Staff meetings on day not working

[Silverbirch2]

I'm part time and teacher meetings have been virtual until now. From this term they will be in person and alternate between2 days if the week each week. So every 2 weeks it's on a day I dont work. Where do I stand in regards to attending? I won't be going as I will have my dc that day but head is expecting me there.

Hi @Silverbirch2 . You cannot be required to attend a staff meeting (or a parents' evening, come to that) on a day which you do not usually work. This is in the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document, but I can't remember exactly which section offhand. Your HT is trying it on. If you're not already in a union, join one now and they will tell him / her what I have said. You will get reduced union subscription rates for being part time.

Thanks thought so. I'm in a union already. I'll reply to the head teacher.

Of course you don’t go - you could have a job elsewhere on that day for a start! The cheek of the HT!!!

My head insisted I came in. I showed them the union guidance and they kept telling me that it was directed time and that it was accounted for in my pay. I pointed out that I'd have to pay for an additional days childcare and in the end they agreed to pay me supply rates for the afternoon and then I would stay on. From then on I have insisted on working on Tuesdays when parents evenings are.

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I'm part -time and meetings are on a non-working day. They're still virtual at the moment but I've never attended! It's my non-working day. I just ask partner teacher to fill me in. Your head can't make you come in.