Castilla y León proposes Sept 9 start

Castilla y León has proposed opening the 2026-27 school year on September 9 for younger pupils, with older students returning on September 15. (diariodecastillayleon.es) The proposal from the regional Education Department covers Infantil, Primaria, Special Education and Transición a la Vida Adulta on September 9. It places Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, Bachillerato and some vocational tracks six days later, on September 15. (leonoticias.com) (europapress.es) The same draft says first-year Bachillerato and Formación Profesional classes would end on June 17, 2027. Most other stages, including Infantil, Primaria, Secondary and Special Education, would finish on June 24. (europapress.es) The plan also keeps the shorter school day that families in the region already know. Schools teaching second-cycle Infantil, Primaria and Special Education would run a continuous four-hour morning schedule in September and June. (diariodecastillayleon.es) (educa.jcyl.es) That matters because the regional government is not proposing a clean break with the current model. The 2025-26 calendar already started younger pupils on September 8, older students on September 15, and kept four-hour days at both ends of the year. (educa.jcyl.es) The draft calendar also sketches the main holiday blocks for next year. Christmas break would begin on December 23, 2026, and Easter holidays would run from March 26 to April 5, 2027, with regional school holidays on October 13, November 2, December 7 and April 23. (europapress.es) This is still a proposal, not the final calendar. The Education Department presented it to unions in the sector, and the dates would need to move through the region’s formal approval process before schools can treat them as definitive. (diariodecastillayleon.es) (elespanol.com) For now, the clearest takeaway for families is the shape of the year: younger children back on September 9, older students on September 15, and shorter September and June school days still on the table. (20minutos.es)