Dubai’s private schools will close for five working days over Eid Al Adha 2026, with classes resuming Monday, 1 June, according to the emirate’s education authority and the unified academic calendar that governs most private institutions.

Parents, students, and school staff should treat Monday, 25 May through Friday, 29 May as the official break window—not only the core Eid prayer days—because the calendar aligns the midterm break with the UAE’s public holiday block.

What Dubai Education Authority announced

Under the unified academic calendar, private educational institutions in Dubai will observe the Eid Al Adha holiday from:

  • Start: Monday, 25 May 2026
  • End: Friday, 29 May 2026
  • Return to class: Monday, 1 June 2026

That schedule is issued for private schools and related private education providers operating under the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) framework. It keeps Dubai’s large private sector—British, American, IB, Indian, and other curricula—on the same break dates as federal public-school timing for the same Eid period.

How this fits the wider UAE school calendar

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has aligned the third academic term midterm break with Eid Al Adha for public schools nationwide. For that sector, the break also runs Monday, 25 May to Friday, 29 May, with resumption on Monday, 1 June.

Dubai private schools follow the KHDA unified calendar, which for 2026 matches that same five-day window. Families with children in both public and private systems—or siblings in different emirates—should still confirm individual school circulars, but the authority-level dates are consistent across MOE public and KHDA private calendars for this Eid.

When is Eid itself in 2026?

Astronomical calculations cited in local reporting expect Eid Al Adha to begin on Wednesday, 27 May 2026. The school holiday still starts on Monday, 25 May because:

  • The break is tied to the official UAE holiday and term calendar, not only to the first day of Eid prayers.
  • Arafat Day (Tuesday, 26 May) and the days before and after Eid are included in the national holiday structure schools mirror.
  • A five-day Monday–Friday closure avoids partial weeks and gives families predictable planning dates.

Moon sighting can influence religious observance; and rarely change at short notice once published in the unified calendar.