Overview school holiday dates 2024-2025
The Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap – OCW (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science) fixes the dates of the main school holidays and gives advisory dates for spring and autumn holidays. Your school may deviate from these. The school guide will tell you when your school's holidays are.
The following holiday dates in the 2024-2025 school year are for basisonderwijs (primary education), speciaal onderwijs (special education) and middelbaar onderwijs (secondary education). In middelbaar beroepsonderwijs – MBO (secondary vocational education) and tertiary education institutions are free to set their own holiday dates.
School holidays 2024-2025
For school holidays, the Netherlands is divided into 3 regions: Noord, Centraal and Zuid.
| Regio Noord | Regio Midden | Regio Zuid | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Herfstvakantie |
26 October – 3 November 2024 |
26 October – 3 November 2024 |
19 October – 27 October 2024 |
|
Kerstvakantie |
21 December 2024 – 5 January 2025 |
21 December 2024 – 5 January 2025 |
21 December 2024 – 5 January 2025 |
|
Voorjaarsvakantie |
15 February – 23 February 2025 |
22 February – 2 March 2025 |
22 February – 2 March 2025 |
|
Meivakantie |
26 April – 4 May 2025 |
26 April – 4 May 2025 |
26 April – 4 May 2025 |
|
Zomervakantie |
12 July – 24 August 2025 |
19 July – 31 August 2025 |
5 July – 17 August 2025 |