The information below is relevant to NSW state schools. Independent and Catholic schools do base their terms on 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.
In NSW, term dates are broken into the Eastern Division and Western Division. The term dates for both divisions are identical, except term 1.
School staff generally return between 1-2 days before students, excluding the 4th term where they return on the same day as the students. The student school holiday dates are the ones shown in the below table.
2016 NSW School Holidays and Term Dates
Period | Start | Finish | Length |
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Term 1 – Eastern Division | Thursday 28 January 2016 | Friday 8 April 2016 | 10 weeks |
Term 1 – Western Division | Thursday 4 February 2016 | Friday 8 April 2016 | 9 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday 9 April 2016 | Tuesday 26 April 2016 | |
Term 2 | Wednesday 27 April 2016 | Friday 1 July 2016 | 9 1/2 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday 2 July 2016 | Monday 18 July 2016 | |
Term 3 | Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Friday 23 September 2016 | 9 1/2 weeks |
School Holidays | Saturday 24 September 2016 | Sunday 9 October 2016 | |
Term 4* | Monday 10 October 2016 | Tuesday 20 December 2016 | 10 weeks |
2016/2017 Summer School Holidays | Wednesday 21 December 2016 |
*Year 12 has different finishing dates in term 4. Year 12 only goes for 3 terms and graduate late September/early October. There is then a short break before returning for final exams (HSC) which start mid-October and end around the same time in November. Dates will be added once made available.