[Updated for 2023] Singapore school holidays, public holidays, and long weekends for families

1. Singapore MOE School Holidays 2023

Primary and Secondary School Holidays 2023

March School Holidays: 11 Mar (Sat) - 19 Mar (Sun)

June School Holidays: 27 May (Sat) - 25 Jun (Sun)

September School Holidays: 2 Sep (Sat) - 10 Sep (Sun)

End of Year School Holidays: 18 Nov (Sat) - 31 Dec (Fri)

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Junior Colleges (JC) and Millennia Institute (MI) School Holidays 2023

March School Holidays: 11 Mar (Sat) - 19 Mar (Sun)

June School Holidays: 27 May (Sat) - 25 Jun (Sun)

September School Holidays: 2 Sep (Sat) - 10 Sep (Sun)

End of Year School Holidays:

• JC Year 1, M1 Year 1, MI Year 2: ‍25 Nov (Sat) - 31 Dec (Sun)
• JC Year 2, MI Year 3: End of A-Level exams to 31 Dec (Sun)

2. Scheduled School Holidays 2023

Youth Day: 2 Jul (Sun) The following Monday, 3 Jul will be a scheduled school holiday.

Day after National Day: 10 Aug (Thu)

Teachers' Day: 1 Sep (Fri)

Children's Day (for primary schools and primary sections of full schools only): 6 Oct (Fri)

3. PSLE Examination Periods (Tentative)

Parents with kids in Primary School will want to take note of the PSLE examination periods as students in Primary 1 to 5 could be given off from school during these periods.

For the PSLE Marking Exercise, all primary school students will be given the period off.

PSLE Orals: 15 Aug (Tue) - 16 Aug (Wed)

PSLE Listening Comprehension: 15 Sep (Fri)

PSLE Written Examination: 28 Sep (Thu) - 4 Oct (Wed)

PSLE Marking Exercise: 16 Oct (Mon) - 18 Oct (Wed)

4. Public Holidays 2023

New Year's Day: 1 Jan (Sun), Mon 2 Jan will be a public holiday

Chinese New Year: 22-23 Jan (Sun-Mon), Tue 24 Jan will be a public holiday

Good Friday: 7 Apr (Fri)

Hari Raya Puasa: 22 Apr (Sat)

‍Labour Day: 1 May (Mon)

Vesak Day: 2 Jun (Fri)

Hari Raya Haji: 29 Jun (Thu)

National Day: 9 Aug (Wed)

Deepavali: 12 Nov (Sun), Mon 13 Nov will be a public holiday

Christmas Day: 25 Dec (Mon)

5. Long weekends and when to take leave

There are six 3-day long weekends in 2023:

• New Year's Day: 31 Dec 2022 - 2 Jan 2023 (Sat-Mon)
• Good Friday: Apr 7-9 (Fri-Sun)
• Labour Day: 29 Apr - 1 May (Sat-Mon)
• Vesak Day: 2-4 Jun (Fri-Sun)
• Deepavali: Nov 11-13 (Sat-Mon)
• Christmas: Dec 23-25 (Sat-Mon)

There will also be one 4-day long weekend for Chinese New Year: Jan 21-24 (Sat-Tue)

Here's where you can take leave for that extra long 4 or 5 day weekend:

• Jun/Jul - Hari Raya Haji
• Aug - National Day