UAE holidays 2023: When will schools have the winter break?

School students in Dubai can look forward to a long-break for the winter holidays in just under 10 weeks.

The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) had released the holiday dates for the academic year 2023-24.

According to the KHDA schedule, schools will break for winter in the second week of December. Schools are allowed some flexibility to set up the last working day and hence exact dates for individual schools can be seen on the KHDA site: web.khda.gov.ae.

Dubai private schools: Winter holiday dates for September start

28 August 2023	Start of academic year
11 December 2023	Start of winter break – All schools
02 January 2024	Resumption of classes after winter break – All schools
25 March 2024	Start of spring break – All schools
15 April 2024	Resumption of classes after spring break – All schools
28 June 2024	The academic year not to end before 28 June 2024

The UAE’s Ministry of Education mandates 188 days as the minimum number of academic days for schools following the MoE’s curriculum and 182 days for those schools following the international curriculum.

Dubai private schools: Winter holiday dates for April start

03 April 2023	Start of academic year
03 July 2023	Start of summer break
28 August 2023	Resumption of classes after summer break
11 December 2023	Start of winter break
02 January 2024	Resumption of classes after winter break
01 March 2024 – 31 March 2024	End of academic year