The statutory public holidays for 2020 are as follows:
| Wednesday 1st January | New Year's Day |
| Friday 10th April | Good Friday |
| Monday 13th April | Easter Monday |
| Friday 8th May (debated and confirmed by the States instead of May Day Bank holiday on 4th May 2020) | May Day bank holiday (VE day)* |
| Saturday 9th May | Liberation Day** |
| Monday 25th May | Spring bank holiday |
| Monday 31st August | Summer bank holiday |
| Friday 25th December | Christmas Day |
| Monday 28th December | Boxing Day (substitute day) |
*The May Day holiday which was due to fall on 4th May has been moved to 8th May to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day
**Liberation Day in 2020 falls on a Saturday
The statutory public holidays for 2021 are as follows:
| Friday 1st January | New Year's Day |
| Friday 2nd April | Good Friday |
| Monday 5th April | Easter Monday |
| Monday 3rd May | May Day bank holiday |
| Sunday 9th May | Liberation Day*** |
| Monday 31st May | Spring bank holiday |
| Monday 30th August | Summer bank holiday |
| Monday 27th December | Christmas Day (substitute day) |
| Tuesday 28th December | Boxing Day (substitute day) |
***Liberation Day in 2021 falls on a Sunday
The statutory public holidays for 2020 and 2021 can also be found in the downloads section of this page.
School term dates can be accessed here.
All public holidays are prescribed by the Public Holidays Ordinance, 2009 as follows:
- New Year's Day, if a weekday
- the 2nd January, in a year when New Year's Day falls on a Sunday
- the 3rd January, in a year where New Year's Day falls on a Saturday
- Easter Monday
- the first Monday in May
- the 9th May, Liberation Day
- the last Monday in May
- the last Monday in August
- the 26th December, Boxing Day, if a weekday
- the 27th December, in a year when Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on a Sunday
- the 28th December, in a year where Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on a Saturday
"Weekday" does not include a Saturday.
Christmas Day and Good Friday (and all Sundays) are customary law holidays.
