CALENDAR. Back to school, vacations, public holidays... What are the key dates for the 2025-2026 school year?

Students are scheduled to return to school on Monday, September 1st, regardless of the area. Only Corsicans will have a short break, with the return to school on Tuesday, September 2nd.

Students will be on vacation from Saturday, October 18 to Monday, November 3.

Christmas holidays 2025

The holiday period will run from Saturday, December 20 to Monday, January 5, 2026.

The reminder of the zones - Zone A: Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Poitiers- Zone B: Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg- Zone C: Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles- Corsica

• Zone A: February 7 to 23.
• Zone B and Corsica: from February 14 to March 2.
• Zone C: from February 21 to March 9.

• Zone A: from April 4 to April 20.
• Zone B and Corsica: from April 11 to April 27.
• Zone C: from April 18 to May 4.

The summer holidays will begin on Saturday, July 4, 2026.

What holidays?