2026 Victoria School Holiday Info
The information below is relevant to Victoria state schools. Independent and Catholic schools 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.
Note that the dates below represent official term dates and this is often the date that teachers attend the school, however many schools elect to start the students back on slightly different dates. For instance, it is common for the first day back at school to be a day later for students than what is shown in the table below. It is also common for students to finish term 4 in the days prior to the final Friday.
2026 Victoria School Holidays and Term Dates
| Period | Start | Finish | Length |
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| Term 1 | Staff: Tuesday, 27 January 2026 Students: Wednesday, 28 January 2026* |
Thursday, 2 April 2026 | 10 weeks |
| School Holidays | Friday, 3 April 2026 | Sunday, 19 April 2026 | |
| Term 2 | Monday, 20 April 2026 | Friday, 26 June 2026 | 10 weeks |
| School Holidays | Saturday, 27 June 2026 | Sunday, 12 July 2026 | |
| Term 3 | Monday, 13 July 2026 | Friday, 18 September 2026 | 10 weeks |
| School Holidays | Saturday, 19 September 2026 | Sunday, 4 October 2026 | |
| Term 4 | Monday, 5 October 2026 | Friday, 18 December 2026 | 11 weeks |
| 2026/2027 Summer School Holidays | Saturday, 19 December 2026 | Tuesday, 26 January 2027 | |
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| Notes: * The first day of term 1 is a student free day in government schools, so students return a day later than staff. **Senior Years may have different finishing dates in term 4. | |||
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.
