwy ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Denbighshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Flintshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Gwynedd ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Anglesey ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Merthyr Tydfil ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Monmouthshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Neath Port Talbot ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Newport ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Pembrokeshire ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Powys ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Rhondda Cynon Taf ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Swansea ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Torfaen ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Vale of Glamorgan ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026
Wrexham ↗October half term26 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026

Northern Ireland

1 of 1 calendars with accepted information in this view.

Northern Ireland available october holidays 2026
AreaHolidayPublished dates
Northern Ireland ↗Halloween29 Oct 2026 – 30 Oct 2026

This 2026 overview shows available dates from academic years 2026/27 and 2027/28. It excludes unconfirmed dates and school-specific exceptions.