Brighton and Hove school term dates 2026/27

Official Brighton and Hove Council dates

Term and holiday dates from Brighton and Hove Council’s published calendar, checked Mon 10 Aug 2026. INSET days are set by each school, so you’ll find those on your school’s own page.

Brighton and Hove term dates 2026/27

  • 2026/27 academic year

  • First day of school · first day back
    Wed 2 Sep 2026
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  • Autumn term (first half)
    Wed 2 Sep – Fri 23 Oct 2026
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  • Autumn half-term
    Sat 24 Oct – Sun 1 Nov 2026
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    9 days off
  • Autumn term (second half)
    Mon 2 Nov – Fri 18 Dec 2026
    GOV
  • Christmas holiday
    Sat 19 Dec 2026 – Sun 3 Jan 2027
    GOV
    16 days off
  • Spring term (first half)
    Mon 4 Jan – Fri 12 Feb 2027
    GOV
  • Spring half-term
    Sat 13 – Sun 21 Feb 2027
    GOV
    9 days off
  • Spring term (second half)
    Mon 22 Feb – Thu 25 Mar 2027
    GOV
  • Easter holiday
    Fri 26 Mar – Sun 11 Apr 2027
    GOV
    17 days off
  • Summer term (first half)
    Mon 12 Apr – Fri 28 May 2027
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  • Summer half-term
    Sat 29 May – Sun 6 Jun 2027
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    9 days off
  • Summer term (second half)
    Mon 7 Jun – Wed 21 Jul 2027
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Where these dates come from: Brighton and Hove Council’s published calendar. Academies and free schools can set their own dates - subscribe on your school’s page and we read that school’s own website, then send anything that differs straight to your calendar. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.

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Schools in Brighton and Hove

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Aldrington CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Balfour Primary SchoolPrimary Benfield Primary SchoolPrimary Bevendean Primary School and NurseryPrimary Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & HovePrimary Blatchington Mill SchoolSecondary Brackenbury Primary SchoolPrimary Brighton Aldridge Community AcademySecondary Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College16 plus Brunswick Primary SchoolPrimary Carden Nursery and Primary SchoolPrimary Cardinal Newman Catholic SchoolSecondary Carlton Hill Primary SchoolPrimary Central Hub Brighton City Academy WhitehawkPrimary Coldean Primary SchoolPrimary Coombe Road Primary SchoolPrimary Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary Dorothy Stringer SchoolSecondary Downs Infant SchoolPrimary Downs Junior SchoolPrimary Downs View Life Skills College Downs View Special School Elm Grove Primary SchoolPrimary Fairlight Primary SchoolPrimary Goldstone Primary SchoolPrimary Hangleton Primary SchoolPrimary Hertford Primary SchoolPrimary Hill Park School Hove Junior SchoolPrimary Hove Park School and Sixth Form CentreSecondary King's SchoolSecondary Longhill High SchoolSecondary Middle Street Primary SchoolPrimary Mile Oak Primary SchoolPrimary Moulsecoomb Primary SchoolPrimary Our Lady of Lourdes RC SchoolPrimary Patcham High SchoolSecondary Patcham Infant SchoolPrimary Patcham Junior SchoolPrimary Peter Gladwin Primary SchoolPrimary Portslade Aldridge Community AcademySecondary Queen's Park Primary SchoolPrimary Royal Spa Nursery SchoolNursery Rudyard Kipling Primary School & NurseryPrimary Saltdean Primary SchoolPrimary St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolPrimary St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Luke's Primary SchoolPrimary St Margaret's CofE Primary School, RottingdeanPrimary St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Martin's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Nicolas CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St. John's College (Brighton) Stanford Infant SchoolPrimary Stanford Junior SchoolPrimary Tarnerland Nursery SchoolNursery Team Domenica University of Brighton University of Sussex Varndean College16 plus Varndean SchoolSecondary West Blatchington Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary West Hove Infant SchoolPrimary Westdene Primary SchoolPrimary Woodingdean Primary SchoolPrimary

Independent schools in Brighton and Hove

These schools set their own term dates and do not follow the Brighton and Hove Council calendar, so their half terms and holidays often differ by a week or more. Each page carries the school’s own dates. Browse every independent school.

Brighton College Brighton Girls GDST Oxford International College, Brighton Roedean School Windlesham School

Questions parents ask

When do Brighton and Hove schools go back in September 2026?

The Brighton and Hove Council calendar has the 2026/27 school year starting on Wed 2 Sep 2026. Individual schools can add INSET days right at the start of term, so check your own school's page before booking anything around it.

Do all Brighton and Hove schools follow these dates?

Community schools follow the Brighton and Hove Council calendar. Academies and free schools can set their own, and every school picks its own INSET days. Subscribe on your school's page and we go and read that school's own website - its INSET days, and any dates it sets for itself. Anything we find lands in your calendar by itself, so there is nothing to come back and check.

How do I get these dates in my calendar?

Find your school with the school finder and subscribe to its calendar, free. The dates land in Apple, Google or Outlook calendars and keep themselves up to date: next year's dates and any changes appear on their own.

What about INSET days?

INSET days are set by each school, not the council, so they are not in the calendar on this page. When you subscribe to a school we read its website for INSET days and add them to your calendar automatically.

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