Hackney school term dates 2026/27

Official Hackney Council dates

Term and holiday dates from Hackney Council’s published calendar, checked Fri 31 Jul 2026. INSET days are set by each school, so you’ll find those on your school’s own page.

Hackney 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
    GOV
  • Autumn half term
    Sat 24 Oct – Sun 1 Nov 2026
    GOV
    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
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  • 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 – Thu 22 Jul 2027
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  • Summer holiday
    Fri 23 Jul – Sun 5 Sep 2027
    GOV
    45 days off

Where these dates come from: Hackney 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 Hackney

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All Saints Catholic High SchoolSecondary Benthal Primary SchoolPrimary Berger Primary SchoolPrimary Betty Layward Primary SchoolPrimary Cardinal Pole Catholic SchoolSecondary City of London Academy, Shoreditch ParkSecondary Clapton Girls' AcademySecondary Comet Nursery School and Children's CentreNursery Daubeney Primary SchoolPrimary Gainsborough Primary SchoolPrimary Gayhurst Community SchoolPrimary Grasmere Primary SchoolPrimary Grazebrook Primary SchoolPrimary Hackney New Primary SchoolPrimary Haggerston SchoolSecondary Halley House SchoolPrimary Harrington Hill Primary SchoolPrimary Holmleigh Primary SchoolPrimary Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary Hoxton Garden PrimaryPrimary Ickburgh School Jubilee Primary SchoolPrimary Kingsmead Primary SchoolPrimary Lauriston SchoolPrimary London Fields Primary SchoolPrimary Lubavitch Boys' Primary SchoolPrimary Lubavitch Girls Primary SchoolPrimary Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls)Secondary Mandeville Primary SchoolPrimary Millfields Community SchoolPrimary Morningside Primary SchoolPrimary Mossbourne Community AcademySecondary Mossbourne Parkside AcademyPrimary Mossbourne Riverside AcademyPrimary Mossbourne Victoria Park AcademySecondary New Regent's College Nightingale Primary SchoolPrimary Northwold Primary SchoolPrimary Orchard Primary SchoolPrimary Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary Parkwood Primary SchoolPrimary Princess May Primary SchoolPrimary Queensbridge Primary SchoolPrimary Rushmore Primary SchoolPrimary Sebright SchoolPrimary Shacklewell Primary SchoolPrimary Shoreditch Park Primary SchoolPrimary Simon Marks Jewish Primary SchoolPrimary Skinners' AcademySecondary Southwold Primary SchoolPrimary Springfield Community Primary SchoolPrimary St John and St James CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St John of Jerusalem Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary St Matthias Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary St Monica's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Scholastica's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Stoke Newington School and Sixth FormSecondary Stormont House School The Boxing Academy AP Free School The Bridge AcademySecondary The City Academy, HackneySecondary The Excelsior AcademySecondary The Garden School The Olive School, HackneyPrimary The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary SchoolSecondary Thomas Fairchild Community SchoolPrimary Waterside AcademySecondary Wentworth Nursery School and Children's CentreNursery William Patten Primary SchoolPrimary Woodberry Down Community Primary SchoolPrimary Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls SchoolSecondary

Independent schools in Hackney

These schools set their own term dates and do not follow the Hackney 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.

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Questions parents ask

When do Hackney schools go back in September 2026?

The Hackney 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 Hackney schools follow these dates?

Community schools follow the Hackney 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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