Originally Posted by
SonTech
School holidays are not standard. They are all have differences depending on the local authority or region. Scotland for example the summer holidays start in June and end in August whilst in England they start in July and end in September.
Going back (too long to mention) to when I was at university in Leicester, the schools there broke up for summer holidays 2 weeks before the 'norm' (and I guess went back two weeks earlier too).