How many weeks holiday a year do children get when they start school?

[elena2]

I'm hoping to get a job in a school (as a nursery nurse/classroom assistant) when I go back to work, and need to know how many working weeks there are for schools in the year to work out my pay. Most of the jobs I've seen are term-time only.

TIA
Elena x

these are going to change in the next few years but as it stands at the moment
6 weeks off in summer
1 week off october
2 weeks off at christmas
1 week off in feb
2 at easter
1 whit week

I teach in Scotland. Our holidays are as follows: Oct - 1 week mid-term break, Dec-Jan - 2 weeks, Easter - 2 weeks, Summer - 7 weeks. I think it's slightly different if you're in England or Wales.

6 in summer, 3x1 week half terms, 2 at Easter, 2 at Christmas. That's 13 in total; do I win a prize?!

And the winners AAAAARE.....

Popsycal, Dmum and Zebra!

Well done ladies! The prize is a date with 'The Pogues' Shane MacGowan!
First person to post next out of you guys wins the prize......

me
but i will give my prize away

That's very genourous of you Popsy, whom will be the lucky lady?

it has to be dmum or zebra i thikn

Go on, Popsie, give him to Zebra. I, of course, am so self-sacrificing to forgo this pleasure!!

Weeeeell, we get 2 weeks at Whit and 5 in summer! Just to complicate things

In Scotland, we also get 13 weeks, but we have a Fri-Mon in September, a Mon in February and two Mons in May. I would much rather have these days put together to make a week in Feb. Much better system down south, IMO.

I would only want to gift Shane McGowen to a centre for scientific research into "How much alcohol can one brain absorb".

I'll have him Popsy, i don't care who wants to sleep with me anyone will do. I have needs.

That's funny Dmum, we get over a week in February, including IST. It must vary according to area in Scotland, I guess? Do you get Friday afternoons off too, or is that just Edinburgh?

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Tamum, do you really get Friday afternoons off? (without the class, I mean.) That would be amazing. Are the kids in school longer Mon-Thu to make up their 25 hours?

We get 13 weeks too and same pattern as Popsycals. I think that is the standard UK one although some October and February breaks differ with exact dates between LEAs.

A few schools are now on these new 5 term years and there's are different timings but still 13 weeks.

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Hi Dmum, I'm not a teacher (well not really, I teach university students), but yes, the children here come out at 12 on Friday, or 12.20 for P3 upwards. Otherwise they go in at 8.50 and come out at 2.50 (P1-P2) or 3.15 for P3 on. I don't know how long their lunchbreaks are though. Needless to say, it's not an afternoon off for their teachers, but it must be quite a good chance to catch up on stuff, I'd have thought. As far as I know it happens at all state schools in Edinburgh, though some have Wednesday instead of Friday. It makes it a really nice long weekend, I have to say!