Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

2024 Mid-Term Dates for Schools Implementing Cohort Entry Policy

Under section 66(1) of the Education and Training Act 2020, I prescribe the mid-term dates for the 2024 school year as:

Term Start of term date Mid-term date End of term date
1 07/02/2024 11/03/2024 12/04/2024
2 29/04/2024 04/06/2024 05/07/2024
3 22/07/2024 26/08/2024 27/09/2024
4 14/10/2024 18/11/2024 20/12/2024


The mid-term dates have been prescribed to determine when new entrants can start school under a cohort entry policy.

This notice takes effect on the date of publication.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of August 2021.

Hon CHRIS HIPKINS, Minister of Education.