School holidays

What

List of school holidays in Czech Republic:

  • Mid-year holidays: They are one day long, always on a Friday, and fall within the period from 29 January to 4 February.
  • Spring holidays: They are a week long and specified by a decree of the region where the school is domiciled within the range from the first complete February week to the last complete week of the month of March. Reference to the decree (in Czech): http://www.msmt.cz/file/38823?highlightWords=jarn%C3%AD+pr%C3%A1zdniny
  • Easter holidays: On the Thursday and the Friday before the Easter Monday.
  • Summer holidays: From 1 July to 31 August
  • Autumn holidays: Two-day-long and attached to the public holiday on 28 October. Their dates are specified annually by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
  • Christmas holiday: From 32 December to 2 January of the following calendar year.

Headmaster´s holidays: For serious reasons, especially organisational and technical the school headmaster may announce free days for school children, up to the maximum number of five per school year.