Extra special 'holiday' week for public schools this 2025
Great news for teachers and learners – they'll enjoy an extra three days of school holidays, which gives them a full week off.
Who doesn't love the news of more school holidays on the horizon?
The Department of Education has announced that three additional school holidays will be added to the 2025 school calendar.
IOL reports, "The 2025 calendar includes 27 school holidays, up from 25 in 2024, with fewer holidays than the 32 in 2023 and 33 in 2022."
The extra week off will be from 28 April to 2 May 2025.
The designated school holidays are April 29, 30, and May 2, with Workers' Day on May 1. Since Freedom Day falls on a Sunday (April 27), it will be observed on Monday, April 28.
READ MORE: All public and school holidays for 2025
The 2025 school year began earlier than last year, with classes starting on January 15 this year compared to January 17 in 2024.
This adjustment brings the total school days to 200.
Here’s the school calendar for public schools this year:
Term one:
Schools start: 15 January 2025
Schools close: 28 March 2025
Public holidays: Human Rights Day (21 March 2025)
School holidays: 29 March to 7 April 2025
Term two:
Schools start: 8 April 2025
Schools close: 17 June 2025
Public holidays: Good Friday (18 April 2025), Family Day (21 April 2025), Freedom Day (27 April 2025), Workers’ Day (1 May 2025), Youth Day (16 June 2025)
Special school holidays: 29 April to 2 May 2025
School holidays: 27 June to 21 July 2025
Term three:
Schools start: 22 July 2025
Schools close: 3 October 2025
Public holidays: National Women’s Day (9 August 2025), Heritage Day (24 September 2025)
School holidays: 6 to 10 October 2025
Term four:
Schools start: 13 October 2025
Schools close: 10 December 2025
Administration days: 11 to 12 December 2025
As for Independent schools, the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa has announced that the school year will end earlier, with the final day scheduled for December 3, 2025.
Courtesy of IOL.
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