Education and learning

School holidays

School holidays 2019/20 and 2020/21

The undernoted dates are still to be approved and may be subject to change:

Types of holiday listed by month	Holiday dates
August 2018
August 2018
Teachers return on Tuesday 14 August 2018	All pupils return on Thursday 16 August 2018 (including P1 pupils attending for full day)
In-service day - all schools	Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 August 2018
September 2018
September 2018
September weekend	Friday 21 and Monday 24 September 2018 Pupils return on Tuesday 25 September 2018
October 2018
October 2018
October break	Monday 15 to Friday 19 October 2018 Pupils return on Monday 22 October 2018
November 2018
November 2018
In-service day - all schools	Monday 19 November 2018
December 2018 and January 2019
December 2018 and January 2019
Christmas/New Year	Schools close at 2.30pm on Friday 21 December 2018 Schools re-open on Monday 7 January 2019
February 2019
February 2019
February break	Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 February 2019
In-service day - all schools	Wednesday 13 February 2019
March/April 2019
March/April 2019
Spring break	Schools close at 2.30pm on Friday 29 March 2019* Schools re-open on Monday 15 April 2019
Easter	Friday 19 April 2019 and Monday 22 April 2019
May 2019
May 2019
May Day	Monday 6 May 2019
In-service day - all schools	Tuesday 7 May 2019
Local holiday	Friday 24 and Monday 27 May 2019**
June 2019
June 2019
Summer break	Schools close at 1pm on Friday 28 June 2019

* Good Friday falls on Friday 19 April 2019

** Lanark schools will close on 6 and 7 June 2019

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