Proposed longer days

[BeingATwatItsABingThing]

Can I preface this by requesting that this does not turn into a teacher bashing thread please!

www.tes.com/news/exclusive-8am-6pm-extended-school-day-table?fbclid=IwAR38Yzx74z2xuATlA8L9XmWFWzyiq1K47j3UaFCYHGyLb79rjeG9kWgXUeA

I’ve just seen this this morning. If this comes into fruition, I will be leaving teaching. I can only just cope with my workload with our school day as it is (8:35 - 3:15). I spend hours every night marking and prepping for the next day and I spend at least one weekend day catching up with planning and marking before I even think about catching up on housework and life admin. My children get a really raw deal from me being a teacher and I don’t have any more time I’m willing to take from them.

They’re suggesting making the days 30 minutes longer and optional 8am - 6pm days. We have an early finish on a Friday to recoup some costs from our ridiculous budget cuts and the article says they would want to get rid of those.

Even if I think about this from a parenting perspective, I don’t want my DDs in school any longer than they already are.

What are other teacher’s thoughts?

I can't read through all the thread but the resignation after the announcement- was this because longer days have been approved?

My school are doing boosters of 30 minutes twice a week for some pupils. It's voluntary for staff to sign up.

Will longer school days mean more pay? Or just an expectation as we already are?

@carrottopper

The resignation was because of the significantly lower budget offered. I haven’t heard a definitive answer on the longer hours yet.

Longer school days would have to mean more pay. If you add it up, it’s a lot more time.

It’s an extra 95 hours per academic year. Like hell am I working those for free on top of the free time they get from me for marking, planning, prepping, report writing, parents’ evenings, school fundraisers...