School terms, holidays and closures

Guidance and services

• Approved school term dates 2025 to 2026
• Approved school term dates 2024 to 2025
• School closures: examinations
• Notification of school term dates: template
• Reform of the school year
• Opening schools as well as childcare and play settings in extreme bad weather and extreme hot weather
• Emergency planning and response guidance for education and childcare settings

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• The Maintained Schools (Amendment of paragraph 7 of Schedule 17 to the Coronavirus Act 2020) (Wales) Regulations 2020
  Legislation
• The Education (Notification of School Term Dates) (Wales) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (revoked)
  Legislation
• The Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (revoked)
  Legislation
• Notices disapplying changing school session time requirements
  Legislation
• Exploring reform of the school year Beaufort Research report: attitudes towards school year reform in Wales
  Report
• The Structure of the School Year: impact assessments
  Impact assessment