Why this site?

Information about Scottish bank holidays is scattered across UK-wide websites that often quietly use England’s calendar for “UK” — mis-stating Easter Monday, the Summer bank holiday and St Andrew’s Day. Most are built years ago, with outdated design, poor mobile experience and an overload of ads. scotlandholidays.pages.dev is built differently:

• Scotland-specific, not generic UK. All bank holiday dates are verified against gov.uk/bank-holidays (Scotland tab) and the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 — not copied from English calendars.
• Fast and mobile-friendly. The site loads in under a second, even on mobile data. No pop-ups, no video ads, no cookie walls — just the information you came for.
• From official sources. Bank holidays from the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 and St Andrew’s Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007. School holidays from each council’s own term-dates page.
• Does not track you. No Google Analytics, no personal data collection, no sharing with ad networks. Your privacy stays yours.

What you will find here

• Bank holidays — all nine Scottish statutory bank holidays — dates, traditions and history
• School holidays — Edinburgh + Glasgow school dates for the current and next academic year, plus a note on 32-council variation
• Commemorative days — Burns Night, Tartan Day, Hogmanay, St Andrew’s Day, Up Helly Aa and other Scottish observances
• Long-weekend planner — shows how to get more days off with fewer days of leave — including the unique Hogmanay / 2 January free 4-day stretch