Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how school-term-dates-and-holidays.co.uk collects, uses, and protects information when you visit this site.

Last updated: 2 October 2026

Who we are

This privacy policy applies to the website school-term-dates-and-holidays.co.uk (the "site"), operated at school-term-dates-and-holidays.co.uk. The site is a free UK school term dates resource providing school term dates and school holiday information for councils and schools across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, you can contact us via the contact page.

What data we collect

school-term-dates-and-holidays.co.uk does not require you to register, create an account, or log in to use the site. We do not directly collect any personally identifiable information such as your name, email address or postal address.

We do not sell, rent or share personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

We use third-party services that may collect certain data automatically as described below.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They are used to make websites work properly, remember your preferences, and provide usage information to site owners.

This site uses cookies from the following third-party services:

  • Google Analytics — we use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. Google Analytics collects anonymised data about page views, session duration, device type, and general location (country or region level). It does not identify you personally. See Google's privacy policy for full details.
  • Advertising partners — this site displays advertisements. Our advertising partners may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to serve relevant ads and measure ad performance. Details are provided in the Advertising section below.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of this site or the relevance of ads shown.

Advertising

school-term-dates-and-holidays.co.uk displays advertising to support the free operation of the site. Advertisements are served by third-party advertising networks. These networks may use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Show you ads relevant to your interests based on your browsing behaviour
  • Measure the performance and effectiveness of advertising campaigns
  • Limit the number of times you see a particular ad

You can opt out of personalised advertising at any time using the following tools:

Analytics data

We use Google Analytics to collect anonymised information about how visitors use this site. This includes:

  • Pages visited and time spent on each page
  • The website or search engine that referred you to this site
  • Device type, browser and operating system
  • General geographic location (country or region — not precise location)

This data is used solely to understand how visitors use the site and to improve its content and performance. It is not used to identify individual visitors.

External links

This site contains links to external websites, including local authority websites, school websites and government websites. When you follow a link to an external site, you leave school-term-dates-and-holidays.co.uk and are subject to that site's own privacy policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external sites.

Children's privacy

This site does not knowingly collect any personal data from children. The site is intended for use by parents, carers and adults seeking school term date information. If you believe a child has submitted personal data to this site, please contact us via the contact page and we will take steps to remove it.

Your rights under UK GDPR

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

  • Right of access — you have the right to request a copy of any personal data held about you
  • Right to rectification — you have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal data
  • Right to erasure — you have the right to request deletion of your personal data
  • Right to restrict processing — you have the right to request that we limit how we use your data
  • Right to object — you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data
  • Right to data portability — you have the right to receive your personal data in a portable format

As school-term-dates-and-holidays.co.uk does not directly collect personal data, there is typically no personal data held about you on our systems. For data held by third-party services such as Google Analytics or advertising partners, please refer to their respective privacy policies.

If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, or have a concern about how your data is being handled, you can contact us via the contact page. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law, our practices, or the services we use. When we make changes, we will update the date shown at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Contact

For any privacy-related questions or to exercise your data rights, contact us via the contact page.