2025 school terms & holidays in Singapore

To aid in your planning for the year, here's an easy reference on the dates you'd need to note for each term.

Singapore's Ministry of Education has released the school terms and holidays for 2025.

Shared on 12 August 2024 (Monday), the new calendar states that the school year for all MOE primary schools (including MOE kindergartens) and secondary schools will start on 2 January 2025 (Thursday) and end on 21 November 2025 (Friday).

To aid in your planning for the year, here's an easy reference on the dates you'd need to note for each term:

2025 school terms in Singapore

MOE Kindergartens, Primary, Secondary 

• Semester 1:
  • Term One: 2 January – 14 March (Thursday – Friday)
  • Term Two: 24 March – 30 May (Monday – Friday)

• Semester 2:
  • Term Three: 30 June – 5 September (Monday – Friday)  
  • Term Four: 15 September – 21 November (Monday – Friday)  

Notes: 

1. Primary 1 and Kindergarten 1 will start school on Thursday, 2 January 2025. Primary 2 to 6 and Kindergarten 2 will start school on Friday, 3 January 2025. 
2. The last day of the final school term for schools which will be used as venues for the GCE O-Level written examinations, will be Friday, 24 October 2025.

Junior College (JC) Year 1 & Millennia Institute (MI) Year 1

• Semester 1:
  • Term One: 5 February – 14 March (Wednesday – Friday)
  • Term Two: 24 March – 30 May (Monday – Friday)

• Semester 2:
  • Term Three: 30 June – 5 September (Monday – Friday)  
  • Term Four: 15 September – 28 November (Monday – Friday)  

MI Year 2

• Semester 1:
  • Term One: 13 February – 14 March (Monday – Friday)
  • Term Two: 24 March – 30 May (Monday – Friday)

• Semester 2:
  • Term Three: 30 June – 5 September (Monday – Friday)  
  • Term Four: 15 September – 28 November (Monday – Friday)  

JC Year 2 & MI Year 3

• Semester 1:
  • Term One: 13 February – 14 March (Monday – Friday)
  • Term Two: 24 March – 30 May (Monday – Friday)

• Semester 2:
  • Term Three: 30 June – 5 September (Monday – Friday)  
  • Term Four: 15 September – end of GCE A-Level examinations

2025 school holidays in Singapore

MOE Kindergartens, Primary, Secondary 

• 15 March – 23 March (Saturday – Sunday)
• 31 May – 29 June (Saturday – Sunday)
• 6 September – 14 September (Saturday – Sunday)
• End of school year: 22 November – 31 December (Saturday – Wednesday)

JC Year 1, MI Year 1 & MI Year 2

• 15 March – 23 March (Saturday – Sunday)
• 31 May – 29 June (Saturday – Sunday)
• 6 September – 14 September (Saturday – Sunday)
• End of school year: 29 November – 31 December (Saturday – Wednesday)

JC Year 2 & MI Year 3

• 15 March – 23 March (Saturday – Sunday)
• 31 May – 29 June (Saturday – Sunday)
• 6 September – 14 September (Saturday – Sunday)
• End of school year: End of GCE A-Level examinations – 31 December

For further planning and the maximise your days off – whether it's for a team retreat, a family holiday, or for overall planning, keep this handy list of 2025 public holidays open too.