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October school holidays 2027

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

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England

119 of 153 calendars with accepted information in this view.

England available october holidays 2027
Area	Holiday	Published dates
Barnet ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Barnsley ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Bath and North East Somerset ↗	October half term	1 Sept 2027 – 22 Oct 2027
Bedford ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Bexley ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Birmingham ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Bolton ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Bracknell Forest ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Bradford ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Brent ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Brighton and Hove ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Bristol ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Bromley ↗	October half term	18 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Bury ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Calderdale ↗	October half term	22 Oct 2027
Cambridgeshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Central Bedfordshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Cheshire East ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Cheshire West and Chester ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
County Durham ↗	October half term	22 Oct 2027 – 1 Nov 2027
Darlington ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Derby ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Derbyshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Devon ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Doncaster ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 1 Nov 2027
Dorset ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Dudley ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Essex ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Gateshead ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Gloucestershire ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Greenwich ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Hackney ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Hammersmith and Fulham ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Hampshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Haringey ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Havering ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Herefordshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Hertfordshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Hillingdon ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Hounslow ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Isle of Wight ↗	October half term	18 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Islington ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Kent ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Kingston upon Hull ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Kingston upon Thames ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Kirklees ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Knowsley ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Lambeth ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Lancashire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Leicestershire ↗	October half term	18 Oct 2027 – 22 Oct 2027
Lewisham ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Lincolnshire ↗	October half term	23 Oct 2027 – 31 Oct 2027
Liverpool ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Luton ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Manchester ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Medway ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Merton ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Middlesbrough ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Milton Keynes ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Newcastle upon Tyne ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027
Norfolk ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
North East Lincolnshire ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
North Lincolnshire ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
North Northamptonshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
North Somerset ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
North Yorkshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Northumberland ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Nottingham ↗	October half term	18 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Nottinghamshire ↗	October half term	18 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Oldham ↗	October half term	23 Oct 2027 – 31 Oct 2027
Oxfordshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Peterborough ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Plymouth ↗	October half term	24 Oct 2027 – 1 Nov 2027
Portsmouth ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Reading ↗	October half term	22 Oct 2027
Redbridge ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Redcar and Cleveland ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Richmond upon Thames ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Rochdale ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Rotherham ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Rutland ↗	October half term	Schools close 15 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Salford ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Sandwell ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Sefton ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Sheffield ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Shropshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Slough ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Solihull ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Somerset ↗	October half term	23 Oct 2027 – 31 Oct 2027
South Gloucestershire ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Southampton ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Southend-on-Sea ↗	October half term	22 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
St Helens ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Staffordshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Stockport ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Stockton-on-Tees ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Stoke-on-Trent ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Suffolk ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Sunderland ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Surrey ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Sutton ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 30 Oct 2027
Swindon ↗	October half term	Schools close 20 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Tameside ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Thurrock ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Torbay ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Tower Hamlets ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Wakefield ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027
Walsall ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Waltham Forest ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Warrington ↗	October half term	Schools close 22 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Warwickshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Westmorland and Furness ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
West Northamptonshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Wigan ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Wiltshire ↗	October half term	21 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Wirral ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Wokingham ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Wolverhampton ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
York ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027

Scotland

24 of 32 calendars with accepted information in this view.

Scotland available october holidays 2027
Area	Holiday	Published dates
Aberdeen City ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 22 Oct 2027
Aberdeenshire ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 22 Oct 2027
Angus ↗	October holidays	4 Oct 2027 – 15 Oct 2027
Argyll and Bute ↗	October holidays	Schools close 8 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
City of Edinburgh ↗	October holidays	18 Oct 2027 – 25 Oct 2027
Clackmannanshire ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027
Clackmannanshire ↗	October holidays	22 Oct 2027
Dumfries and Galloway ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 22 Oct 2027
East Ayrshire ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 22 Oct 2027
East Renfrewshire ↗	October holidays	Schools close 7 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
Fife ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 22 Oct 2027
Glasgow City ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 15 Oct 2027
Highland ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 22 Oct 2027
Inverclyde ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 15 Oct 2027
Inverclyde ↗	October holidays	19 Oct 2027
Moray ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 22 Oct 2027
North Lanarkshire ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 15 Oct 2027
Perth and Kinross ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 22 Oct 2027
Renfrewshire ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 15 Oct 2027
Scottish Borders ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 15 Oct 2027
Shetland Islands ↗	October holidays	Schools close 8 Oct 2027 · full range not supplied
South Ayrshire ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 22 Oct 2027
South Lanarkshire ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 15 Oct 2027
Stirling ↗	October holidays	11 Oct 2027 – 22 Oct 2027
West Dunbartonshire ↗	October holidays	4 Oct 2027 – 15 Oct 2027
West Lothian ↗	October holidays	25 Oct 2027

Wales

22 of 22 calendars with accepted information in this view.

Wales available october holidays 2027
Area	Holiday	Published dates
Blaenau Gwent ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Bridgend ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Caerphilly ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Cardiff ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Carmarthenshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Ceredigion ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Conwy ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Denbighshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Flintshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Gwynedd ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Anglesey ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Merthyr Tydfil ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Monmouthshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Neath Port Talbot ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Newport ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Pembrokeshire ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Powys ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Rhondda Cynon Taf ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Swansea ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Torfaen ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Vale of Glamorgan ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027
Wrexham ↗	October half term	25 Oct 2027 – 29 Oct 2027

Northern Ireland

0 of 1 calendars with accepted information in this view.

No accepted ranges in this view. Check your area and official source.

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