As the new year 2026 approaches, parents can already plan how their children will spend their vacations. Here's when the vacations for students will be during the first half of 2026:

  • January 4th - the last non-school day of the Christmas vacation
  • February 2nd - mid-term break (together with Saturday, January 31st and Sunday, February 1st, there are three days off)
  • April 4th - April 13th - spring break for grades 1-11
  • April 8th - April 13th - spring break for 12th grade

Non-school days due to matriculation and external assessment exams:

  • 4th grade: June 3rd - Bulgarian Language and Literature and June 4th - Mathematics
  • 7th grade: June 17th - Bulgarian Language and Literature, June 19th - Mathematics and Natural Sciences, June 22nd - Foreign Language
  • 10th grade: June 17th - Bulgarian Language and Literature, June 19th - Mathematics and Natural Sciences, June 22nd - Foreign Language, June 23rd - IT
  • 12th grade: May 20th is the matriculation exam in Bulgarian Language and Literature, May 22nd is the state matriculation exam by choice

End of the school year:

  • For graduating students: May 15th
  • For students in grades one through three: May 29th
  • For students in grades four through six: June 12th
  • For students in grades seven through eleven: June 30th