The school year ends on 26 June. The 2026/2027 calendar is already known

This week: reports and the start of the holidays

According to the 2025/2026 school calendar, classes end on Friday 26 June 2026. The summer holidays run from 27 June to 31 August. Eighth-graders receive their primary school leaving certificates — together with the exam results statement (issued on 3 July) they will need them for secondary school admissions.

The 2026/2027 calendar: key dates

On 19 May the Ministry of National Education announced the next school year's calendar:

• 1 September 2026 (Tuesday) — start of the school year;
• 23–31 December 2026 — Christmas break;
• 25–30 March 2027 — Easter break;
• 30 April 2027 — end of classes for final-year students in general secondary, technical and second-level vocational schools;
• 25 June 2027 — end of classes; summer holidays from 26 June to 31 August 2027.

Winter break 2027 — a new split

The winter break will again have three rounds, but regions are assigned differently from this year:

• 18–31 January 2027: Dolnośląskie, Łódzkie, Opolskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Śląskie;
• 1–14 February 2027: Lubelskie, Mazowieckie, Pomorskie, Świętokrzyskie;
• 15–28 February 2027: Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lubuskie, Małopolskie, Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie.

What isn't known yet

The 2027 dates of the eighth-grade exam, the matura and vocational exams will be set by the director of the Central Examination Board by 20 August 2026. Each school's additional days off are set by its headteacher and announced by 30 September — only then will it be clear whether, for example, 2 November or the days after New Year are free at a given school.