Support staff in school-paid bank holiday?

[glitterknickers]

Hello,

I’m not sure if anyone can help? I work part time Tue, Wed & Thur in a school office. Is anyone aware if I should be be paid for the 8 bank holidays that full time staff are paid for? I have read that park time workers shouldn’t be treated less favourable than full time workers and I find it hard to get my head round that if I was able to work Mon and Fri I’d get an extra 8 days off a year?

The teachers dont work the bank holidays either - nearly all fall in the school holidays (one in may is usually an exception).
School staff should get 5.6 weeks paid leave. FT TTO, that is 28 days. At 3 days a week I think thats 17 days.

If you work in a school office you will be paid on term time contract which is pro rata for your role if it were a non-term time role, and also pro rata for the fact that you are part time . This should all have been taken into consideration when working out your salary which will then be worked out so you are paid 52 weeks even though you don't work 52 weeks per year .

you should get 3/5 of the total entitlement - so holiday plus bank holiday/closure days for a full timer /5 x 3

you then need to deduct days for any bank holidays/closure days that fall in your working pattern

Also - if you worked those hours in an office which wasn't term time you wouldn't get additional holiday anyway as the allocated bank holidays are worked out pro rata in line with your hours worked . Depending on the days you work and the days that the bank holidays fall on in a particular year this would mean you have more or less annual leave entitlement that particular year . This won't apply in your case due to term time working .

@Sunshineboo - it works differently for someone on a term time contract .

As a teacher, I have never worked on a Monday.

Bank hols have always just been something I’ve never got.

for support staff on term time only you are usually paid for 44 weeks but work 39. The other 5 is your holiday and bank holiday entitlement. It is split evenly across 12 months (but can be a shock when you leave if you haven't done a full academic year)