When to go back to school? Here is the 2025/2026 calendar of lessons and bridges for each region

Even if the summer holidays are still in full swing, for many Italian families it is already time to organize themselves. Backpacks, diaries, calendars and, of course, parents’ holidays: everything revolves around a crucial question, When does the school start in September 2025? The Ministry of Education has published the official school calendar for the year 2025/26 with each region that has established its opening and closing dates.

When school begins in 2025

As usual, in fact, the return between the desks will be staggered on the basis of the region of belonging. THE first The students of the Province of Bolzanowith the start of the lessons set atSeptember 8th. At the wheel they will follow Piedmont, Veneto and Trentinowhere the sound of the bell is scheduled for September 10th.

Most of the regions will kick off the school year between 12 and 16 Septemberwith the September 15th as a date shared by Abruzzo, Basilicata, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Liguria, Marche, Molise, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany and Umbria. There Calabria closes the group with the return set to September 16th.

When school and kindergarten ends

The conclusion of the year also varies from Region to Region and is instead foreseen between the 6 and 16 June 2026with an overall average of About 200 days of lessonsas required by national legislation. Note that some regions such as Veneto, Emilia-Romagna and Campania already end the June 6thWhile Bolzano extension up to June 16th. The differences reflect autonomous choices of the regions, which adapt the calendar to their territorial needs, while maintaining the mountain hours established at the ministerial level. For kindergartenon the other hand, the activities will continue until June 30, 2026.

Below is a summary of the start dates of lessons and end of the region for region:

The national holidays of the 2025/26 school calendar

Obviously, there is no shortage of national holidaysvalid throughout Italy. The schools will be closed the November 1st (all saints)theDecember 8 (Immaculate Conception)The April 25 (Liberation Festival)The May 1st (workers’ festival) and the June 2 (Republic Day). These days represent fixed breaks in the calendar for students and teachers.

Specifically, the schools will remain closed throughout Italy for the following national holidays:

Bridges and holidays: Christmas, Easter and Carnival

The Christmas holidays they will begin between the 22 and 24 December 2025 and will end the January 6, 2026while those Easter they will go from 2 to 7 April 2026 in most regions. Among the More popular bridgesstand out that of May 2ndThe June 1st near the Republic Dayand that of late October (October 31) in some regions such as the Trentino. Also the Carnivalin February, includes school suspensions in Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto, Valle d’Aosta And Campaniain respect of local traditions.

In detail i school bridges 2025/26 they include:

Flexible calendars and local interruptions

Finally some territories – such as Bolzano And Valle d’Aosta – they foresee longer periods of suspension school, linked to territorial specificities. Where official calendars do not report interruptions, they will be Teaching colleges to be able to deliberate Additional closingsoften near recurrences or local holidays. In short, also in 2025/26, organize the Parents’ holidays It will require a careful eye to the calendar.