Handing in notice at work / finish date (school) - timing?

[PracticalPatricia]

This is a bit specific, but I am planning to hand in my notice at work. I am non-teaching staff in a school.

If I hand in my notice ASAP, how does holoday pay work? Will I get any outstanding holiday pay be paid to me as would happen in a 'normal' job, or will I lose it? Thinking if I should make my finish date just before half term or just after or if it doesn't matter. It is just that I've noticed a few colleagues waiting to hand their notice in so that they finish immediately after the holidays or on the last day of the holidays and an wondering why.

Holiday*

Jesus 😳

I had my last day as the final day of the summer holidays so I got paid over them but I was a teacher - does your contract state how holidays work for non-teaching staff?

I've had a look and I can't see anything about it, but I will look again.

I know all the non teacheing contracts say we have to work term time plus x number of inset days (varies from job role to job role)

Oh FGS teaching. Stupid phone 😂

When I worked in school my contract was clear about notice periods e.g. 30 days, 2 months or whatever it was. It was customary to start the new job on the first day of the new term and the old job finished the day before. So if I started a new job on 12th April, my leaving date for the old job was 11th April.
If your contract doesn't specify that you have to leave at the end of term (i.e. the last day of term) then I'd put your leaving date as the Sunday as the holidays finish. That also gives you continuity of employment and no gaps which if you're planning to stay in children's services employment is important for safer recruitment and safeguarding.