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School Terms and Holidays for 2027

Published on: 14 Jul 2026

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1.The school year for 2027 for all MOE primary schools (including MOE Kindergartens) and secondary schools will start on Monday, 4 January 2027 and end on Friday, 19 November 2027

School Calendar 2027

MOE KINDERGARTEN (MK), PRIMARY & SECONDARY
Semester I
Term I Mon 4 Jan1 to Fri 12 Mar
Term II Mon 22 Mar to Fri 28 May
Semester II
Term III Mon 28 Jun to Fri 3 Sep
Term IV Mon 13 Sep to Fri 19 Nov2

1Primary 1 and Kindergarten 1 will start school on Monday, 4 January 2027. Primary 2 to 6 and Kindergarten 2 will start school on Tuesday, 5 January 2027.

2The last day of the final school term for schools which will be used as venues for the Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education (SEC) written examinations, will be Friday, 29 October 2027.

  JUNIOR COLLEGE (JC) Year 1 & MILLENNIA INSTITUTE (MI) Year 1 MI Year 2 JC Year 2 & MI Year 3
Semester I
Term I Wed 3 Feb to Fri 12 Mar Mon 11 Jan to Fri 12 Mar
Term II Mon 22 Mar to Fri 28 May
Semester II
Term III Mon 28 Jun to Fri 3 Sep
Term IV Mon 13 Sep to Fri 26 Nov Mon 13 Sep to end of GCE A-Level examinations

School Vacation 2027

2.The four vacation periods for schools, junior colleges and Millennia Institute for 2027 will be as follows:

  MK, PRI & SEC
Between Terms I & II Sat 13 Mar to Sun 21 Mar
Between Semesters I & II Sat 29 May to Sun 27 Jun
Between Terms III & IV Sat 4 Sep to Sun 12 Sep
At End of School Year Sat 20 Nov to Fri 31 Dec
  JC Year 1, MI Year 1 & MI Year 2 JC Year 2 & MI Year 3
Between Terms I & II Sat 13 Mar to Sun 21 Mar
Between Semesters I & II Sat 29 May to Sun 27 Jun
Between Terms III & IV Sat 4 Sep to Sun 12 Sep
At End of School Year Sat 27 Nov to Fri 31 Dec End of GCE A-Level examinations to Fri 31 Dec

3. The scheduled school holidays and public holidays for 2027 will be as follows:

Scheduled School Holidays 2027

Youth Day *Sun 4 Jul
(The following Mon 5 Jul will be a school holiday)
Day after National Day Tue 10 Aug
Teachers' Day Fri 3 Sep
Children's Day
(for primary schools and primary sections of full schools only)		 Fri 8 Oct

Public Holidays 2026

Term I New Year's Day Fri 1 Jan
Chinese New Year Sat 6 Feb
Sun 7 Feb3
Hari Raya Puasa Wed 10 Mar
Term II Good Friday Fri 26 Mar
Labour Day Sat 1 May4
Hari Raya Haji Mon 17 May
Vesak Day Thu 20 May
Term III National Day Mon 9 Aug
Term IV Deepavali Thu 28 Oct
Christmas Day Sat 25 Dec5

3Monday 8 February will be a public holiday. Tuesday, 9 February will be a designated day off-in-lieu for schools (i.e. Schools, including the General Office, Student Care Centres and KCare Centres, will be closed).

4 Monday, 3 May will be a designated day off-in-lieu for schools (i.e. Schools, including the General Office, Student Care Centres and KCare Centres, will be closed).

5 Monday, 27 December will be a designated day off-in-lieu for schools (i.e. Schools, including the General Office, Student Care Centres and KCare Centres, will be closed).

4.The school terms and holidays for 2027 are also listed on the MOE’s website at https://www.moe.gov.sg/calendar.