Plan the year
Bangkok International School Holidays 2026/27
When the kids are actually off, school by school, read off the calendars themselves.
There is no such thing as the Bangkok school holiday calendar. That is the single most useful thing to know before you book a camp, a flight or a week of childcare.
Every list you find online tells you that British curriculum schools take an October half term and Easter, and American schools run semesters. True, and almost useless, because the actual dates move by weeks between schools that are ten minutes apart. So we went and read the published calendars instead. Every date on this page comes off a school’s own PDF or term dates page, with the source linked, and nothing is inferred from what British schools usually do.
Here is what we found.
The whole year at a glance
Each bar is a break. The gaps between schools are the point.
Faded bars are estimated end dates where the next academic year has not been published. ISB and KIS are not shown, since their dates are not yet confirmed.
The windows, and what they actually look like
October half term 2026
12 to 25 Oct peak: 12 to 16 Oct
Two separate weeks, not one. Patana and St Andrews take 12 to 16 October. King's takes 17 to 25 October. Camp supply is heaviest in the first week.
Winter and New Year 2026/27
14 Dec to 11 Jan peak: 21 Dec to 1 Jan
The most staggered break of the year. St Andrews is out from 14 December, Patana not until 19 December. St Andrews returns 5 January, Shrewsbury not until 12 January. Nearly a month of rolling demand.
Spring half term 2027
15 Feb to 26 Mar
There is no single spring break. St Andrews takes mid February, King's takes late February, Patana takes late March around Easter. Check your own school's dates before booking anything labelled February half term.
Songkran break 2027
3 to 18 Apr peak: 5 to 16 Apr
The most aligned break after October. Most schools take the full two weeks, 5 to 16 April, with Songkran itself on 13 to 15 April. Very few camps run during the festival days themselves.
Summer 2027
23 Jun to 20 Aug
Finish dates spread across three weeks, from 22 June at St Andrews to 2 July at King's, and American calendar schools finish earlier still. Eight weeks of camp demand, and the only window where residential and overseas programmes are realistic.
Other term time breaks 2027
1 May to 6 Jun
A few schools take short breaks inside Term 3. King's takes 1 to 4 May and 3 to 6 June. Almost no camps are scheduled against these, since demand is too thin.
School by school
Winter break dates are in the section above, since they vary too much to fit a column.
| School | Curriculum | Term 1 starts | October | Spring | Songkran | Term 3 ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok Patana School | British | 19 Aug 2026 | 12 to 16 Oct | 22 to 26 Mar | 5 to 16 Apr | 25 Jun 2027 |
| St Andrews International School Bangkok | British | 19 Aug 2026 | 12 to 16 Oct | 15 to 22 Feb | 5 to 16 Apr | 22 Jun 2027 |
| King's College International School Bangkok | British | 27 Aug 2026 | 17 to 25 Oct | 20 to 28 Feb | 3 to 18 Apr | 2 Jul 2027 |
| Shrewsbury International School Bangkokpartial | British | 31 Aug 2026 | not published | not published | 10 to 18 Apr | not published |
| International School Bangkok (ISB)unconfirmed | American | 13 Aug 2026 | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| KIS International School Bangkokunconfirmed | IB | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published |
Worth knowing
A few honest caveats, because a calendar page that pretends to be complete is worse than one that admits its gaps.
- Patana states that its calendar may be revised if the Thai government changes public holiday dates during the year. That applies in practice to every school here.
- Shrewsbury publishes term start and end dates but not half terms. We have their Term 1 and Term 2 boundaries and nothing in between.
- ISB and KIS publish inside PDF viewers that cannot be read reliably from outside a browser. We have ISB’s board approved 13 August start date and nothing else confirmed. Both are on our list to add.
- Secondary and primary sometimes differ at schools with separate campuses, and residential or trip weeks can pull year groups out of school outside these windows.
- Always check your own school’s calendar before you pay a deposit. This page is a planning tool, not a substitute.
Where these dates come from
- Bangkok Patana School: Official 2026/27 academic calendar, version 2026.01.22Patana states the calendar may be revised if the government changes public holiday dates.
- St Andrews International School Bangkok: Official 2026/27 calendar, Dusit / Sathorn / Sukhumvit 107
- King's College International School Bangkok: Published key dates, 2026/27
- Shrewsbury International School Bangkok: Published term dates, 2026/27Shrewsbury publishes term start and end dates but not half terms. October and spring half terms still need confirming.
- International School Bangkok (ISB): Board approved first day of school, 2026/27ISB runs an American semester calendar, so its breaks do not map onto the British half term pattern. The full calendar sits behind a viewer that needs opening in a browser. Only the 13 August start date is confirmed.
- KIS International School Bangkok: 2026/27 calendar, updated 22 May 2026Calendar is published inside a PDF.js viewer. Dates need reading off manually.
Questions parents ask
Do all Bangkok international schools have the same holidays?
No, and the gaps are bigger than people expect. Spring break alone spans five weeks across the schools on this page. Even October, which looks universal, splits into two distinct weeks.
When is the best time to book a school holiday camp?
For Songkran and summer, January. Those are the two windows where the good camps genuinely fill, partly because they overlap with peak travel and partly because summer programmes open registration early. October and the spring half terms are usually bookable four to six weeks out.
Why do some schools break in February and others in March?
British curriculum schools place their second half term either in the middle of the spring term or against Easter, and that is a school level decision. Easter Sunday falls on 28 March in 2027, which is late, so the schools that anchor to Easter break unusually far into March.
When do international schools in Bangkok finish for summer?
Between 22 June and 2 July 2027 for the British schools here, and earlier for American calendar schools. There is no single last day of school in this city.
Do Thai public holidays close international schools?
Mostly yes, and several fall inside break weeks anyway. King Rama IX Memorial Day on 13 October sits inside the October half term, and Songkran on 13 to 15 April sits inside the April break.
Next
- Our schools directory, if you are still choosing a school rather than planning around one.
- Bangkok Expat Families on Facebook, where 40,000 parents compare notes on exactly this.
Spot a date that is wrong?
Calendars get revised and schools publish late. If a date here is wrong, or your school is missing and you have the calendar to hand, tell us. Corrections get made the same week.
Send us a correctionAll dates verified 12 Sep 2026 against each school’s published calendar. We re-check when schools publish new academic years, usually October and November.