February half term 2028
When schools break up for February half term 2028 and when they go back, for 100 councils in England, Wales and Scotland, from each council's own published term dates. In England, schools in 39 of the 49 councils we have break up on Friday 11 February 2028 and go back on Monday 21 February 2028; the last day of term ranges from Fri 11 Feb to Fri 18 Feb.
February half term 2028 at a glance
| Where | Last day of term | Back to school |
|---|---|---|
| England39 of 49 councils | Fri 11 Feball: Fri 11 Feb to Fri 18 Feb | Mon 21 Feb 2028 |
| Wales22 of 22 councils | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb 2028 |
| Scotland8 of 29 councils | Fri 11 Feball: Fri 4 Feb to Fri 18 Feb | Wed 16 Feb 2028 |
The most common dates in each nation: in most of England that's off school Sat 12 Feb to Sun 20 Feb 2028, weekends included. It's called the February mid-term in Scotland. Find your council below; academies and independent schools can differ.
England: February half term 2028
In England, schools in 39 of the 49 councils we have break up on Friday 11 February 2028 and go back on Monday 21 February 2028; the last day of term ranges from Fri 11 Feb to Fri 18 Feb. Every English council's holidays side by side.
| Council, leave to cover it | Last day | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Birminghamone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Pooleone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Brentone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Bristolone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Buckinghamshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Cambridgeshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Cheshire Eastone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Cheshire West and Chesterone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Cornwallone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| County Durhamone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Coventryone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Croydonone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Derbyshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Devonone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Dorsetone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Ealingone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| East Riding of Yorkshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| East Sussexone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Essexone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Gloucestershireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Hampshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Hertfordshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Kentone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Lancashireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Leedsone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Leicesterone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Leicestershireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Lincolnshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Liverpoolone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Manchesterone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Newhamone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Norfolkone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| North Northamptonshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| North Yorkshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Nottinghamshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Oxfordshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Sandwellone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Sheffieldone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Shropshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Somersetone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Staffordshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Suffolkone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Surreyone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Wakefieldone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Warwickshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| West Northamptonshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Wiganone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Wiltshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Worcestershireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
Not published in a form we could check for 2027/28 yet: Northumberland and West Sussex.
Wales: February half term 2028
In Wales, schools in 22 of the 22 councils we have break up on Friday 18 February 2028 and go back on Monday 28 February 2028. Every Welsh council's holidays side by side.
| Council, leave to cover it | Last day | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Angleseyone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Blaenau Gwentone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Bridgendone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Caerphillyone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Cardiffone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Carmarthenshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Ceredigionone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Conwyone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Denbighshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Flintshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Gwyneddone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Merthyr Tydfilone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Monmouthshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Neath Port Talbotone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Newportone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Pembrokeshireone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Powysone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Rhondda Cynon Tafone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Swanseaone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Torfaenone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Vale of Glamorganone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
| Wrexhamone week off5 days' leave | Fri 18 Feb | Mon 28 Feb |
Scotland: February mid-term 2028
In Scotland, schools in 8 of the 29 councils we have break up on Friday 11 February 2028 and go back on Wednesday 16 February 2028; the last day of term ranges from Fri 4 Feb to Fri 18 Feb. Every Scottish council's holidays side by side.
| Council, leave to cover it | Last day | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen1 day off1 day's leave | Fri 11 Feb | Tue 15 FebINSET |
| Aberdeenshire1 day off1 day's leave | Fri 11 Feb | Tue 15 FebINSET |
| Angus2 days off2 days' leave | Thu 10 Feb | Tue 15 Feb |
| Argyll and Buteone week and 1 day off6 days' leave | Fri 4 Feb | Tue 15 Feb |
| Clackmannanshire3 days off3 days' leave | Tue 15 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Dumfries and Galloway2 days off2 days' leave | Thu 17 Feb | Tue 22 Feb |
| Dundee2 days off2 days' leave | Thu 10 Feb | Tue 15 FebINSET |
| East Ayrshire1 day off1 day's leave | Fri 18 Feb | Tue 22 FebINSET |
| East Dunbartonshire2 days off2 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Wed 16 FebINSET |
| East Renfrewshire3 days off3 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Thu 17 Feb |
| Edinburghone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Falkirk2 days off2 days' leave | Thu 10 Feb | Tue 15 Feb |
| Fife2 days off2 days' leave | Wed 9 Feb | Mon 14 Feb |
| Glasgow2 days off2 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Wed 16 FebINSET |
| Highland2 days off2 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Wed 16 FebINSET |
| Inverclyde2 days off2 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Wed 16 FebINSET |
| Midlothianone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Moray2 days off2 days' leave | Thu 10 Feb | Tue 15 Feb |
| North Ayrshire2 days off2 days' leave | Thu 17 Feb | Tue 22 Feb |
| North Lanarkshire2 days off2 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Wed 16 FebINSET |
| Perth and Kinross4 days off4 days' leave | Mon 14 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| Renfrewshire2 days off2 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Wed 16 FebINSET |
| Scottish Bordersone week off5 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Mon 21 FebINSET |
| Shetland1 day off1 day's leave | Thu 17 Feb | Mon 21 FebINSET |
| South Ayrshire2 days off2 days' leave | Thu 17 Feb | Tue 22 Feb |
| South Lanarkshire2 days off2 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Wed 16 FebINSET |
| Stirling3 days off3 days' leave | Tue 15 Feb | Mon 21 Feb |
| West Dunbartonshire2 days off2 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Wed 16 FebINSET |
| West Lothianone week and 1 day off6 days' leave | Fri 11 Feb | Tue 22 Feb |
Not published in a form we could check for 2027/28 yet: East Lothian, Orkney and Western Isles.
Leave to cover February half term
On the most common English dates, Sat 12 Feb to Sun 20 Feb 2028, being off for every school day takes 5 days of leave for 9 days off.
February half term 2028: book 5 days, get 9 off
The tables above have the leave for each council's own dates. Open this break in the planner to see it in your year and get the message for your manager.
Which schools use these dates
These are each council's dates for its own schools: in England, community and voluntary controlled schools; in Wales, as approved by the Welsh Government; in Northern Ireland, the Department of Education's. Academies, free schools, foundation, voluntary aided and independent schools can set their own, and each school sets most of its training (INSET) days, so check with your school before you book.
Taking children out of school in term time has its own rules: can I take my child on holiday in term time?
Questions
When is February half term 2028?
In England, schools in 39 of the 49 councils we have break up on Friday 11 February 2028 and go back on Monday 21 February 2028; the last day of term ranges from Fri 11 Feb to Fri 18 Feb. In Wales, schools in 22 of the 22 councils we have break up on Friday 18 February 2028 and go back on Monday 28 February 2028. In Scotland, schools in 8 of the 29 councils we have break up on Friday 11 February 2028 and go back on Wednesday 16 February 2028; the last day of term ranges from Fri 4 Feb to Fri 18 Feb. Councils set their own dates, so check yours above.
When do schools go back after February half term 2028?
England: Monday 21 February 2028 (39 of 49 councils). Wales: Monday 28 February 2028 (22 of 22 councils). Scotland: Wednesday 16 February 2028 (8 of 29 councils).
How much annual leave do I need to cover February half term 2028?
5 days on the most common English dates, Sat 12 Feb to Sun 20 Feb 2028, working Monday to Friday. Each council's own dates are in the tables above, with the leave to cover them.
Do all schools break up for February half term on the same day?
No. Each council sets its own dates: in England the last day of term ranges from Friday 11 February 2028 to Friday 18 February 2028. Academies, free schools, voluntary aided and independent schools can set their own too.