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Giving notice

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EUwannabe · 30/11/2022 14:03

So my DH is a secondary teacher. He wants to leave asap after his line manager let rip on him. It was the final straw to cut a long story short. However, he gave his notice in yesterday and asked to leave asap. He’s been told he has to wait until Easter!? Is this normal? Is there anything he can do about it?

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good96 · 30/11/2022 14:45

That sounds about right to be honest as the cut off to leave at Xmas was the 31st October.
He is contractually obliged to stay and work his notice until Easter - however it is known for HTs to release colleagues that leave sooner providing that they’ve replaced them and there is none to minimal disruption to the school. He may be able to come to an agreement.

OutDamnedSpot · 30/11/2022 19:45

That sounds right. Teaching contracts are weird. There are only three resignation dates each year, and he missed the 31 October one, so is now being held to the 28 February one. The only options are 1) work until Easter 2) negotiate with HT

RuleWithAWoodenFoot · 01/12/2022 23:01

EUwannabe · 30/11/2022 14:03

So my DH is a secondary teacher. He wants to leave asap after his line manager let rip on him. It was the final straw to cut a long story short. However, he gave his notice in yesterday and asked to leave asap. He’s been told he has to wait until Easter!? Is this normal? Is there anything he can do about it?

It's weird that he doesn't know that there are only 3 resignation dates. He's stuck until Easter unless he can negotiate with the head. I left a job at Feb half term once, but I'd resigned before October 31st and only put it in writing once I had an 'informal' email exchange with my head agreeing the Feb leave date. I also left on good terms, which sounds different to your H.

Mention it on various FB groups and he'll be told to go off with WRS.

Postapocalypticcowgirl · 03/12/2022 09:02

Yes, he's stuck until Easter, and the school is unlikely to let him go earlier, as they will struggle to replace him before then, or even at that point.

Does the head know why he's resigning?

I do wonder if your husband got his union involved and went down the route of a formal grievance etc, whether the head would become amenable to negotiating an earlier exit?

The only exception to this is if he's new to the school and still on probation, as usually there's shorter notice from both sides.

rosesinmygarden · 05/12/2022 14:58

OutDamnedSpot · 30/11/2022 19:45

That sounds right. Teaching contracts are weird. There are only three resignation dates each year, and he missed the 31 October one, so is now being held to the 28 February one. The only options are 1) work until Easter 2) negotiate with HT

Option 3: go off with stress. It's likely he'll be released early if they think it'll end up being long term sickness.

Only a reasonable suggestion if he can't stick it until Easter and/or is not bothered about getting another job in a school.

TortolaParadise · 23/03/2023 13:20

What did DH decide?

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EUwannabe · 23/03/2023 17:44

He stayed. He’s got one week left and so looking forward to leaving!

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TortolaParadise · 23/03/2023 17:47

Well done to him for showing great strength of character!👏

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