School holidays in Poland 2025-2026 (exact official dates)
In this short article we will cover the following topic: school holidays in Poland 2025-2026. You will find out when Polish schoolchildren will have Christmas, winter, Easter (spring) and summer holidays. We will also provide a list of public holidays in the Republic of Poland when schools are closed. If you want to use this information, please leave a link to our website All-Holidays.Info. All information is reliable and published on the Polish portal of public services.
Below are the start and end dates of school holidays in Polish schools in the 2025-2026 academic year. Please note that winter holidays occur in three different periods. For each of them, we have indicated the voivodeships in which it is observed.
Summer holidays 2025 – from June 28 (Saturday) to August 31 (Sunday) 2025.
The first day of classes is September 1 (Monday), 2025.
Christmas holidays 2025 – from December 22 (Monday) to December 31 (Wednesday) 2025.
Winter holidays 2026:
Masovian, Pomeranian, Podlaskie, Świętokrzyskie, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship – from January 19 (Monday) to February 1 (Sunday), 2026.
Lower Silesian, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Lodz, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Lesser Poland, Opole Voivodeship – from February 2 (Monday) to February 15 (Sunday), 2026.
Subcarpathian, Lublin, Greater Poland, Lubusz, Silesian Voivodeships – from February 16 (Monday) to March 1 (Sunday), 2026.
Spring Break (Easter Break) 2026 – from April 2 (Thursday) to April 7 (Tuesday) 2026.
The last day of classes is June 26 (Friday), 2026.
Summer holidays 2026 – from June 27 (Saturday) to August 31 (Monday) 2026.
Public holidays in the 2025-2026 academic year
In the previous section, we listed all school holidays in Poland 2025-2026. But this is not the only time when children take a break from studying. Schools are also closed on public holidays. Below is a list of such dates for the 2025-2026 school year.
IMPORTANT! Unlike many other countries, holidays in Poland are not moved. If a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday and Tuesday remain normal days. Everyone works and studies on these days.
November 1 (Saturday) 2025 – All Saints’ Day.
November 11 (Tuesday) 2025 – Independence Day.
December 24 (Wednesday) 2025 – Christmas Eve.
December 25 (Thursday) 2025 – Christmas (first day).
December 26 (Friday) 2025 – Christmas (second day).
January 1 (Thursday) 2026 – New Year, Holy Mother of God Mary.
January 6 (Tuesday) 2026 – Three Kings (Epiphany).
April 5 (Sunday) 2026 – Easter.
April 6 (Monday) 2026 – Easter Monday.
May 1 (Friday) 2026 – Labor Day.
May 3 (Sunday) 2026 – Constitution Day May 3.
May 24 (Sunday) 2026 – Descent of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost).
June 4 (Thursday) 2026 – Corpus Christi.
Dates for Adult, Vocational and Special Education Schools
April 24 (Friday) 2026 — Completion of educational and upbringing classes in classes (semesters) of the higher program of general education secondary schools, technical schools, second-level vocational schools and general education secondary schools for adults, in which educational and upbringing classes begin on the first weekday of September.
January 9 (Friday) 2026 — End of educational and upbringing classes in classes (semesters) of the higher education program of general secondary schools for adults, in which educational and upbringing classes begin on the first weekday of February.
January 30 (Friday) 2026 — Completion of educational and upbringing classes in vocational schools of the first level, vocational schools of the second level, secondary specialized educational institutions teaching professions with a training period of one or two years, secondary comprehensive schools for adults and primary schools for adults, in which educational and upbringing classes begin on the first weekday of February, as well as in secondary specialized educational institutions teaching professions with a training period of one and a half or two and a half years, in which educational and upbringing classes begin on the first weekday of September.
2 February (Monday) 2026 – Commencement of teaching and educational activities in some first-level vocational schools, second-level vocational schools, post-secondary educational institutions, upper secondary schools for adults and primary schools for adults.
In this publication, All-Holidays.Info considered the following topic: school holidays in Poland 2025-2026. We provided the exact dates of the beginning and end of Christmas, winter, spring (Easter) and summer holidays. All information is published on the official state portal of Poland and is true. Don’t forget to share this publication with your friends!
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