Term Dates

2025 Term Dates

Monday, 3 February 2025 – Meet the Teacher Day

Term 1       Tuesday, 4 February – Friday, 11 April 2025

Term 2       Monday, 28 April – Friday, 27 June 2025

Term 3       Monday, 14 July – Friday, 19 September 2025

Term 4       Monday, 6 October – Wednesday, 17 December 2025 (12:40pm finish)

 

Public Holidays 2025

Waitangi Day – Thursday, 6 February

Good Friday – Friday, 18 April

Easter Monday – Monday, 21 April

Easter Tuesday – Tuesday, 22 April (a school holiday)

Anzac Day – Friday, 25 April

King’s Birthday – Monday, 2 June

Matariki – Friday, 20 June

Labour Day – Monday, 27 October

 

Cohort Entry

Cohort Entry refers to new entrant children starting school as a group, at the beginning or midpoint of a term, AFTER THEIR FIFTH BIRTHDAY. This means they will no longer be starting school on their fifth birthday. Whānau will continue to have the option of not starting their child in school until their sixth birthday.

Once your child turns 5 you can choose any of the dates below. They can’t start before they turn 5 but must start by the time they turn 6.

There are start dates at the beginning and middle of each school term.

2025 start dates:

TERM	START OF TERM DATE	MID-TERM DATE
1	4 February 2025	10 March 2025
2	28 April 2025	26 May 2025
3	14 July 2025	18 August 2025
4	6 October 2025	10 November 2025

2026 start dates:

TERM	START OF TERM DATE	MID-TERM DATE
1	9 February 2026	9 March 2026
2	20 April 2026	01 June 2026
3	20 July 2026	24 August 2026
4	12 October 2026	16 November 2026

The start dates are set by the Minister of Education. Schools using cohort entry must use these dates and cannot change them.