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Thirteen councils, including Cardiff and Wrexham want the 2027 spring half term to begin in early February, but nine others, including Swansea and Newport want it to begin a week later.

If all local authorities proceeded with their preferred dates, schools in the following authorities would have half term between 8 and 12 February 2027, and break up for Easter on 19 March:

Meanwhile, these authorities would take their half term from 15 to 19 February, with Easter holidays starting on 25 March:

The Welsh government has proposed standardising the dates in line with the group which has more schools in it - so the February half term for all schools would run from 8 to 12 February 2027 and Easter holidays would start on 19 March 2027.

"In February, when half term arrives, we start lambing our first lot of ewes, by Easter we're lambing our second lot," she says.