2024 Victoria School Holiday Info

The information below is relevant to Victoria state schools. Independent and Catholic schools 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.

Note that the dates below represent official term dates and this is often the date that teachers attend the school, 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 day later for students than what is shown in the table below. It is also common for students to finish term 4 in the days prior to the final Friday.

2024 Victoria School Holidays and Term Dates

PeriodStartFinishLength
Term 1 Staff: Monday, 29 January 2024
Students: Tuesday, 30 January 2024*
Thursday, 28 March 2024 9 weeks
School Holidays Friday, 29 March 2024 Sunday, 14 April 2024  
Term 2 Monday, 15 April 2024 Friday, 28 June 2024 11 weeks
School Holidays Saturday, 29 June 2024 Sunday, 14 July 2024  
Term 3 Monday, 15 July 2024 Friday, 20 September 2024 10 weeks
School Holidays Saturday, 21 September 2024 Sunday, 6 October 2024  
Term 4 Monday, 7 October 2024 Friday, 20 December 2024 11 weeks
2024/2025 Summer School Holidays Saturday, 21 December 2024 Tuesday, 28 January 2025  

 

Notes: * The first day of term 1 is a student free day in government schools, so students return a day later than staff.
**Senior Years may have different finishing dates in term 4.

The information above is relevant to Victoria government 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.

Printable Holiday Calendars

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You may also find our other websites helpful:
School Holidays - Other States
Queensland School Holidays (includes Schoolies dates)
South Australia School Holidays
New South Wales School Holidays
Western Australia School Holidays
Northern Territory School Holidays
Australian Capital Territory School Holidays
Tasmania School Holidays
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