Manchester school term dates 2026/27

Official Manchester Council dates

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

Manchester term dates 2026/27

  • 2026/27 academic year

  • First day of school · first day back
    Tue 1 Sep 2026
    GOV
  • Autumn term (first half)
    Tue 1 Sep – Fri 23 Oct 2026
    GOV
  • Autumn half-term holiday
    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
    GOV
  • Spring half-term holiday
    Sat 13 – Sun 21 Feb 2027
    GOV
    9 days off
  • Spring term (second half)
    Mon 22 Feb – Fri 2 Apr 2027
    GOV
  • Easter holiday
    Sat 3 – Sun 18 Apr 2027
    GOV
    16 days off
  • Summer term (first half)
    Mon 19 Apr – Fri 28 May 2027
    GOV
  • Summer half-term holiday
    Sat 29 May – Sun 6 Jun 2027
    GOV
    9 days off
  • Summer term (second half)
    Mon 7 Jun – Thu 22 Jul 2027
    GOV

Where these dates come from: Manchester 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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Abbey Hey Primary AcademyPrimary Abbott Community Primary SchoolPrimary Abraham Moss Community SchoolAll-through Acacias Community Primary SchoolPrimary All Saints C of E Primary SchoolPrimary All Saints Primary SchoolPrimary Alma Park Primary SchoolPrimary Armitage CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Ashbury Meadow Primary SchoolPrimary Ashgate Specialist Support Primary SchoolNot applicable Baguley Hall Primary SchoolPrimary Barlow Hall Primary SchoolPrimary Beaver Road Primary SchoolPrimary Benchill Primary SchoolPrimary Birchfields Primary SchoolPrimary Bowker Vale Primary SchoolPrimary Bridge CollegeNot applicable Bridgelea Pupil Referral UnitNot applicable Briscoe Lane AcademyPrimary Broad Oak Primary SchoolPrimary Brookburn Community SchoolPrimary Burnage Academy for BoysSecondary Button Lane Primary SchoolPrimary CHS SouthSecondary Camberwell Park Specialist Support SchoolNot applicable Cavendish Primary SchoolPrimary Cedar Mount AcademySecondary Chapel Street Community Primary SchoolPrimary Charlestown Community Primary SchoolPrimary Cheetham CofE Community AcademyPrimary Cheetwood Primary SchoolPrimary Chorlton CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Chorlton High SchoolSecondary Chorlton Park PrimaryPrimary Christ The King RC Primary School ManchesterPrimary Claremont Primary SchoolPrimary Co-op Academy Belle VueSecondary Co-op Academy BroadhurstPrimary Co-op Academy ManchesterSecondary Co-op Academy MedlockPrimary Co-op Academy New IslingtonPrimary Co-op Academy North ManchesterSecondary CofE School of the ResurrectionPrimary Collyhurst Nursery SchoolNursery Connell Co-Op College16 plus Crab Lane Primary SchoolPrimary Cravenwood Primary AcademyPrimary Cringle Brook Primary SchoolPrimary Crossacres Primary AcademyPrimary Crosslee Community Primary SchoolPrimary Crowcroft Park Primary SchoolPrimary Crown Street Primary SchoolPrimary Crumpsall Lane Primary SchoolPrimary Dean Trust ArdwickSecondary Didsbury CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Didsbury High SchoolSecondary Digital AdvantageNot applicable Dixons Brooklands AcademySecondary Dixons Newall Green AcademySecondary E-ACT Blackley AcademyPrimary Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, ManchesterSecondary Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, ManchesterSecondary Gorton Primary SchoolPrimary Grange SchoolNot applicable Green End Primary SchoolPrimary Haveley Hey Community SchoolPrimary Heald Place Primary SchoolPrimary Higher Openshaw Community SchoolPrimary Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School ManchesterPrimary Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Irk Valley Community SchoolPrimary Kassim Darwish Grammar School for BoysNot applicable King David Primary SchoolPrimary LTE Group16 plus Ladybarn Primary SchoolPrimary Lancasterian SchoolNot applicable Levenshulme High SchoolSecondary Lily Lane Primary SchoolPrimary Longsight Community PrimaryPrimary Loreto College16 plus Loreto High School ChorltonSecondary Manchester AcademySecondary Manchester Communication AcademySecondary Manchester Communication Primary AcademyPrimary Manchester Enterprise AcademySecondary Manchester Enterprise Academy CentralSecondary Manchester High School for GirlsNot applicable Manchester Hospital SchoolNot applicable Manchester Secondary PRUNot applicable Manley Park Primary SchoolPrimary Martenscroft Nursery School & Children's CentreNursery Mauldeth Road Primary SchoolPrimary Meade Hill SchoolNot applicable Melland High SchoolNot applicable Moor Allerton Preparatory SchoolNot applicable Moston Fields Primary SchoolPrimary Moston Lane Community Primary SchoolPrimary Mount Carmel RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary New Moston Primary SchoolPrimary