School terms and public holidays for 2025 

The approved school calendar for 2025 is as follows:

Term	Opens	Closes
First	13 January 2025 (educators) 15 January 2025 (learners)	28 March 2025
Second	08 April 2025	27 June 2025
Third	22 July 2025	03 October 2025
Fourth	13 October 2025	10 December 2025 (learners) 12 December 2025 (educators)

(Numbers in brackets are for educators)

Public and school holidays in 2025:

01 January 2025 – New Year’s Day 21 March 2025 – Human Rights Day 18 April 2025 – Good Friday

21 April 2025 – Family Day

27 April 2025 – Freedom Day

28 April 2025 – Public Holiday -Freedom Day observed

29 April 2025 – Special school holiday

30 April 2025 – Special school holiday 01 May 2025 – Workers’ Day

02 May 2025 – Special school holiday 16 June 2025 – Youth Day

09 August 2025 – National Women’s Day

24 September 2025 – Heritage Day

16 December 2025 – Day of Reconciliation

25 December 2025 – Christmas Day

26 December 2025 – Day of Goodwill