Victoria School Holidays and Term Dates – Past Years

The information below is relevant to Victorian state schools. Select one of the years below to view the historical school holiday dates and information.

Note: Senior years usually have different finishing dates in term 4.

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Victoria School Holiday Dates 2014

PeriodStartFinishLength
Term 1Tuesday 28 January, 2014Friday 4 April, 201410 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday 5 April, 2014Monday 21 April, 2014
Term 2Tuesday 22 April, 2014**Friday 27 June, 201410 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday 28 June, 2014Sunday 13 July, 2014
Term 3Monday 14 July, 2014Friday 19 September, 201410 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday 20 September, 2014Monday 7 October, 2014
Term 4Monday 6 October, 2014Friday 19 December, 201411 weeks
2013/2014 Summer School HolidaysSaturday 20 December, 2014Tuesday 27 January, 2015

*Monday 27 January is the Australia Day Public Holiday in 2014. The first day of term 1 is a student-free day.

**Monday 21 April is the Easter Monday Public Holiday in 2014.

Victoria School Holiday Dates 2015

PeriodStartFinishLength
Term 1*Tuesday 27 January, 2015Thursday 27 March, 20159 weeks
School HolidaysFriday 28 March, 2015Sunday 12 April, 2015
Term 2Monday 13 April, 2015Friday 26 June, 201511 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday 27 June, 2015Sunday 12 July, 2015
Term 3Monday 13 July, 2015Friday 18 September, 201510 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday 19 September, 2015Monday 5 October, 2015
Term 4Monday 5 October, 2015Friday 18 December, 201511 weeks
2015/2016 Summer School HolidaysSaturday 19 December, 2015Monday 25 January, 2016

 *Monday 26 January is the Australia Day Public Holiday in 2015. The first day of term is a student-free day.

Victoria School Holiday Dates 2016

PeriodStartFinishLength
Term 1Wednesday 27 January, 2016Thursday 24 March, 20168 weeks
School HolidaysFriday 25 March, 2016Sunday 10 April, 2016
Term 2Monday 11 April, 2016Friday 24 June, 201611 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday 25 June, 2016Sunday 10 July, 2016
Term 3Monday 11 July, 2016Friday 16 September, 201610 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday 17 September, 2016Sunday 2 October, 2016
Term 4*Monday 3 October, 2016Tuesday 20 December, 201611 weeks
2016/2017 Summer School HolidaysWednesday 21 December, 2016Monday 30 January, 2017

Victoria School Holiday Dates 2017

PeriodStartFinishLength
Term 1Monday, 30 January 2017Friday, 31 March 20179 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 1 April 2017Monday, 17 April 2017
Term 2Tuesday, 18 April 2017Friday, 30 June 201711 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 1 July 2017Sunday, 16 July 2017
Term 3Monday, 17 July 2017Friday, 22 September 201710 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 23 September 2017Sunday, 8 October 2017
Term 4*Monday, 9 October 2017Friday, 22 December 201711 weeks
2017/2018 Summer School HolidaysSaturday, 23 December 2017Sunday, 28 January 2018

Victoria School Holiday Dates 2018

PeriodStartFinishLength
Term 1Monday, January 29 2018Thursday, 29 March 20189 weeks
School HolidaysFriday, 30 March 2018Sunday, 15 April 2018
Term 2Monday, 16 April 2018Friday, 29 June 201811 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 30 June 2018Sunday, 15 July 2018
Term 3Monday, 16 July 2018Friday, 21 September 201810 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 22 September 2018Sunday, 7 October 2018
Term 4*Monday, 8 October 2018Friday, 21 December 201811 weeks
2018/2019 Summer School HolidaysSaturday, 22 December 2018Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Victoria School Holiday Dates 2019

PeriodStartFinishLength
Term 1Tuesday, 29 January 2019Friday, 5 April 201910 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 6 April 2019Monday, 22 April 2019
Term 2Tuesday, 23rd April 2019Friday, 28 June 201910 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 29 June 2019Sunday 14 July 2019
Term 3Monday, 15 July 2019Friday, 20 September 201910 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 21 September 2019Sunday, 6 October 2019
Term 4*Monday, 7 October 2019Friday, 20 December 201911 weeks
Summer School HolidaysSaturday, 21 December 2019Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Victoria School Holiday Dates 2020

PeriodStartFinishLength
Term 1Tuesday, 28 January 2020Friday, 27 March 20209 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 28 March 2020Monday, 13 April 2020
Term 2Tuesday, 14 April 2020Friday, 26 June 202011 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 27 June 2020Sunday, 12 July 2020
Term 3Monday, 13 July 2020Friday, 18 September 202010 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 19 September 2020Sunday, 4 October 2020
Term 4*Monday, 5 October 2020Friday, 18 December 202011 weeks
2020/2021 Summer School HolidaysSaturday, 19 December 2020Tuesday, 26 January 2021

Victoria School Holiday Dates 2021

PeriodStartFinishLength
Term 1Staff: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Students: Thursday, 28 January 2021*Thursday, 1 April 202111 weeks
School HolidaysFriday, 2 April 2021Sunday, 18 April 2021
Term 2Monday, 19 April 2021Friday, 25 June 202110 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 26 June 2021Sunday, 11 July 2021
Term 3Monday, 12 July 2021Friday, 17 September 202110 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 18 September 2021Sunday, 3 October 2021
Term 4**Monday, 4 October 2021Friday, 17 December 202111 weeks

The first day of term 1 is a student free day in government schools, so students return a day later than staff.

Victoria School Holiday Dates 2022

PeriodStartFinishLength
Term 1Staff: Friday, 28 January 2022
Students: Monday, 31 January 2022*Friday, 8 April 202210 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 9 April 2022Monday, 25 April 2022
Term 2Tuesday, 26 April 2022Friday, 24 June 20229 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 25 June 2022Sunday, 10 July 2022
Term 3Monday, 11 July 2022Friday, 16 September 202210 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 17 September 2022Sunday, 2 October 2022
Term 4**Monday, 3 October 2022Tuesday, 20 December 202211 weeks
2022/2023 Summer School HolidaysWednesday, 21 December 2022Sunday, 29 January 2023*

The first day of term 1 is a student free day in government schools, so students return a day later than staff.

Victoria School Holiday Dates 2023

PeriodStartFinishLength
Term 1Staff: Friday, 27 January 2023
Students: Monday, 30 January 2023*Thursday, 6 April 202310 weeks
School HolidaysFriday, 7 April 2023Sunday, 23 April 2023
Term 2Monday, 24 April 2023Friday, 23 June 20239 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 24 June 2023Sunday, 9 July 2023
Term 3Monday, 10 July 2023Friday, 15 September 202310 weeks
School HolidaysSaturday, 16 September 2023Sunday, 1 October 2023
Term 4Monday, 2 October 2023Wednesday, 20 December 202311.5 weeks
2023/2024 Summer School HolidaysThursday, 21 December 2023Friday, 29 January 2024

The first day of term 1 is a student free day in government schools, so students return a day later than staff.

The information above is relevant to Victoria government state schools. Independent and Catholic schools do base their terms on the state school dates but their term dates can vary from school to school. You should check directly with the relevant school to find out the correct term date information.

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