The longest period of holidays in the Australian school calendar is the Christmas / summer break, which is observed by each Australian state and territory.
It seems that children in Italy have the most time off in summer with a whole 13 weeks break.
New South Wales
Winter 2023 school holidays: Saturday, July 1 to Sunday, July 16. Spring 2023 school holidays: Saturday, September 23 to Sunday, October 8. Summer 2023-24 school holidays: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 to Monday, January 29, 2024 (Western division returns Monday February 5).
In a normal week, kids go to school for 5 days. There are 4 terms with 3, 2 week breaks between terms and a 6 week summer break from mid-December to the end of January or early February (some private schools have an extra week or so break in winter and summer.
In Australia, you are entitled to a minimum of 4 weeks of paid leave every year.
In Australia, the standard length of the summer holidays for a government school is 6 weeks, running from mid-December to the end of January. It might feel interminable to parents, but compared to the rest of the world, this is quite short.
A typical school day
School hours are generally from 8.45am to 3.00pm Monday to Friday. In a typical school day, there are five to eight lessons, ranging from 40 minutes to one hour. There are two breaks in the school day – a morning tea break (recess) and a lunch break, both of which are supervised by teachers.
School hours vary slightly across Australia but are generally from 8:30am to 3:30pm each school day. Schooling in Australia, compulsory from age 5 to age 15 or 17, depending on the state you live in, starts with a kindergarten or preparatory year followed by 12 years of primary and secondary school.
In the United States, depending on the region, summer break is approximately two to three months, with students typically finishing the school year in late-May or early-June and starting the new year in mid-late August or early-September.
Winter Break is usually one or two weeks starting anytime from the week before Christmas to the day before and returning up to a week after New Years. Spring Break at one point was the week before or week after Easter, but now it can be at anytime, usually during March or April.
School education in Australia includes preschool, preparatory (or kindergarten), primary school, secondary school (or high school) and senior secondary school (or college). Schooling lasts for 13 years, from preparatory to senior secondary.
The Winter Holidays 2023 in Australia have an average length of 16.6 days. The shortest Winter Holidays 2023 are in New South Wales with 12 days. The longest Winter Holidays 2023 are in Northern Territory with 24 days.
Summer break is a long break for students and usually starts in late May or early June and ends in late August or early September, depending on the school district. This break can vary in length, with some districts offering as many as three months off.
Which country has the longest summer break? Italy gives its students the longest summer break with 13 weeks of vacation, followed by Portugal and Greece with 12 weeks.
Fall break is usually a week or two in September or October. Winter break is usually a week in February or March including President's Day. Spring break falls a week in March or April which includes Easter holidays. Summer break is from 10–11 weeks (May to August/June to Mid-August).
The 100th day of school is an important milestone in the school year because it roughly marks the halfway point for the academic year. At this point of the year, students can reflect on what they have learned so far, test their knowledge on their learning, and celebrate all of their hard work.
In Australia, Year 7 is the eighth year of compulsory education and the first year of secondary school (high school). Children entering are generally aged from 11-12, and leave around 12-13 years old.
The nominal “standard” operating hours for school are 9.30am to 3.30pm for primary schools and 9.00am to 3.30pm for high schools. When schools operate under “standard” hours, the duration of the break times include a midmorning break of 15 minutes and a midday lunch break of one hour.
Japan, however, had the most school days per year--220 days--compared with 180 days for France and the United States. The German school year was 185 days, while U.K. school kids attended classes for 190 days. Japanese children had only 12 weeks of holidays a year, almost a month less than French and American students.
In general, kids have to be at school by 8:45 am. School finishes around 3:15 pm, so they have to be in school for about six and a half hours every day from Monday to Friday. However, most kids also attend after-school clubs, and many also go to juku (cram school) in the evening to do extra studying.
Government schools (also known as public schools) are free to attend for Australian citizens and permanent residents, while Catholic and independent schools usually charge attendance fees. All Australian schools are required to adhere to the same curriculum frameworks of their state or territory.
According to the bureau's statistics, Kuwait, Bahrain and Belgium are among the shortest countries in the duration of the academic year, with 174, 172 and 170 days, respectively, while the academic year in other Gulf countries reached 182 days in the UAE, 180 in Oman and the same in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
At most schools, summer vacation covers the 40-odd days from July 20 to August 31; winter and spring vacation both last around 10 days, from December 26 to around January 6 and March 25 to around April 5, respectively. The new school year starts in April, at the end of spring vacation.
Australia has been ranked as the world's third-best higher education system in the 2023 QS World University Rankings by Subject.