2024/2025 School Year Calendar

Below is the agreed school calendar for 2024/2025. Contingency arrangements have been put in place within the standardised school year to deal with unforseen school closures. Parents should be aware of these contingency arrangements if booking holidays.

October 2024 mid-term break

Christmas 2024

All schools will close on Friday 20th December 2024, which will be the final day of the school term.

All schools will re-open on Monday 6th January 2025.

February 2025 mid-term break

All primary schools will close on Thursday 20th February 2025 and Friday 21st February 2025. (Primary schools may use 3 discretionary days to extend this break to an alternative option of a 5 day break for the period from Monday 17th February 2025 to Friday 21st February 2025 inclusive unless changes are required as part of contingency arrangements to make up for time lost due to unforeseen school closures.)

Post-primary schools will close from Monday 17th February 2025 to Friday 21st February 2025 inclusive unless changes are required as part of contingency arrangements to make up for time lost due to unforeseen school closures.

Where contingency arrangements are required a school authority may reduce the length of the February mid-term break by remaining open up to and including Wednesday 19th February 2025.

Easter 2025

All schools will close on Friday 11th April 2025 which will be the final day of the school term, unless changes are required as part of contingency arrangements to make up for time lost due to unforeseen school closures. Where contingency arrangements are required a school authority may reduce the length of the Easter break by remaining open up to and including Wednesday 16th April 2025.

All schools will re-open on Monday 28th April 2025.

Source: Dept of Education Website -