The generator above shows the academic year the way schools live it: twelve months from August 2026 to July 2027 on a single sheet, instead of a calendar year that cuts the school year in half every December. Download it as a free PDF — no account, no watermark.

Why a school-year calendar is a different thing

A January-to-December calendar splits every school year across two wall charts, and the half you need in September is on the one you printed last year. A split-year calendar puts the whole arc — first bell to summer break — in one view, which is why teachers, parents and students keep asking for one every August.

The start month above is a setting, not a fixed choice. Most of the United States starts in August; the United Kingdom, Ireland and much of Europe start in September; Australia and New Zealand run January to December, where the ordinary 2026 calendar already fits. ChangeFirst month and the sheet follows.

The 2026–2027 academic year in numbers

Window	1 August 2026 – 31 July 2027
Days	365
Weekdays (Mon–Fri)	260
Months on the sheet	Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec · Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul

Weekday counts ignore public holidays, which differ by country — pick a holiday country in the generator and the sheet marks them for you. Term dates themselves are set by each school district or authority, so print the calendar and mark your own.

Set it up for your school

United States: keep August, choose United States holidays, Letter paper, Sunday week start — the defaults.
United Kingdom & Ireland: switch First month to September, holidays to United Kingdom or Ireland, paper to A4, week start Monday.
A classroom wall: switch on Grid lines and the large text size, and consider black & white — holidays print as rings that survive the school photocopier.
Planning homework weeks: switch on week numbers; they run continuously across the year boundary.

Other academic years

Official school-break dates

For fourteen countries the generator can also shade the officially published school breaks onto this calendar — pick your region where dates differ: