2024-2025 school vacations calendar in France

The 2024-2025 school calendar is now available, with dates for the start of the school year (pupils, secondary school students) and school vacations. Different dates apply depending on the academic zone to which your home is attached. In mainland France, four zones (including Corsica) are grouping together various academies. For the year 2024-2025, the dates for the start of the school year and school vacations are as follows:

Back-to-school dates and school vacations 2024-2025

Back to school and vacations/education zonesZone AZone BZone CCorsica
Students start school in September 2024Monday, September 2, 2024Monday, September 2, 2024Monday, September 2, 2024Date unknown
All Saints’ vacation (or autumn vacation) 2024Saturday, October 19 to Monday, November 4, 2024Saturday, October 19 to Monday, November 4, 2024Saturday, October 19 to Monday, November 4, 2024Dates unknown
Christmas vacations (or end-of-year vacations) 2024From Saturday, December 21, 2024, to Monday, January 6, 2025From Saturday, December 21, 2024, to Monday, January 6, 2025From Saturday, December 21, 2024, to Monday, January 6, 2025Dates unknown
Winter vacations (or February vacation) 2025Saturday, February 22 to Monday, March 10, 2025Saturday, February 8 to Monday, February 24, 2025Saturday, February 15 to Monday, March 3, 2025Dates unknown
Easter vacation (or spring break) 2025Saturday, April 19 to Monday, May 5, 2025Saturday, April 5 to Tuesday, April 22, 2025From Saturday, April 12 to Monday, April 28 2025Dates unknown
Summer vacation 2025Saturday, July 5, 2025Saturday, July 5, 2025Saturday, July 5, 2025Date unknown
Back-to-school and school vacation dates for 2024-2025

Download the 2024-2025 school vacations calendar

Download the back-to-school and school vacations calendar for 2024-2025

National education zones for school vacations in Mainland France

AreasArea AArea BArea CCorsica
National education academies.Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon and Poitiers.Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen and Strasbourg.Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse and Versailles.Departments of Corse-du-Sud (2A) and Haute-Corse (2B).
Administrative Zones in Mainland France

Further information for school vacations 2024-2025

  • Students will not have “Class” on Friday, May 30, 2025, and Saturday, May 31, 2025.
  • Vacations start on the days indicated, after school. For students who do not have classes on Saturdays, holidays begin on Fridays after school. Classes resume on the mornings of the days indicated.
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