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Teachers - how much 'lunch break' do you get?

34 replies

LornaD40 · 09/05/2017 21:35

As in, time to actually eat (/have a coffee) and not on duty/supervising detention etc. How does lunch break work in teachers' contracted hours?

OP posts:
AdultHumanFemale · 13/05/2017 20:39

Ha ha, always timetabled to run a club or meet with school council or mentoring or similar.

elisa2502 · 13/05/2017 20:39

None!!

LockedOutOfMN · 13/05/2017 20:40

Monday none as I have detention followed by a meeting (the meeting is informal so I usually eat an apple and drink a coffee during it).

Tuesday 30 minutes on alternate weeks which I usually spend sorting out students' problems (I'm a head of year) or meeting or phoning parents or emailing or on an ideal Tuesday just eating and then having a quiet wee - I have no free periods on a Tuesday. On the alternate week I have a - voluntary - meeting with colleagues so no free time.

Wednesday - 20 minutes plus departmental meeting

Thursday - none as I have lunchtime duty followed by an extra lesson. Hellish day as no free periods either.

Friday - 20 minutes then lunchtime duty. Same routine as Tuesdays but for some reason Fridays are always much busier and more rushed.

missmapp · 13/05/2017 20:46

I am SLT . I do a lunch duty every day bar Wednesday. So on Wednesday I spend my lunch break meeting the students I mentor.
So, I never have a lunch break .

CauliflowerSqueeze · 13/05/2017 20:49

Ten mins max.

bluechameleon · 13/05/2017 20:50

I get an hour and I take most of it - probably spend 10-15 mins clearing up/setting up but then sit in the staff room for the rest. I always used to go from classroom to prep room then back to classroom but I started at a new school where almost everyone takes their full break so I did the same. Once a week most of the teachers go out for a pub lunch as well which is great.

NoTimeToDillyDally · 29/05/2017 02:42

Hahaha

PumpkinPie2016 · 29/05/2017 10:43

Our school lunch break is 30 mins but the first bell goes after 25 mins and we are expected to be at classrooms then. By the time I tidied my stuff from one lesson and set up for the one after lunch, I barely get any time at all.

It's particularly hard when you have a full teaching day followed immediately by training/meeting Hmm

Rosieposy4 · 29/05/2017 17:23

35 minutes per week on Fridays, other lunchtimes on duty, run a club or support sessions.

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