Spain 2016/17 - school year

Beginning of the school year

Between 5 and 13 September 2016

End of the school year

Between 20 and 27 June 2017

School year - Autumn / Christmas / New Year / Winter holidays

Christmas / New Year:
At least 2 weeks between  22 December 2016 and  8 January 2017

Winter holidays:
Between 2 and 3 days (depending on the Autonomous Community)

School year - Spring / Easter holiday

About 10 days in the period between the second week and the fourth week of April 2017

School year - summer holidays

12 weeks between late June and mid-September

Regions of the country

Specification of terms for the starting and the end of students' school year 2016/17 in the different Autonomous Communities

	Primary education		General secondary education (1)
	Beginning (2016)	End (2017)	Beginning (2016)	End (2017)
Andalucia	12 September	22 June	15 September	22 June
Aragon	8 September	21 June	12 September (2)	23 June
Asturias	12 September	20 June	15 September	23 June
Baleares	12 September	22 June	12 September	22 June
Canarias	8 September	22 June	12 September	22 June
Cantabria (J)	8 September	23 June	12 September	27 June
Castilla y Leon	12 September	23 June	19 September	23 June
Castilla-La Mancha	12 September	23 June	15 September	28 June
Cataluna	12 September	21 June	12 September (2)	21 June
Ceuta	8 September	22 June	8 September	22 June
Extremadura	13 September	21 June	13 September (2)	21 June (2)
Galicia	12 September	23 June	15 September	23 June
La Rioja	9 September	23 June	12 September	26 June
Madrid	8 September	22 June	12 September (2)	22 June
Melilla	13 September	22 June	13 September	22 June
Regi6n de Murcia C)	5 September	27 June	12 September	26 June
Navarra (5)	Not before 7 September	Not later 20 June	Not before 9 September	Not later 16 June
Pais Vasco (5)	Not before 7 September	Not later 23 June	Not before 7 September	Not later 21 June
C. Valencia	8 September	20 June	8 September	16 June

Additional notes:
(1)In the last year of post-compulsory upper general secondary education, classes end up two, three or four weeks earlier than in the rest of stages. This time is used to prepare the university admission examinations (and final evaluation of Bachillerato, among others).

(2) In the Autonomous Community of Aragón: in upper general secondary education, the beginning is 15 September. In the Autonomous Community of Cataluña: in lower and upper general secondary education, the beginning may be delayed until 14 September. In the Autonomous Community of Extremadura: in upper general secondary education, the beginning is 14 September and, regarding the end, the deadline date will be determined using a circular. In the Autonomous Community of Madrid: 1st grade of general secondary education begins on 12 September while the rest of grades begin on 13 September.

(3)In the Autonomous Community of Cantabria: days 31 October, 2-4 November and 23, 24, 27 and 28 February are not considered school days.

(4) In the Autonomous Community of Región de Murcia: the beginning and end periods vary according to municipalities. In fact, these belong to the earlier beginning day, in some municipalities, and to the latest end day, among other.

(5)In these Autonomous Communities, schools are free to establish their own calendar taking into account the limit starting and ending dates established by the educational authorities.