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South Africa 2027 School Calendar: all 12 months on one page with term dates, school holidays and public holidays colour-coded

South Africa 2027 School Calendar

All of 2027 on one printable A4 page: public school term dates, school holidays, every public holiday and the 26 April special school holiday. It also comes as a spreadsheet and a calendar file you can import.

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What's included (3 files)

  • A one-page A4 printable (PDF, landscape) with all 12 months. School days, school holidays, public holidays, the special school holiday and educator-only admin days each have their own colour. A side panel lists term dates (learner and educator dates), school holidays, the year-end break, public holidays and long weekends.
  • A spreadsheet file (.xlsx), tested in Google Sheets and LibreOffice Calc. It has a key-dates tab, a colour-coded year-at-a-glance tab, and an all-dates list with one row per day that you can filter by term, school day or holiday.
  • A calendar file (.ics) in the standard format used by most calendar apps. It adds 28 all-day events: term starts and ends, educator dates, school holidays, the special school holiday and public holidays.
What's included: printable A4 PDF, 3-tab spreadsheet and a calendar file with 28 all-day events

2027 term dates (public schools)

  • Term 1: 13 January – 19 March 2027 (educators from 11 January 2027)
  • Term 2: 6 April – 25 June 2027
  • Term 3: 20 July – 22 September 2027
  • Term 4: 5 October – 8 December 2027 (educators until 10 December 2027)

That gives 197 school days for learners (201 for educators).

The calendar printed on A4: one page, all of 2027 at a glance

Where the dates come from

Every official date (term dates, school holidays, the special school holiday and public holidays) was checked against Government Gazette No. 52178 (25 February 2025). The year-end break and long weekends are worked out from those dates; the gazette doesn't list them. Public holidays were also cross-checked against the Public Holidays Act rule that a Sunday holiday moves to the Monday (22 March and 27 December 2027).

Good to know

  • Independent schools set their own dates. Individual schools may have extra closure days; confirm dates with your school.
  • If the calendar is amended after 22 October 2026, the amended dates apply.
  • Independent product; not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department of Basic Education.
  • Designed and put together with AI assistance. Every official date was checked against the gazette, and the school-day totals were confirmed by an automated count.