Leave Planner 2026 for Scotland: most days off for your leave

Leave planner 2026: Scotland

Enter how many leave days you have and get the plan that turns them into the most days off in Scotland in 2026, using bank holidays and weekends. Weekend here is Saturday & Sunday.

How much leave do I get by law?

Working days a week

Months worked this year

By law: 5.6 weeks a year (28 days on a 5-day week, the most there is), and your employer may count bank holidays in it; pro rata for part-time and part-year work (Working Time Regulations 1998). Your contract often gives more.

How it works: the planner looks at every bank holiday and weekend in 2026 and picks the combination of breaks that gives you the most days off in total for the leave you have. Leave days are only spent on working days.

Long weekends 2026

28 Mar – 5 Apr 2026 · 4 leave days → 9 days off

2–10 May 2026 · 4 leave days → 9 days off

23–31 May 2026 · 4 leave days → 9 days off

13–21 Jun 2026 · 4 leave days → 9 days off

1–9 Aug 2026 · 4 leave days → 9 days off

28 Nov – 6 Dec 2026 · 4 leave days → 9 days off

Long weekends 2026 →