Official 2025 South Africa School Holidays Calendar Has Been Released Check Here As the 2024 academic year become to an end The Department of Basic Education(DBE) Has official released the Academic calendar for the Coming academic year 2025 with all terms and holidays.Here n this page you will find a calendar of all 2025 school holidays in South Africa.
South Africa School Holidays 2025
| School Holidays | Starts | Finishes |
|---|---|---|
| First Day of School | 15 Jan 2025 (Wed) | |
| Term 1 Holidays | 31 Mar 2025 (Mon) | 7 Apr 2025 (Mon) |
| Special School Holidays | 28 Apr 2025 (Mon) | 2 May 2025 (Fri) |
| Term 2 Holidays | 30 Jun 2025 (Mon) | 21 Jul 2025 (Mon) |
| Term 3 Holidays | 6 Oct 2025 (Mon) | 10 Oct 2025 (Fri) |
| Term 4 Holidays | 11 Dec 2025 (Thu) |
2025 School Calendar for all public schools
Students will attend schools during the following dates:
- Term 1: 15 January 2025 to 28 March 2025 (this means a total of 52 actual school days)
- Term 2: 8 April 2025 to 27 June 2025 (this means a total of 51 actual school days)
- Term 3: 22 July 2025 to 3 October 2025 (this means a total of 53 actual school days)
- Term 4: 13 October 2025 to 10 December 2025 (this means a total of 43 actual school days)
Students attending public school will therefore attend school for a total of 199 days for the 2025 year. They will have 213 days of school holidays and 12 public holidays during the school term.
Administration staff will attend school for an extra 4 days – 2 before the beginning of the year (13 and 14 January 2025) and 2 at the end of the year (11 and 12 December 2025).
2025 School Holidays for all public schools
Students will be off of school during the following dates:
- 31 March 2025 to 7 April 2025
- 30 June 2025 to 21 July 2025
- 6 October 2025 to 10 October 2025
- 11 December 2025 to 14 January 2026 (proposed)
What are Inland or Coastal School?
Inland Cluster schools include schools in the following provinces:
- Free State
- Gauteng
- Limpopo
- Mpumalanga
- North West
Coastal schools include schools in the following provinces:
- Eastern Cape
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Northern Cape
- Western Cape
Public and School Holidays for the 2025 year
- 1 January 2025: New Year’s Day
- 21 March 2025: Human Rights Day
- 18 April 2025: Good Friday
- 21 April 2025: Family Day
- 28 April 2025: Freedom Day observed (as Freedom Day falls on a Sunday – 27 April 2025)
- 29 April 2025: Special school holiday
- 30 April 2025: Special school holiday
- 1 May 2025: Workers’ Day
- 2 May 2025: Special school holiday
- 16 June 2025: Youth Day
- 9 August 2025: National Women’s Day
- 24 September 2025: Heritage Day
- 16 December 2025: Day of Reconciliation
- 25 December 2025: Christmas Day
- 26 December 2025: Day of Goodwill
Please visit gov.za for the original release.
