Here is the official school holiday calendar for 2025 and 2026, a useful tool for organizing your family leave now.
While the summer holidays are coming to an end, the start of the school year is approaching for the students of the three areas A, B and C. The kick -off will be given on Monday, September 1, 2025, the official date of the resumption of courses. Know the 2025-2026 school calendar Allows parents to anticipate: laying holidays in time, organizing family stays, providing activities during school breaks or planning child care. Here are all the vacation dates, area by zone, for the coming year.
| Zone A | Zone B | Zone C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back to school | Monday, September 1, 2025 | Monday, September 1, 2025 | Monday, September 1, 2025 |
| All Saints Holidays | From Saturday October 18 to Monday November 3, 2025 | From Saturday October 18 to Monday November 3, 2025 | From Saturday October 18 to Monday November 3, 2025 |
| Christmas holidays | From Saturday December 20, 2025 to Monday January 5, 2026 | From Saturday December 20, 2025 to Monday January 5, 2026 | From Saturday December 20, 2025 to Monday January 5, 2026 |
| Winter holidays | From Saturday February 7, 2026 to Monday, February 23, 2026 | From Saturday February 14 to Monday March 2, 2026 | From Saturday February 21 to Monday March 9, 2026 |
| Spring vacation | From Saturday April 4 to Monday April 20, 2026 |
From Saturday April 11 to Monday April 27, 2026 |
From Saturday April 18 to Monday May 4, 2026 |
| Summer holidays 2026 | End of lessons on Saturday July 4, 2026 | Saturday July 4, 2026 | Saturday July 4, 2026 |
To fully understand the school calendar, it should be remembered that mainland France is divided into three areas, in order to stagger the holidays and avoid too much crowd in tourist stations. Zone A includes in particular the academies of Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Lyon, Limoges and Poitiers. Zone B concerns those of Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen and Strasbourg. As for zone C, it brings together the academies of Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse and Versailles.
