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Lunchtime Supervision (England) Teachers are entitled to a daily break of a reasonable length either between school sessions or between the hours of 12 noon and 2pm. This provision is found in paragraph 52.3 of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
- Overview
- School Break Times and Working Time
- The Amount of Working Days
- Hours of ‘Directed Time’
- Hours For PPA Time
- School Break Times: at Least One Break For Each Teaching Day
- Hours For Part-Time Teachers, Trainee Teachers and Ects
- Hours For CPD Activities
- What Happens If I Suspect My School Is Not Granting Me Full School Break Times?
- Further Advice
School break times are valuable if you actually manage to take them properly. You are expected to work as much as is reasonable to be able to effectively discharge your professional duties. With planning, marking, parents’ evenings, open days, revision sessions and after school activities, it is important teachers are able to manage their working t...
If you work in a maintained school, theSchool Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD)sets out the statutory requirements of the use of your working time. Your employment contract or employee handbook will outline how your school implements these requirements. If you work in an academy or independent school, your school will set its own pay an...
The number of days in a school year that you are expected to work, and the number of these days that are teaching days. The STPCD states: 1. You are expected to work 190 days of the school year with pupils 2. You are expected to work 5 days a year for additional duties
The number of hours of ‘directed time’ you are expected to work. Directed time is time that can be directed by your headteacher as to when and where it takes place. This includes teaching time, PPA time, time for meetings, parents’ evenings, open days and CPD sessions. The STPCD sets out that teachers should have 1265 hours of directed time. Work s...
How much planning preparation and assessment time (PPA time) should be allocated as part of your timetable within directed time. The STPCD states this should be no less than 10% of your timetable.
The STPCD also sets out expectations for breaks. You are entitled for at least one break each teaching day. Where a teacher is employed under the STPCD, his/her morning and afternoon breaks should be counted as directed time, and he/she may be required to be on duty during these breaks. For teachers not employed under the term of the STPCD, such ar...
If you are a part-time teacher, a trainee teacher or ECT on an induction programme, your contract should specify how the information above relates to you. The STPCD outlines the working time for part-time teachers and explains that teachers on induction programmes should work no more that 90% of a teacher’s timetable.
Schools will include in their policies an outline of which CPD sessions or out-of-school activities may occur outside of directed time, and therefore be paid above the contracted pay. Schools should have a pay policy indicating how much these activities should be paid. You may be asked to work outside of your contracted time, and it is then at your...
The working time limits are enforced by the Health and Safety Executive. Schools which fail to comply with these limits could be prosecuted for committing a criminal offence. However, if you are aggrieved by your employer’s disregarding of the working time limits or the entitlements to breaks you are also entitled to pursue a claim in the employmen...
If you have concerns about your timetable or use of directed time, we can help you with advice and support.
Sep 19, 2024 · Many of the food-based standards apply to food served throughout the school day, including breakfast, midmorning break and after school clubs, as well as from vending machines and tuck shops.
Jan 5, 2015 · Eating in school should be a pleasurable experience: time spent sharing good food with peers and teachers. These school food standards are intended to help children develop healthy eating habits and ensure that they get the energy and nutrition they need across the whole school day. It is just as important to cook food that looks good and
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Jun 14, 2019 · The lunch ‘hour’ is fast becoming a thing of the past, consumed by competing pressures and demands on schools. Why is this happening, and what impact do shorter breaks have on students’ mental and physical health?
Mar 26, 2019 · Resources and advice for all schools and caterers. They offer practical guidance on how to apply the school food standards and make sure healthy options are always available for pupils.
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Education (Nutritional Standards for School Lunches) (England) Regulations 2006 introduced these changes. Over the following years, interim standards for school lunches and other school food (such as in tuck shops and breakfast clubs) were developed and replaced by final standards in September 2009.
