Barikáda publishes the schedule of school holidays for Slovak schools for the new academic year.
Classes in Slovak schools will begin on Tuesday, 1 September 2026. Here is the holiday schedule:
- Autumn holidays will take place on Thursday and Friday, 29 and 30 October. All Saints’ Day, celebrated on 1 November, falls on a Sunday, so classes will resume on Monday, 2 November.
- Christmas holidays will begin on Wednesday, 23 December, and end on Thursday, 7 January. Students will return to school on Friday, 8 January.
- Half-term holidays will last just one day and are scheduled for Monday, 1 February.
Spring holidays in 2027 will first take place for students in the Banská Bystrica, Trenčín and Žilina regions, from 15 to 19 February. Students in the Košice and Prešov regions will have their holidays from 22 to 26 February. Students in the Bratislava, Nitra and Trnava regions will have spring holidays from 1 to 5 March.
- Easter holidays in 2027 will run from 25 to 30 March, with classes resuming on Wednesday, 31 March.
- Summer holidays will last from 1 July to 31 August.
- The 2027/28 school year will begin on Wednesday, 1 September 2027.
