Easter school holidays 2022 Birmingham: date pupils are off, when they go back - and bank holiday dates

March is here and with that, schools across Birmingham are now deep into the second half of the spring term.

Pupils enjoyed a mid term break in February, and the Easter holidays will be the next eagerly anticipated time away from the classroom.

With plenty of things to do in and around Birmingham during the holidays, your children will have plenty to fill their days with.

How long is the spring term?

For schools in Birmingham, the spring term began back on Tuesday, 4 January.

The first half of the term ran from 4 January to 21 February, when schools finished for half term.

Pupils returned to school for the second half of the spring term on Monday, 28 February.

The term will finish on Friday, 8 April when pupils finish for the Easter holidays

In total, the spring term is 11 weeks long, not including the week-long half term in February.

When are the Easter bank holidays?

The next UK bank holidays will take place during these Easter holidays, and as per tradition there will be one either side of Easter Sunday.

Good Friday, which falls on 15 April this year, is the first of the two Easter bank holidays whilst Easter Monday, 18 April, is the second.

They are the first UK bank holidays since 3 January.

How long are pupils in Birmingham off for Easter?

The Easter holiday dates vary across different regions of the UK, but they are the traditional two weeks once again in 2022.

For Birmingham schoolchildren, the last day of school before Easter is 8 April.

Pupils then have two full weeks off school, with one either side of Easter Sunday which this year falls on 17 April this year.

Including weekends, Birmingham school children could have up to 16 days away from school by the time they return to the classroom on Monday, 25 April for the start of the summer term.

A week later, on 2 May, schools will be closed for the early May bank holiday.

What are the dates for the summer term?

When pupils in Birmingham return to school after the Easter holidays, they will be starting the summer term.

The first half of the summer term will finish on Friday, 27 May and be followed up with a week long half term holiday.

During the half term, there will be two bank holidays taking place on Thursday 2 for Spring and Friday 3 June for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.

Pupils will return to school for the second half of the term on Monday, 6 June.

The rest of the term will run consecutively until Friday 21 July, when schools in Birmingham finish for the summer holidays.

Pupils and teachers will begin their big summer break in Birmingham on 21 July, and all will be away from the classroom until the autumn term of the 2022/23 school year begins on Monday, 5 September.

How are Easter dates determined?

The date of Easter changes every year, but it generally lands on a date between 22 March and 25 April.

The reason for this change is, in short, the moon.

Easter is always celebrated on the Sunday following the ‘Paschal Full Moon’, this is a full moon which falls on or around the spring equinox.