2026 academic year calendar template for a school, showing term dates, mid-term dates, and South African public holidays

This document is a 2026 academic year calendar template for a school, showing term dates, mid-term dates, and South African public holidays. It lists school holiday periods (e.g., New Year’s Day, Human Rights Day, Good Friday, Family Day, Freedom Day, Workers’ Day closing times, Youth Day, National Women’s Day, Heritage Day, and Christmas/Day of Goodwill) and includes specific closure/return dates such as closing 25 June and returning 7 July, and closing 21 October and returning 27 October. The text also includes a copyright/licensing notice for the template from Vertex42.com and instructs not to delete the worksheet.