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School terms for public schools
When each term opens and closes, as the Minister of Basic Education’s calendar in the Government Gazette sets it. Held: 2028.
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2028 school terms
| Term | Opens | Closes | Weeks | School days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term 1 | (10 January 2028) Wednesday 12 January 2028 | Friday 17 March 2028 | 10 | 48 (50) |
| Term 2 | Tuesday 28 March 2028 | Wednesday 14 June 2028 | 12 | 52 |
| Term 3 | Tuesday 11 July 2028 | Friday 22 September 2028 | 11 | 53 |
| Term 4 | Tuesday 3 October 2028 | Wednesday 6 December 2028 (8 December 2028) | 10 | 47 (49) |
| The year | 43 | 200 |
Special school holiday: Friday 28 April 2028. Printed in Government Gazette 55619, No. 8081, page 4 of 23 October 2026. The 2028 calendar in full.
Which years we hold
We hold the calendar for 2028. The 2026 and 2027 calendars are not here yet. The Minister gazettes each year’s calendar about a year ahead, and we are reading the earlier notices from the Government Printing Works’ archive one at a time; they are added here as they arrive.
The notice’s summary prints some dates and day counts a second time in brackets, for example “(10) 12 January”. We show them as printed; the notice does not say in words what they mean. Independent schools set their own terms.
Source: the Minister of Basic Education’s “Calendar for public schools” under the National Education Policy Act 27 of 1996, as published in the Government Gazette, read from the Government Printing Works’ copies. Dataset: school terms, release 2026-11-13.