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Birmingham City Council School Holidays, Half Term & Term Dates 2026 - 2027

Planning a family getaway or just trying to avoid last-minute surprises? Stay on top of school term dates and holidays in Birmingham City Council for the years 2026 and 2027. This page has all the key dates you need to plan ahead with confidence.

Many academies and free schools have the flexibility to set their own term dates, so we recommend confirming the exact schedule with your child's school. To make things easy, we've included a link to your school's website further down this page.

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What's the next school holiday in Birmingham City Council?

21 Jul - 31 Aug

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Birmingham City Council School Holiday Dates Table 2026 - 2027

The next school holiday in Birmingham City Council is the Summer holiday, running from 21 July to 31 August. After that, the Autumn Half Term holiday will take place from 26 October to 30 October.

TermHoliday Dates
Summer Half Term25 May 2026 - 29 May 2026
Summer21 Jul 2026 - 31 Aug 2026
Autumn Half Term26 Oct 2026 - 30 Oct 2026
Christmas19 Dec 2026 - 3 Jan 2027
Spring Half Term15 Feb 2027 - 19 Feb 2027
Easter26 Mar 2027 - 11 Apr 2027
Summer Half Term31 May 2027 - 4 Jun 2027
Summer22 Jul 2027 - 1 Sep 2027

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Birmingham City Council School Term & Half Term Dates Table 2026 - 2027

The current school term in Birmingham City Council is the Summer term, running from 13 Apr 2026 to 20 Jul 2026.

TermTerm DatesHalf Term Dates
Summer13 Apr 2026 - 20 Jul 202625 May 2026 - 29 May 2026
Autumn1 Sep 2026 - 18 Dec 202626 Oct 2026 - 30 Oct 2026
Spring4 Jan 2027 - 25 Mar 202715 Feb 2027 - 19 Feb 2027
Summer12 Apr 2027 - 21 Jul 202731 May 2027 - 4 Jun 2027

List of Schools in Birmingham City Council and Their Holiday Pages

Are you looking to find specific school holiday information for your school? Below is a list of schools in Birmingham City Council with direct links to their websites or dedicated holiday pages.

