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Primary Teachers (England) - arrival and leave times?

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Hellodarknessmyfriend · 12/06/2024 23:48

I'm looking to return to class teaching part-time from September for a while; my little girl will be starting school so we will need to be thinking about childcare plans.
May I ask what time you all tend to arrive at school by in the morning and what time it is roughly you leave?
It varies at my current place of work between staff, but after 20 years' in education I know the answer is most definitely not 9 - 3.30!!!

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Cric · 13/06/2024 05:55

I get in any time between 7:45 and 8. I leave at about 5:30.

careerchange456 · 13/06/2024 07:38

Arrive 8:10 after breakfast club drop off.
Leave 5:00 to pick up from wraparound.
Finish off at home after they're in bed.

I am full time and actually find it easier to balance my days and my workload than some of my part time colleagues who have to get certain things accomplished on their days or have to have the pile of books marked before they leave because their job share will need them the next day. But then they work on their days off to get bigger tasks done and I have squeeze them in around everything.

Hellodarknessmyfriend · 13/06/2024 07:49

@careerchange456 I totally see what you mean, but will definitely need to be pt as I'm returning to uni to do an MSc in Child Counselling and then seeing where that takes me 😀

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BG2015 · 13/06/2024 19:03

I arrive between 7.30-7.45 and leave between 4 and 4.30pm

I teach in primary

Icanwalkintheroom · 13/06/2024 20:08

Arrive between 7:30 and 7:45, leave at around 5:30 when I’m picking up from childcare.

spanieleyes · 13/06/2024 20:28

7.30 to any time between 4.30 and 5.30 or later!

Hellodarknessmyfriend · 13/06/2024 20:44

Thank you. I still find it amusing that so many people think teaching is "own child friendly!!"

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Hellodarknessmyfriend · 13/06/2024 21:04

To add to my conundrum...
Primary teachers... do you think it's going to be feasible to teach on a 0.5 FTE class teacher contract and also attend uni part-time to do an MSc?
Year 1 uni is one day in, Year 2 is two days in.
I'm so stressed about all of this!!!

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BG2015 · 13/06/2024 21:21

So how many days are you teaching?

I'm 0.8 so don't teach on a Friday and have Wednesday am as PPA.

I'm have grown up kids so could manage a uni course - but 15 years ago I couldn't!

Hellodarknessmyfriend · 13/06/2024 21:32

@BG2015 So I'd be in class 2 days, PPA the "half" day.
I have a 4 yo and two teenage sons (14 and 17 - I share care with my ex-husband of my sons).

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ProfessorGambol · 13/06/2024 21:37

Are you sure you'd get half a day PPA on a 0.5 contract? I'm 0.8 and only get 2 hours. I normally arrive between 8 and 8:15, and leave between 5:30 and 6 most days.
Do you know how many hours of study you'd need to do on top of your lectures? I think it might end up feeling very full on.

Hellodarknessmyfriend · 13/06/2024 21:49

@ProfessorGambol I've sat down with my husband to work out the finances and the very minimum I could teach per week is 2 days so we can cover our rent and bills.
I think up.to 2.5 days would be OK for the first uni year as only "in" one day (obviously I'd need to study on top of that), but Year 2 worries me as I'll be in 2 days at uni.
But I really can't afford to drop any lower.

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