17-05-2025
Glasgow Easter school holidays could be moved in 2027
Children in the city normally get a fortnight off in early April but there are plans to shift the spring break to March.
Glasgow's education boss Douglas Hutchison said the council is considering moving the spring break that year as Easter is particularly early and there are plans for a consultation.
Easter is due to fall on Sunday, March 28 in 2027.
Speaking at a recent council meeting, Mr Hutchison said: 'We are out to consultation at the moment on shifting the holidays in 2027 because Easter is particularly early. It looks like we would have a long weekend for Easter, four days back and then a fortnight holiday.'
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The director of education at Glasgow City Council added: ' I can't imagine the schools would be packed during those four days so we are out to consultation on not fixing the holiday for the first fortnight in April but bringing it to be in line with the Easter weekend and take that fortnight.'
This year the Easter spring break at schools ran from April 7 to 21. And next year it will take place between April 6 and April 17.
Mr Hutchison was responding to a question at the Operational Performance and Delivery Scrutiny Committee last week over school absence figures.
Councillor Eunis Jassemi Labour raised the issue of over 40 per cent of P4 classes and more than half of P7 classes recording attendance of below 90 per cent.
He asked why there isn't stage specific attendance improvement key performance indicators (KPIs) reported given the correlation between attainment and attendance.
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He queried how the council is tracking the success of its campaign Attendance Matters Every Day, which aims to address school absences levels.
Mr Hutchison said it is 'too early to say' about the attendance campaign, which launched recently but a paper would be brought to committee in the future.
He said the council is largely in line with the Scottish Government approach to KPIs.
He said there is a 'strong focus' on attendance in schools in Glasgow but the area needs to get back to pre-pandemic levels.
He said: 'It is impressive how creative schools are being to ensure we get attendance back to pre-pandemic levels. It is not unique to Glasgow. It is a Scottish, UK and worldwide issue post pandemic.'