School NameSchool Website
Aspire Ap Schoolhttps://www.aspireap.org.uk/For-Parents-and-Carers/Calendar-and-Term-Dates/
Fox Hollies Schoolhttps://www.foxhollies.bham.sch.uk/calendar
Hallmoor Schoolhttps://hallmoor.fet.ac/parents/term-dates/
SILVER BIRCH SCHOOLhttps://heritagecoastfederation.org.uk/key_information/term_dates/term_dates.html
R.Y.A.N Education Academyhttp://www.ryanacademy.org/academic-calendar.html
Redstone Academy for Girlshttps://girls.redstoneacademy.com/academic-calendar/
Myles Academyhttps://www.daniellemyles.co.uk/term-dates
Hallfield Schoolhttps://www.hallfieldschool.org.uk/term-dates/
James Brindley Schoolhttps://www.jamesbrindley.org.uk/news-dates__trashed/calendar/
Lea Hall Academyhttps://konradhallscentre.org.uk/key-information/term-dates
New Horizon Academyhttps://www.horizons-ac.org.uk/news-and-calendar/key-dates/
R.Y.A.N Education Academy Vocational Centrehttp://www.ryaneducationacademy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/TERM-DATES-2021-2022.pdf
New Perspectives Schoolhttps://www.norfolk.gov.uk
The Pioneers Academyhttps://www.pioneerscentre.org.uk
King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boyshttps://senior.kes.school/138/term-dates
Maple House Schoolhttps://www.maple.herts.sch.uk/Term-Dates/
Watermelon Independent Schools Phoenix Schoolhttps://phoenix.attrust.org.uk/term-dates-2021-2022/
Swanshurst Schoolhttps://www.swanshurst.org/term-dates/2090.html
Prince Albert High Schoolhttps://www.princealbert.bham.sch.uk/index.php/news/term-dates-2022-2023
Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academyhttps://www.christchurchsecondary.org.uk/term-dates
BOA Digital Technologies Academyhttps://www.boa-digital.co.uk
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boyshttps://www.camphillboys.bham.sch.uk
King Edward VI Aston Schoolhttps://senior.kes.school/138/term-dates
Al-Burhan Grammar Schoolhttps://www.burnhamgrammar.org.uk/news-dates/term-dates
Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birminghamhttps://www.edengirlsbirmingham.org/information/term-dates/
Darul Uloom Islamic High Schoolhttp://www.darululoom.org.uk/calendar/
Hamd House Schoolhttps://hollandhouseschool.co.uk
Elmhurst Ballet Schoolhttps://elmhurstballetschool.org/fr/whats-on/term-dates/
Priory Schoolhttps://www.prioryschool.net/term-dates/
Queensbridge Schoolhttps://www.queensbridge.hackney.sch.uk/term-dates
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Schoolhttps://stmaryandstthomasaquinasblaydon.bwcet.com/parents/term-dates-school-day/
Nishkam High Schoolhttps://www.nishkamschooltrust.org
Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centrehttps://www.highcrestacademy.org.uk/Parents/School-Day-And-Term-Dates/
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girlshttps://www.kechg.org.uk
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Formhttps://www.bordgrng.bham.sch.uk/Calendar/
Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Schoolhttps://decschool.co.uk/term-dates/
St Edmund Campion Catholic Schoolhttps://www.st-edmund.org.uk/term-dates/
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academyhttps://www.kesacademy.org.uk/18/term-dates
Wheelers Lane Technology Collegehttps://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20014/schools_and_learning/685/school_term_dates
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic Schoolhttps://cardinalwiseman.coventry.sch.uk/term-dates/
Hazrat Khadijatul Kubra Girls Schoolhttps://hkkg.bham.sch.uk/term-dates-for-academic-year-2022-2023/
Small Heath Leadership Academyhttps://www.smallheathleadershipacademy.com/information/term-dates/
King Edward VI Northfield School for Girlshttps://kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk/about-our-school/term-dates/
Saltley Academyhttps://saltley.academy/19/term-dates
Holte Schoolhttps://www.holte.bham.sch.uk/information/term-dates/
Archbishop Ilsley Catholic Schoolhttps://www.ilsley.bham.sch.uk/parents/term-dates/
Washwood Heath Academyhttps://washwood.academy/19/term-dates
Hodge Hill Collegehttps://www.hodgehill.bham.sch.uk
Camp Hill Educationhttps://www.camphill.ac.uk
Bartley Green Schoolhttps://www.bartleygreenschool.co.uk/term-dates
Holy Trinity Catholic Schoolhttps://www.holytrc.bham.sch.uk/key-information/calendar/
Turves Green Boys' Schoolhttps://turvesgreen.excelsiormat.org/news-and-events/term-dates/
Redstone Academy for Boyshttps://boys.redstoneacademy.com/academic-calendar/
Ark Boulton Academyhttps://arkboulton.org/calendar/term-dates
Star King Solomon Academyhttps://kingsolomonacademy.org/calendar/term-dates
King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academyhttps://senior.kes.school/138/term-dates
Ark Kings Academyhttps://arkkingsacademy.org
South and City College Birminghamhttps://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20014/schools_and_learning/685/school_term_dates
Imedia Schoolhttps://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/schools/term-dates-and-holidays
Baskerville Schoolhttps://www.baskerville.school/our-school/term-dates
Jamia Islamia Birminghamhttps://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20014/schools_and_learning/685/school_term_dates
Spring Hill High Schoolhttps://springhillhighschool.co.uk/parent/term-dates
Greenwood Academyhttps://www.greenwoodprimaryschool.co.uk/term-dates-and-holidays/
Uffculme Schoolhttps://uffculmeprimary.bep.ac/term-dates-1
Hall Green Schoolhttps://www.norfolk.gov.uk
Kings Norton Girls' Schoolhttps://www.knps.org.uk/school-information/term-dates-opening-times
Green Oak Academyhttps://greenoaks.org.uk/Calendar/
Lindsworth Schoolhttps://www.lindsworth.co.uk
