Many students will benefit this year by enjoying longer vacations than others.
As students have returned to school, the dates for the 2024-2025 school year’s vacations are already available. The first, the All Saints’ Day vacation, will begin on October 19, after seven weeks in class, with a return on November 4, followed by a long weekend with November 11, a public holiday. For the holidays, all students will be on vacation from December 21 to January 6.
For the winter and spring holidays, however, the holidays will be staggered, depending on zones A, B and C, in order to spread out the departure dates and therefore better manage the flow of travelers. The order this year is as follows: first zone B, then C and finally A. Corsica will follow the zone C holidays this year. The school year will end on July 5 after 36 weeks of classes.
That being said, some students will be favored during a very specific vacation period this school year. These are students from zone B and therefore from the academies of Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen and Strasbourg. They will have a longer vacation in the spring, a break that they begin on Saturday, April 5.
Schoolchildren will, in fact, gain a day, by returning on a Tuesday rather than a Monday. The explanation is simple: the spring holidays are officially due to end on April 21, a date that actually corresponds to Easter Monday, which is a public holiday. The return will therefore be smooth on Tuesday, April 22. This coincidence of the calendar may allow parents to slightly postpone their family vacation if they wish.
The other zones will not benefit from this additional day of rest since it is included in their holiday period. A similar scenario is emerging on May 1 for zone A, including the academies of Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon and Poitiers. Going on holiday last, it is therefore the least fortunate this year.
Zone B will also have the chance to be alone on their first week of vacation. Another big advantage for them and their parents. The busiest week in the spring will be April 14th when zone B, zone C and Corsica will be on vacation at the same time, as well as April 21st with zone A, zone C and Corsica at the same time.