Newall Green Primary SchoolPrimary North Ridge High SchoolNot applicable Northenden Community SchoolPrimary Oasis Academy AspinalPrimary Oasis Academy Harpur MountPrimary Oasis Academy TemplePrimary Old Hall Drive AcademyPrimary Old Moat Primary SchoolPrimary Orchard House Specialist High SchoolNot applicable Oswald Road Primary SchoolPrimary Our Lady's RC High SchoolSecondary Our Lady's RC Primary School ManchesterPrimary Park View Community Primary AcademyPrimary Parrs Wood High SchoolSecondary Peel Hall Primary AcademyPrimary Pike Fold Primary SchoolPrimary Pinc CollegeNot applicable Pioneer House High SchoolNot applicable Piper Hill High SchoolNot applicable Plymouth Grove Primary SchoolPrimary Prospect House Specialist Support Primary SchoolNot applicable Rack House Primary SchoolPrimary Ravensbury Community SchoolPrimary Ringway Primary SchoolPrimary Rodney House SchoolNot applicable Rolls Crescent Primary SchoolPrimary Royal Northern College of MusicNot applicable Rushbrook Primary AcademyPrimary Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary Sacred Heart RC Primary SchoolPrimary Saint Paul's Catholic High SchoolSecondary Sandilands Primary SchoolPrimary Saviour CofE Primary SchoolPrimary Seymour Road AcademyPrimary Southern Cross SchoolNot applicable Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Agnes C of E Primary SchoolPrimary St Ambrose RC Primary SchoolPrimary St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Anne's RC Primary SchoolPrimary St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall ManchesterPrimary St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Augustine's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Barnabas CofE Primary AcademyPrimary St Bernard's RC Primary School ManchesterPrimary St Brigid's RC Primary SchoolPrimary St Catherine's RC Primary SchoolPrimary St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Chrysostom's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Clare's RC Primary SchoolPrimary St Clement's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Cuthbert's RC Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Dunstan's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Edmund's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St James' CofE Primary School GortonPrimary St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-RusholmePrimary St John Bosco RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary St John's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St John's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Joseph's RC Primary School ManchesterPrimary St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Malachy's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Margaret's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Mary's CofE Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary St Mary's CofE Primary School MostonPrimary St Mary's RC Primary School, Manchester, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Matthew's RC High SchoolSecondary St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary St Peter's RC High SchoolSecondary St Philip's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary St Richard's RC Primary SchoolPrimary St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School NorthendenPrimary St Wilfrid's CofE Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary St Wilfrid's RC Primary SchoolPrimary St Willibrord's RC Primary SchoolPrimary St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary Stanley Grove Primary AcademyPrimary The Barlow RC High SchoolSecondary The Birches SchoolNot applicable The Cooperative CollegeNot applicable The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary The East Manchester AcademySecondary The King David High SchoolSecondary The Manchester Metropolitan UniversityNot applicable The Olive School, ManchesterPrimary The Willows Primary SchoolPrimary Thompsons Academy trading as NavigatorsNot applicable Trinity CofE High SchoolSecondary Unity Community PrimaryPrimary University of ManchesterNot applicable Varna Community Primary SchoolPrimary Webster Primary SchoolPrimary West Didsbury CE Primary SchoolPrimary Whalley Range 11-18 High SchoolSecondary Wilbraham Primary SchoolPrimary William Hulme's Grammar SchoolAll-through Withington Girls' SchoolNot applicable Wright Robinson CollegeSecondary Xaverian College16 plus

Questions parents ask

When do Manchester schools go back in September 2026?

The Manchester Council calendar has the 2026/27 school year starting on Tue 1 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 Manchester schools follow these dates?

Community schools follow the Manchester 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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