School holidays to be extended by two days

Tue, 29 Aug 2023

The Department of Education, Sport and Culture (DESC) has announced that the Islands schools will finish the summer term two-days earlier in 2024 and 2025.

Schools will be finishing on Friday, July 19 in 2024, instead of Tuesday, July 23 as previously planned, in order to allocate time to staff training and Continuous Professional Development (CPD).

Julie Edge MHK, Minister for Education, Sport and Culture, said: “It is crucial that we invest in our teachers and other school staff and this plan will allow us to do it. Ultimately this decision will benefit our teachers, students and educational establishments and we wanted parents to have as much notice as possible.”

In 2025, schools will now close to students on Friday, July 18.