Tile Cross Academyhttps://tilecross.academy
Mayfield Schoolhttps://mayfield.cumbria.sch.uk/parents/term-dates
Mander Portman Woodward Independent Collegehttps://www.mpw.ac.uk/term-dates/
Cockshut Hill Schoolhttps://cockshuthill.org.uk/key-dates/
New Ways Schoolhttps://www.newwayslearningcentre.com/term-dates
Rockwood Academyhttps://www.corerockwood.academy/school-life/term-dates-inset-days/
Lordswood Boys' Schoolhttps://www.lordswood-gst.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2025/01/Academic-Calendar-L-25.26-v0.1.pdf
The Pines Special Schoolhttps://www.thepinesschool.org.uk/term-dates/
The University of Birmingham Schoolhttps://www.birmingham.ac.uk/dubai/study/term-dates
E-ACT Heartlands Academyhttps://heartlandsacademy.e-act.org.uk/parents/term-dates/
Victoria Schoolhttps://arkvictoria.org/calendar/term-dates
Ark Victoria Academyhttps://arkvictoria.org/calendar/term-dates
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girlshttps://www.kechg.org.uk
Wilson Stuart Schoolhttps://www.wilsonstuart.co.uk/for-parents/term-dates/
The Arthur Terry Schoolhttps://arthurterry.bham.sch.uk/term-dates/
Moseley School and Sixth Formhttps://moseley.bham.sch.uk
Waverley Schoolhttps://www.waverley-abbey.surrey.sch.uk/news-events-and-vacancies/term-dates-and-diary-dates
Colmers School and Sixth Form Collegehttps://www.colmers.bham.sch.uk/our-school/term-dates
Selly Oak Trust Schoolhttps://www.sellyoaks.org.uk/Calendar/
Edgbaston High School for Girlshttps://www.edgbastonhigh.co.uk/school-life/term-dates
Kimichi Schoolhttps://kimichischool.co.uk
Bournville Schoolhttps://www.bournvillevillageprimary.org.uk/Page/Detail/term-dates-and-daily-schedule
Highclare Schoolhttps://www.highclareschool.co.uk/school-life/term-dates/
Four Dwellings Academyhttps://www.liftfourdwellingspri.org/term-dates
City United Academy (CUA)https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50281765
King Edward VI Five Ways Schoolhttps://www.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/essentials/term-dates/
Ninestiles, an Academyhttps://ninestiles.org.uk/term-dates/
Priestley Smith Schoolhttps://www.beechesinfantschool.org.uk/diary-and-term-dates/
Kings Heath Secondary Schoolhttps://kingsheathboys.greenhousecms.co.uk/Calendar/
Riverside Educationhttps://www.riversideacademy.org.uk
Blackwater Academyhttps://www.blackwater.cornwall.sch.uk/web/term_dates/493060
City Academyhttps://cityacademybristol.clf.uk/our-academy/term-dates/
Hopwood Hall Schoolhttps://www.hopwood.ac.uk/college-life/term-dates-opening-times/
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham Easthttps://www.edenboysbirminghameast.com
Jewellery Quarter Academyhttps://www.corejewelleryquarter.academy/school-life/term-dates-inset-days/
King Edward VI Handsworth Schoolhttps://kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk/about-our-school/term-dates/
St Paul's Schoolhttps://www.stpaulsprimaryschoolfarington.co.uk/news-events/term-dates-holidays
Aston Manor Academyhttps://astonmanor.bham.sch.uk/parents-carers/term-dates-inset-days/
King Edward VI High School for Girlshttps://www.kevistafford.com/term-dates-calendar
Starbank Schoolhttps://www.meadowbankcommunityschool.org.uk/for-parents-carers/term-dates
V.A.S.E Academyhttps://www.vaseacademy.co.uk/our-school/term-dates
Aston University Engineering Academyhttps://www.aston.ac.uk/about
Hamstead Hall Academyhttps://www.hamsteadhall.com/Information/Term-Dates/
Birchfield Independent Girls' Schoolhttps://bigs.bham.sch.uk/calendar/
Harborne Academyhttps://www.harborneacademy.co.uk/1835/term-dates
Arc Oakbridge Schoolhttps://www.oakbridgesen.org/Term-Dates/
Oscott Academyhttps://newoscottschool.co.uk
Hodge Hill Girls' Schoolhttps://www.hodgehill.bham.sch.uk
Yardleys Schoolhttps://www.yardleyprimary.org/termdates
Newbury Independent Schoolhttps://www.newburyschool.co.uk/term-dates
Heritage Academyhttps://heritagemat.uk
George Dixon Academyhttps://www.georgedixonacademy.com/about-us/key-dates
Queensbury Schoolhttps://www.bradford.gov.uk/education-and-skills/school-holidays-and-term-dates/school-holidays-and-term-dates/
Birmingham Independent Collegehttps://arkvictoria.org/calendar/term-dates
Braidwood School for the Deafhttps://www.braidwood.bham.sch.uk
Broadway Academyhttps://www.broadway.worcs.sch.uk/parents/term-dates
Erdington Academyhttps://erdingtonacademy.bham.sch.uk/the-academy/term-dates/
Birmingham Ormiston Academyhttps://www.boa-academy.co.uk
Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegehttps://bishopchalloner.org.uk/term-dates
King Edward's Schoolhttps://www.king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk/essentials/term-dates/
Green Heath Schoolhttps://greatheathacademy.attrust.org.uk/news-dates/term-dates/
Selly Park Girls' Schoolhttps://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20014/schools_and_learning/685/school_term_dates
Stockland Green Schoolhttps://stockgrn.bham.sch.uk/files/2025/07/Term-and-Key-Dates-2025-2026-to-include-Parents-Evenings.docx
E-ACT North Birmingham Academyhttps://northbirminghamacademy.e-act.org.uk/parents/term-dates/
Ark St Alban's Academyhttps://arktindalprimary.org/calendar/term-dates
Orion Schoolhttps://www.theorion.org.uk/term-dates-202526/
E-ACT Shenley Academyhttps://www.shenleyprimary.co.uk
Eden Boys' School, Birminghamhttps://www.edenboysbirmingham.com/information/term-dates/
St George's School Edgbastonhttps://www.prioryschool.net/term-dates/
St Paul's School for Girlshttps://www.stpaulsschool.org.uk/term-dates/
Waverley Studio Collegehttps://www.waverleystudiocollege.co.uk
Westpark Schoolhttps://www.westpark.derby.sch.uk/calendar.php

