Data sources and licences
Last verified: 08/10/2026
School and public holiday records for countries that are on the OpenHolidays feed are retrieved from the OpenHolidays API. Its processed database is made available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Database reuse may require attribution, keeping the database open, and sharing adapted databases under the same licence. OpenHolidays is the feed being checked. It is not the proof that a date is official.
Dates are inclusive: the first and last day stored are days schools are closed. A surrounding weekend is included only when the official source includes it. Where a source says schools close on one day and reopen on a later day, the holiday runs from the day after the close through the day before the reopen.
Coverage
Countries below are flagged in the planner. Their gaps are not filled with generated dates.
Spain: Not yet covered. All autonomous communities are missing for 2026/27: Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Basque Country, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Ceuta, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Melilla, Murcia, Navarre, Valencian Community. Checked 08/10/2026. OpenHolidays empty; community calendars not loaded. Example page: Departament d’Educació, Generalitat de Catalunya.
Sweden: Not yet covered. Municipal term dates are not loaded. Checked 08/10/2026 against Skolverket.
Norway: Not yet covered. Municipal term dates are not loaded. Checked 08/10/2026 against Udir.
Finland: Not yet covered. Regional term dates are not loaded. Checked 08/10/2026 against the Finnish National Agency for Education.
Denmark: Not yet covered. Municipal term dates are not loaded. Checked 08/10/2026 against Børne- og Undervisningsministeriet.
Switzerland: Some regions missing. 2026/27 in the existing feed includes all 26 cantons. 2027/28 is missing Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Fribourg, Schaffhausen, Thurgau, Ticino, Vaud, Valais and Neuchâtel. Those cantons are not filled in. Checked 08/10/2026 against the EDK cantonal holiday pages and the OpenHolidays feed.
Turkey: Not yet covered. The ministry calendar is not loaded. Checked 08/10/2026 against the Ministry of National Education.
Cyprus: Not yet covered. The ministry calendar is not loaded. Checked 08/10/2026 against the Ministry of Education school-holiday page.
Last verified by country
| Country | What the planner shows | Official source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | Estimated — typical England dates, varies by local authority. Check with your school or local authority. | No national calendar. Sampled Birmingham, Camden, Kent, Leeds and Manchester on 08/10/2026. The spread is more than 0 days. | 08/10/2026 |
| Scotland | Not yet covered. England dates are not reused. | Each council publishes its own calendar. Example: East Lothian. | 08/10/2026 |
| Wales | Directed dates for 2026/27. 2027/28 is published but not loaded: each local authority differs, so those dates stay neutral and are excluded from scoring. | Welsh Government, 2026/27. 2027/28 by local authority | 08/10/2026 |
| Northern Ireland | Education Authority dates for 2026/27. Later years are not yet published. | Department of Education | 08/10/2026 |
| Ireland | Standardised breaks from Circular 0018/2026. Summer is typical, not standardised, and is not shown as off-peak. | gov.ie school holiday dates | 08/10/2026 |
| Greece | Secondary regulation: Christmas 24/12–07/01, Easter from Holy Monday to Thomas Sunday, summer 01/07–31/08. Primary schools often finish earlier. | FEK B 5130/2024 | 08/10/2026 |
| Germany | OpenHolidays feed, by Land. | KMK Ferienkalender | 08/10/2026 |
| France | OpenHolidays feed. A Sunday start on the metropolitan autumn, Christmas, winter and spring holidays is moved back to the official Saturday. | education.gouv.fr | 08/10/2026 |
| Netherlands | OpenHolidays feed. The 2027 spring block that ran 13/02–21/03 is clipped to the official weeks: south 13/02–21/02, and the other municipalities on that block to 20/02–28/02. The separate north and central record stays 20/02–28/02. | Rijksoverheid, school year 2026/27 | 08/10/2026 |
| Spain | Not yet covered. OpenHolidays empty; community calendars not loaded. | Departament d’Educació, Generalitat de Catalunya | 08/10/2026 |
| Switzerland | Some regions missing for 2027/28. 2026/27 cantons in the feed are shown. | EDK | 08/10/2026 |
| Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark | Not yet covered. | Skolverket, Udir, OPH, UVM. Dates are municipal or regional. | 08/10/2026 |
| Turkey | Not yet covered. | MEB | 08/10/2026 |
| Cyprus | Not yet covered. | Ministry of Education | 08/10/2026 |
Accuracy
A blank day is off-peak only when every selected country has a published calendar for that day. Hatched days, and any country marked Not yet covered or Some regions missing, are not quiet weeks. Verify dates with the school or local authority before booking.