Academic Calendar

You can find all study-related dates (bank holidays, term starting dates*, etc.) in the calendar below.

Academic Calendar

You can find all study-related dates (bank holidays, term starting dates*, etc.) in the calendar below. Our academic year is broken down into four terms of 12 – 14 weeks. However, you can start a course on any Monday and study for as many weeks as you require.

Click here on the link to download the 2024 Academic Calendar Dublin (PDF) and 2024 Academic Calendar Malta (PDF)

ACADEMIC CALENDAR DUBLIN & MALTA 2024
Term Start Date End Date Weeks
Term 1: Winter Monday 8th January Friday 29th March 12 weeks
Term 2: Spring Monday 1st April Friday 28th June 13 weeks
Term 3: Summer Monday 1st July Friday 20th September 12 weeks
Term 4: Autumn Monday 23rd September Friday 20th December 13 weeks
Closed Monday 23rd December Friday 3rd January 2 weeks
Winter Term 2025 Monday 6th January 2025
Atlas Junior 2024 Start Date End Date Weeks
Dublin Sunday 30th June Sunday 11th August 6 weeks
Ennis, Co. Clare Sunday 30th June Sunday 11th August 6 weeks
Chichester, UK Sunday 30th June Sunday 28th July 4 weeks

2024 Bank Holidays (Ireland)

  • New Year’s Day: Monday, 1st January
  • St Brigid’s Day: Monday, 5th February
  • St. Patrick’s Day: Monday, 18th March
  • Good Friday*: Friday, 29th March
  • Easter Monday: Monday, 1st April
  • May Day: Monday, 6th May
  • June Bank Holiday: Monday, 3rd June
  • August Bank Holiday**: Monday, 5th August
  • October Bank Holiday: Monday, 28th October
  • Christmas Day: Wednesday, 25th December
  • St. Stephen’s Day: Thursday, 26th December

* Good Friday is not a public holiday in Ireland, though like many schools and businesses we are closed on that day for a day of in-service teacher development and a long Easter weekend.

** The school is closed for classes on the August Bank Holiday, but a full-day excursion will be organised for existing and new students.

2024 Bank Holidays (Malta)

  • New Year’s Day: Monday, 1st January
  • Feast of St Paul’s Shipwreck: Saturday, 10th February
  • Feast of St Joseph: Tuesday, 19th March
  • Good Friday: Friday, 29th March
  • Freedom Day: Sunday 31st March
  • Workers’ Day: Wednesday, 1st May
  • Sette Giugno: Friday, 7th June
  • Feast of St Peter and St Paul: Saturday, 29th June
  • Feast of the Assumption: Thursday, 15th August
  • Victory Day: Sunday, 8th September
  • Independence Day: Saturday 21th September
  • Immaculate Conception: Sunday, 8th December
  • Republic Day: Friday, 13th December
  • Christmas Day: Wednesday, 25th December