What’s the Difference Between a Term, a Half Term, and a Holiday?

  • Term: A block of time when schools are open, usually split into three per year – Autumn, Spring, and Summer.
  • Half Term: A short break in the middle of each term, typically lasting one week.
  • School Holidays: The longer breaks between terms, such as Christmas, Easter, and Summer.

Each term consists of one half-term, and each term concludes with a holiday. This structure is consistent across most schools in the UK.

How Are School Term Dates Decided in Birmingham City Council?

School term dates in Birmingham City Council are set by the Birmingham City Council, which publishes an official calendar for community and voluntary-controlled schools.

However, not all schools follow these exact dates. Academies, free schools, and independent schools have the freedom to set their own term dates, especially when it comes to inset days (staff training days) and minor adjustments.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

School holidays in Birmingham City Council typically follow this annual pattern:

  • October half-term: One week in October (26 October 2026 - 30 October 2026)
  • Christmas holidays: Two weeks in December (19 December 2026 - 3 January 2027)
  • February half-term: One week in February (15 February 2027 - 19 February 2027)
  • Easter holidays: Two weeks around March/April (26 March 2027 - 11 April 2027)
  • May half-term: One week in late May (25 May 2026 - 29 May 2026, 31 May 2027 - 4 June 2027)
  • Summer holidays: Usually six weeks, beginning in late July (21 July 2026 - 31 August 2026, 22 July 2027 - 1 September 2027)

Dates can vary between schools, especially for academies and free schools, so it's always best to check directly with your school for the most accurate information.

Not always. While Birmingham City Council sets standard term dates for most schools, academies and free schools may differ. So it's a good idea to double-check with your school to be sure.
No - inset days are teacher training days when staff are in school but pupils get the day off. While children don't attend, these days aren't officially considered part of the school holidays, and they can vary from school to school.