Term dates, exams and holidays set for 2025–26
Staff return on Monday 1 September 2025. Students start on Wednesday 3 September, and the first term runs to Monday 12 January 2026.
Term one holidays are the Prophet's Birthday on Saturday 4 October 2025, Bahrain's National Day and His Majesty the King's Accession Day on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 December, and New Year's Day on Thursday 1 January 2026. The English skills pre-test will run from Sunday 5 to Thursday 9 October 2025, with the post-test set for Sunday 29 March to Thursday 2 April 2026. Registration for new students for 2026 to 2027 runs from Monday 20 October to Thursday 6 November 2025.
First-term final exams begin on Sunday 21 December 2025 for general secondary, parallel secondary, and technical and vocational streams. Religious Intermediate Certificate exams start on Wednesday 24 December, General Intermediate on Sunday 28 December, and exams for non-certificate grades and Cycle Two (for affiliate students) on Wednesday 31 December. The last day any exam may be held is Monday 12 January 2026, which is also the final teaching day for Cycle One of basic education.
The mid-year break runs from Sunday 18 to Thursday 29 January 2026, a total of 11 days.
All staff and students return on Sunday 1 February 2026 to begin the second term. The last teaching day for all students is Monday 25 May 2026. Ramadan is expected from Wednesday 18 February to Thursday 19 March 2026.
Second-term holidays are Eid al-Fitr from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 March 2026, Labour Day on Friday 1 May, the Day of Arafah and Eid al-Adha from Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 May, the Hijri New Year on Tuesday 16 June, and Ashura on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 June.
During term two, the English post-test runs from Sunday 29 March to Thursday 2 April 2026. End-of-term exams for Continuing Education Centres ('Equivalent Basic Education') are set for Monday 28 April to Wednesday 6 May. Final exams for general secondary, parallel secondary, and technical and vocational education begin on Monday 4 May; Religious Intermediate on Sunday 10 May; General Intermediate on Tuesday 12 May; and exams for non-certificate grades and the ends of Cycle One and Cycle Two on Thursday 14 May. Final exams for all stages continue to Monday 25 May 2026.
Resit exams for Continuing Education Centres take place from Wednesday 10 to Monday 22 June 2026. Resits for all stages and for parallel secondary run from Thursday 18 to Sunday 28 June. School books for 2026 to 2027 will be given out from Sunday 21 to Thursday 25 June. The last working day for staff is Tuesday 30 June 2026, with a return on Tuesday 1 September 2026.
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