School Holiday Dates for South Australia
Adelaide School Holiday Dates for 2025 & 2026, School Term Dates and Public Holidays in South Australia.
To help you plan ahead when making travel plans and booking accommodation for your next family trip, here’s where you’ll find the current year’s school term dates, school holiday dates and South Australia’s public holidays.
You can also check out our handy Holiday Hack on doubling your time off by making the most of annual leave here!
2025 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
SUMMER HOLIDAYS 2024/25
Saturday 14 December 2024 – Monday 27 January 2025
TERM 1 HOLIDAYS 2025 – AUTUMN
Saturday 12 April 2025 – Sunday 27 April 2025
TERM 2 HOLIDAYS 2025 – WINTER
Saturday 5 July 2025 – Sunday 20 July 2025
TERM 3 HOLIDAYS 2025 – SPRING
Saturday 27 September 2025 – Sunday 12 October 2025
TERM 4 HOLIDAYS 2025/26 – SUMMER
Saturday 13 December 2025 – Monday 26 January 2026
2025 SCHOOL TERM DATES
TERM 1: Tuesday 28 January – Friday 11 April 2025 (11 weeks)
TERM 2: Monday 28 April – Friday 4 July 2025 (10 weeks)
TERM 3: Monday 21 July – Friday 26 September 2025 (10 weeks)
TERM 4: Monday 13 October – Friday 12 December 2025 (9 weeks)
These dates refer to South Australia’s state schools (Independent and Catholic school holiday dates may be different)
South Australia’s Public Holidays in 2025
Wednesday 1 January 2025: New Year’s Day
Monday 27 January 2025: Australia Day public holiday
Monday 10 March 2025: Adelaide Cup Day
Friday 18 April 2025: Good Friday
Saturday 19 April 2025: Easter Saturday
Sunday 20 April 2025: Easter Sunday
Monday 21 April 2025: Easter Monday
Friday 25 April 2025: ANZAC Day
Monday 9 June 2025: King’s Birthday
Monday 6 October 2025: Labour Day
Wednesday 24 December 2025: Christmas Eve
Thursday 25 December 2025: Christmas Day
Friday 26 December 2025: Proclamation Day holiday and Boxing Day
Wednesday 31 December 2025: New Year’s Eve
2026 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
SUMMER HOLIDAYS 2025/26
Saturday 13 December 2025 – Monday 26 January 2026
TERM 1 HOLIDAYS 2026 – AUTUMN
Saturday 11 April 2026 – Sunday 26 April 2026
TERM 2 HOLIDAYS 2026 – WINTER
Saturday 4 July 2026 – Sunday 19 July 2026
TERM 3 HOLIDAYS 2026 – SPRING
Saturday 26 September 2026 – Sunday 11 October 2026
TERM 4 HOLIDAYS 2026/27 – SUMMER
Saturday 12 December 2026 – Tuesday 26 January 2027
2026 SCHOOL TERM DATES
TERM 1: Tuesday 27 January – Friday 10 April 2026 (11 weeks)
TERM 2: Monday 27 April – Friday 3 July 2026 (10 weeks)
TERM 3: Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September 2026 (10 weeks)
TERM 4: Monday 12 October – Friday 11 December 2026 (9 weeks)
These dates refer to South Australia’s state schools (Independent and Catholic school holiday dates may be different)
South Australia’s Public Holidays in 2026
Thursday 1 January 2026: New Year’s Day
Monday 26 January 2026: Australia Day
Monday 9 March 2026: Adelaide Cup Day
Friday 3 April 2026: Good Friday
Saturday 4 April 2026: Easter Saturday
Monday 6 April 2026: Easter Monday
Saturday 25 April 2026: Anzac Day
Monday 8 June 2026: King’s Birthday
Monday 5 October 2026: Labour Day
Thursday 24 December 2026: Christmas Eve
Friday 25 December 2026: Christmas Day
Saturday 26 December 2026: Proclamation Day public holiday and Boxing Day
Monday 28 December 2026: additional public holiday
Thursday 31 December 2026: New Year’s Eve
At Play & Go Adelaide we make every effort to provide accurate information to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication.
Reference: Safework SA and Dept of Education SA
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