West Lothian Council & LEA School Holidays and Term Dates

West Lothian Council is one of the 32 council areas that divided Scotland and is responsible for setting school holiday dates and other matters for the schools within the area. There are 106 schools in the area, of which 67 are primary and 11 are secondary schools. There are also 19 nurseries, 7 special schools and two further education colleges. These have some flexibility about following the set calendar. This calendar starts on 23rd August and includes breaks in the first term on 16th-20th September and 14th to 24th October. Christmas holidays 2016 run from 21st December to 4th January. The second term includes the February half term from 9th to 15th February and finishes for Easter on 31st March. Easter finishes on 18th April and the final term continues until summer starts on 30th June. There are breaks in the final term for May Day on the 1st and also for regional holidays on either 22nd May, 5th or 13th June, depending on the school.

West Lothian Data Source