Easter holiday 2008 - can anyone confirm the dates as I'm abit confused!

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Just trying to find out when the school Easter holidays are for 2008. Good Friday is 21st March (which is very early). According to the education section of my local council, the Spring Term runs from 3/1/2008 to 4/4/2008. Summer term commences on 21/4/2008. If this is the case the Easter holiday won't actually be over Easter - hence my confusion. Can anyone out there in Mumsnetland confirm when the holidays are? (Already planning next years holiday now!)

TIA
mj

In many cases Easter 2008 won't fall within the main school holiday which is already common on the continent. Our school seems unusual in having theirs start before Easter (probably because many parents will want to go away the Bank Holiday week and we were due to finish late that week anyway).

Our school is 20/3/08 to 7/4/08 which is quite early. We're in Herts.

OUr school is only off good friday and easter monay at easter next year then we get two weeks later on at end of april. its a new system. apparently all schools will eventually adopt this pattern as national holidays

Ours are 5/4/2008 - 21/4/2008 in Hackney.

They don't include the actual Easter weekend either.

Thanks guys!

earlier thread here Apparently travel companies are wise to this and will be ripping families off for a full four weeks instead of the usual fortnight because of wide variation in holiday dates.

Our holidays (private school, Sheffield) are Thursday 20 March (noon) to Tuesday 15th April, so a week earlier that this year.

In birmingham last day of term is Thurs 20 March - back to school Mon 7 April

Carduff schools break up on Thusday 30th March and go back on Monday 7th April. But my sister says that in Exeter they have the Easter weekend, then 2 weeks at the end of April.

Yes here we are having the 2 weeks you mention off (ie from April 4) and a long weekend over Easter itself as it is so very early.

Blimey Hula that's a logn hol!!! Bet DD is desperate to get back after that (mine were getting fed up after 2 weeks lol)

I think it's round Easter sometime. HTH.