NSW School Holidays 2022

The information below is relevant to NSW 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. In NSW term dates are broken into Eastern Division and Western Division. The term dates for both divisions are identical with the exception of term 1.

Note that the dates below represent official term dates 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 Tuesday for students rather than the Monday. It is also common for students to finish term 4 in the days prior to the final Friday.

2022 NSW School Holidays and Term Dates

Period Start Finish Length
Term 1 – Eastern Division Monday, 31 January 2022 Friday, 8 April 2022 10 weeks
Term 1 – Western Division Monday, 7 February 2022 Friday, 8 April 2022 9 weeks
School Holidays Saturday, 9 April 2022 Monday, 25 April 2022
Term 2 Tuesday, 26 April 2022 Friday, 1 July 2022 10 weeks
School Holidays Saturday, 2 July 2022 Sunday, 17 July 2022
Term 3 Monday, 18 July 2022 Friday, 23 September 2022 10 weeks
School Holidays Saturday, 24 September 2022 Sunday, 9 October 2022
Term 4* Monday, 10 October 2022 Tuesday, 20 December 2022 10.5 weeks
School Holidays – Eastern Division Wednesday, 21 December 2022 Sunday, 29 January 2023
School Holidays – Western Division Wednesday, 21 December 2022 Sunday, 5 February 2023

*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.