Term dates and school holidays in East Sussex

School term ends on Tuesday 23 July

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These dates apply to all state-funded schools in East Sussex. INSET days vary from school to school.

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September 2018 to August 2019

Term	Start date	End date
Summer school holiday (East Sussex)	Monday 23 July 2018	Friday 31 August 2018 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2018-2019/summer
School INSET day (East Sussex)	Monday 3 September 2018 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolinsetday/2018-2019/2018-09-03
School Term 1 (East Sussex)	Tuesday 4 September 2018	Friday 19 October 2018 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolterm/2018-2019/1
Autumn school holiday (East Sussex)	Monday 22 October 2018	Friday 26 October 2018 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2018-2019/autumn
School Term 2 (East Sussex)	Monday 29 October 2018	Wednesday 19 December 2018 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolterm/2018-2019/2
Christmas school holiday (East Sussex)	Thursday 20 December 2018	Wednesday 2 January 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2018-2019/christmas
School Term 3 (East Sussex)	Thursday 3 January 2019	Friday 15 February 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolterm/2018-2019/3
February school holiday (East Sussex)	Monday 18 February 2019	Friday 22 February 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2018-2019/february
School Term 4 (East Sussex)	Monday 25 February 2019	Friday 5 April 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolterm/2018-2019/4
Spring school holiday (East Sussex)	Monday 8 April 2019	Monday 22 April 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2018-2019/spring
School Term 5 (East Sussex)	Tuesday 23 April 2019	Friday 24 May 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolterm/2018-2019/5
Early May bank school holiday falls in Term 5 (East Sussex)	Monday 6 May 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2018-2019/early may bank falls in 5
May school holiday (East Sussex)	Monday 27 May 2019	Friday 31 May 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2018-2019/may
School Term 6 (East Sussex)	Monday 3 June 2019	Tuesday 23 July 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolterm/2018-2019/6

September 2019 to August 2020

Term	Start date	End date
Summer school holiday (East Sussex)	Wednesday 24 July 2019	Tuesday 3 September 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2019-2020/summer
School INSET day (East Sussex)	Wednesday 4 September 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolinsetday/2019-2020/2019-09-04
School Term 1 (East Sussex)	Thursday 5 September 2019	Friday 25 October 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolterm/2019-2020/1
Autumn school holiday (East Sussex)	Monday 28 October 2019	Friday 1 November 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2019-2020/autumn
School Term 2 (East Sussex)	Monday 4 November 2019	Friday 20 December 2019 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolterm/2019-2020/2
Christmas school holiday (East Sussex)	Monday 23 December 2019	Friday 3 January 2020 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2019-2020/christmas
School Term 3 (East Sussex)	Monday 6 January 2020	Friday 14 February 2020 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolterm/2019-2020/3
February school holiday (East Sussex)	Monday 17 February 2020	Friday 21 February 2020 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2019-2020/february
School Term 4 (East Sussex)	Monday 24 February 2020	Friday 3 April 2020 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolterm/2019-2020/4
Spring school holiday (East Sussex)	Monday 6 April 2020	Friday 17 April 2020 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2019-2020/spring
School Term 5 (East Sussex)	Monday 20 April 2020	Friday 22 May 2020 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolterm/2019-2020/5
Early May bank school holiday falls in Term 5 (East Sussex)	Monday 4 May 2020 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2019-2020/early may bank falls in 5
May school holiday (East Sussex)	Monday 25 May 2020	Friday 29 May 2020 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolholiday/2019-2020/may
School Term 6 (East Sussex)	Monday 1 June 2020	Wednesday 22 July 2020 http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/id/schoolterm/2019-2020/6

Print out term dates in calendar format

School calendar 2018–19

School calendar 2018–19 – Word version

School calendar 2019–20

School calendar 2019–20 – Word version

School calendar 2020–21

School calendar 2020–21 – Word version

How term dates are set

Many people live and work across county borders, so we work with neighbouring local authorities such as Kent, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove, to try to match dates across the region as far as possible.The total number of teaching days and holidays remain the same each year.

Term-time holidays

You should not take your child out of school for a holiday during term time. Headteachers will not authorise the absence unless it is under exceptional circumstances.