First term 2016

Description	Date
Date of return for teachers	Thursday 11 August 2016 (IS)
In-Service day	Friday 12 August 2016 (IS)
Return date for pupils	Monday 15 August
September weekend	Friday 23 September 2016 and Monday 26 September 2016
In-service day	Friday 14 October 2016 (IS)
Mid-term break	Monday 17 October 2016 to Friday 21 October 2016 (inclusive)
St Andrew’s Day	Wednesday 30 November 2016
Schools re-open	Thursday 01 December 2016
Christmas/New Year	Wednesday 21 December 2015 to Wednesday 04 January 2017 (inclusive)

Second term 2017

Description	Date
Schools re-open	Thursday 05 January 2017
In-service day	Friday 10 February 2017 (IS)
Mid-term break	Monday 13 February 2017 to Tuesday 14 February 2017 (inclusive)
Schools re-open	Wednesday 15 February 2016
Spring holiday	Monday 03 April 2017 to Monday 17 April 2017 (inclusive)

Third term 2017

Description	Date
Schools re-open	Tuesday 18 April 2017
May Day	Monday 01 May 2017
In-service day	Thursday 25 May 2017 (IS)
May weekend	Friday 26 May 2017 to Monday 29 May 2017 (inclusive)
Return date for pupils	Tuesday 30 May 2017
Schools close	Wednesday 28 June 2017
Teachers return	Friday 11 August 2017

(IS) – refers to Teachers’ in-service days

School in-service days

• Thursday 11 August 2016
• Friday 12 August 2016
• Friday 14 October 2016
• Friday 10 February 2017
• Thursday 25 May 2017