Education and learning

School holidays

The tables below show the school holidays in South Lanarkshire for school session 2017/18.

The 2018/19 school holidays can be found from the link below. These were approved in September 2017.

School holiday dates and in-service days for 2017/18

Types of holiday listed by month	Holiday dates
August 2017
August 2017
Teachers return on Tuesday 15 August 2017	All pupils return on Thursday 17 August 2017 (including P1 pupils attending for full day)
In-service day - all schools	Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 August 2017
September 2017
September 2017
September weekend	Friday 22 and Monday 25 September 2017 Pupils return on Tuesday 26 September 2017
October 2017
October 2017
October break	Monday 16 to Friday 20 October 2017 Pupils return on Monday 23 October 2017
In-service day - all schools	Monday 20 November 2017
December 2017 and January 2018
December 2017 and January 2018
Christmas/New Year	Schools close at 2.30pm on Friday 22 December 2017 Schools re-open on Monday 8 January 2018
February 2018
February 2018
February break	Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 February 2018
In-service day - all schools	Wednesday 14 February 2018
March/April 2018
March/April 2018
Spring break/Easter	Schools close at 2.30pm on Thursday 29 March 2018* Schools re-open on Monday 16 April 2018
May 2018
May 2018
May Day	Monday 7 May 2018
In-service day - all schools	Tuesday 8 May 2018
Local holiday	Friday 25 and Monday 28 May 2018**
June 2018
June 2018
Summer break	Schools close at 1pm on Thursday 28 June 2018

* Good Friday falls on Friday 30 March 2018

** Lanark schools will close on 7 and 8 June 2018

Pupils attend school for 190 days and teachers attend for 195 days.

Please use the link below for the 2018/19 holiday dates.