TTO contracts (in school) - what are the holiday terms? Urgent please

[roisin]

I have an interview tomorrow for a TTO contract (part-time administrator of local schools network), salary is £14k 'pro rata'. Does anyone know what I will actually end up with. Do I get paid for full 13 wks holiday, or just 4, or none?

I've just been to another interview this morning (completely different), and I am weighing up whether to cancel the schools job interview.

So anyone with opinions/experience of the pros/cons of TTO contracts who wants to try and sway my decision ... I want to make a decision in the next couple of hours!

Thanks for your help in anticipation.

I work TTO and I wouldn't go back to full full time at all (am full time during term time). No childcare to have to worry about for the school holidays, no rushing, taking everything easy. I can say that because I hardly see my little girl, always out playing!

No sure about your holiday entitlement on that one - could you ring and ask them to clarify?

found this on one website:

'TTO staff are not paid during the school holidays as they are not working, nor are they on holiday'

i think i would depend on the lea, some will pay you in 12 instalments but not for the holidays if that make sense

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Thanks katzgut and Tinker. Anyone else?

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You may find that your salary is paid over the whole year. You wan't be paid for the whole holidays as such, just that the pay is divided over 12 months, rather than just get paid for the months you work. If that Makes Sense!

Pro rate means how much you get paid depends on the percentage of a full year you do.

For example, I work 3 days a week which is 60% of the normal full time job. So I get 60% of the full time salary.

I thought 14k pro rata meant that IF you worked full time you'd get 14k (so the hourly rate is the same as a 14k per year full timer). As you'd only be doing term time, so not full time, the salary would be whatever proportion of a normal year you did work. Say you worked 39 weeks in a year, whereas fullt ime would be 52 weeks, minus 5 weeks holiday, you'd bet 39/(52-7) of 14k. Less of course if it's not full-time on the weeks you'd actually be working.

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That should be "get, not "bet". Gremlins around today!

Thanks all - that's what I presumed it was.

I can't believe I am on the verge of accepting the other job: part-time not TTO. Having been a SAHM for nearly 7 years, it is going to be a huge shock juggling holidays. But dh doesn't seem to think it will be a problem (he works from home flexibly), so ...