Teachers confirm dates and schools closed by 20 days of rolling strikes across Scotland

Scotland’s largest teaching union has confirmed the dates of 20 days of rolling strike action shutting schools across the country.

On Tuesday, schools across Scotland will close for two days amid the bitter pay dispute between educators, the Scottish Government and councils.

After schools reopen this Thursday, March 2, there will be a further 20 days of rolling strike action between March 13 and April 21.

The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said it will continue with strike action until a “more credible offer is put onto the negotiating table”.

Last week, schools in Nicola Sturgeon’s Glasgow Southside constituency closed as teachers targeted specific areas to put pressure on those in positions of power.

The EIS is also targeting schools within the constituencies of deputy first minister John Swinney, education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville and Katie Hagmann, a councillor in Dumfries and Galloway who is the finance spokeswoman for local authority body COSLA.

It comes after the latest pay off from the Scottish Government which would see teachers earning up to £80,000 have their pay rise by 6% from April 2022, and then another 5.5% from the start of the 2023 financial year.

20 Days of Rolling Strikes

Council	Strike Date – All Schools	Strike Date – Primary	Strike Date – Secondary
Aberdeen City	27-Mar-23	24-Mar-23	28-Mar-23
Aberdeenshire	23-Mar-23	22-Mar-23	24-Mar-23
Angus	14-Mar-23	15-Mar-23	13-Mar-23
Argyll and Bute	20-Mar-23	17-Mar-23	21-Mar-23
Clackmannanshire	27-Mar-23	24-Mar-23	28-Mar-23
Dumfries and Galloway	30-Mar-23	29-Mar-23	31-Mar-23
Dundee	20-Mar-23	17-Mar-23	21-Mar-23
East Ayrshire	15-Mar-23	16-Mar-23	14-Mar-23
East Dunbartonshire	19-Apr-23	18-Apr-23	20-Apr-23
East Lothian	17-Mar-23	15-Mar-23	16-Mar-23
East Renfrewshire	30-Mar-23	29-Mar-23	31-Mar-23
Edinburgh	17-Mar-23	16-Mar-23	20-Mar-23
Falkirk	21-Mar-23	20-Mar-23	22-Mar-23
Fife	17-Apr-23	19-Apr-23	18-Apr-23
Glasgow	20-Apr-23	21-Apr-23	19-Apr-23
Highland	15-Mar-23	16-Mar-23	14-Mar-23
Inverclyde	19-Apr-23	18-Apr-23	20-Apr-23
Midlothian	28-Mar-23	27-Mar-23	29-Mar-23
Moray	18-Apr-23	17-Apr-23	19-Apr-23
North Ayrshire	16-Mar-23	15-Mar-23	17-Mar-23
North Lanarkshire	28-Mar-23	27-Mar-23	29-Mar-23
Orkney	22-Mar-23	21-Mar-23	23-Mar-23
Perth and Kinross	20-Apr-23	21-Apr-23	19-Apr-23
Renfrewshire	21-Mar-23	20-Mar-23	22-Mar-23
Shetland	24-Mar-23	23-Mar-23	27-Mar-23
South Ayrshire	17-Mar-23	20-Mar-23	16-Mar-23
South Lanarkshire	29-Mar-23	28-Mar-23	30-Mar-23
Stirling	23-Mar-23	22-Mar-23	24-Mar-23
The Scottish Borders	22-Mar-23	21-Mar-23	23-Mar-23
West Dunbartonshire	14-Mar-23	13-Mar-23	15-Mar-23
West Lothian	24-Mar-23	23-Mar-23	27-Mar-23
Western Isles	29-Mar-23	28-Mar-23	30-Mar-23