TEACHERS’ WORKING TIMEAND DUTIES

1 TEACHERS WORKINGTIME ANDDUT IESAN NUT GUI DE23CO NT EN TSINTRODUC TION..4 SCHOOL TEACHERS PAY AND COND ITIO NS DOCUME NT (STPCD)..6 Examples of a Directed Ti me Calendar .. 9 SECTION 1 TEACHERS WOR KINGTIME..12 The STPCDand Part- TimeTeachers .. 13 Discharging Professional DUTIES .. 15 The Teach er Decides .. 15 Work/LifeBalance .. 16 Absence.. 17 Morningand Aftern oo n Breaks.. 17 Non-Contact Tim e/ Plannin g, Preparation and Asse ssment Time.. 18 Leadership and Man age men t Time .. 19 HeadshipTim e.. 20 SECTION 2 PRO FES SIO NAL DUT IES..22 Reasonable Direction .. 23Pr ofessional DUTIES Teaching .. 23 NUTP olicyon Sche me s of Workand LessonPlans .. 24Pr ofessional DUTIES Whole Scho ol Organisatio n, Strategyand Development.

2 26Pr ofessional DUTIES Co ve r .. 27 GainedTime .. 27Pr ofessional DUTIES Hea lth, Safetyand Disci pl ine .. 28Pr ofessional DUTIES Manageme nt of Staffand Resources.. 28Pr ofessional DUTIES Pro fessional De velo pment.. 29 NUTP olicyon PerformanceMan agement Bure aucraticBu rd ens .. 29 NUTP olicyon Mee tings.. 31 Dutiesof HeadTeach ers as the y AffectTeachers.. 37 Administrativean d Cle rical Tasks.. 38 SECTION 3 OTHERPR OFESSIONALISS UE S AF FECTINGWORKLOAD..42 WrittenDocume nts/ Policies/R eports.. 43 Common Assessmen t Fr ame works(C AFs).. 43 Ofsted/Estyn.. 43 MonitoringVisits.. 45 TargetSe tting.. 46 National Curriculum and Asse ssment .. 47 National Curriculum and Asse ssment in Wal es .. 55 The Fo und ationPh ase in Wal es.

3 56 ExcessiveClass Size .. 58 Changesto Sch oo l Se ssio n Times.. 59E-mailOverload.. 60 Classroom Obse rvation.. 60 SECTION 4 CO NCLUSION..624 INTRODUCTIONTh e NUThas campaignedover the yearsto se ek to establishef fe ctivelimitsto teachers wor kload. Thereis no shortageofevid enceaboutthe extentof the proble m. Eachyear the SchoolTeac hers ReviewBody unde rt ake s a diary surveyto obtaina pictureof the aver age tot al hourswor ke d by full-timeteachersin apar tic ular weekin e 2009sur vey revealedthat most categoriesof teachersrepo rtthat they are wor king mor e than 50 ho urs a June2010the NUTsur veyedits me mb ers and its schoolrepr esentatives in orderto gau ge wh ich ch an ges to the way inwhich they work wouldhav e the gre at est impactin term s ofreducingtheir workloadand im pr ovingthe ir qualityof r both NUTmembersand scho ol rep resentati ves in pri mary,se co ndaryand sp ecialschools.

4 The mostpo pularmeasureident ifiedwas less bur densomeplanning an d asse ssmentrequ swas followedin secondplaceby a call for enforceableclasssizelimit s for all te rms of impr ovingteachers qu ality of life, PPA timeset attwe nty per cent of teachers time tab led te achingtim e was theme asur e identified whichwould make the mostdifferencetoteachers qualityof lif vice on all thesear eas is inclu ded in th is help NUTmembers in the ir scho ols tackletheirownwork load reductionpr iorit ies, gu idanceis availablein the`Wo rkload Stron ger Togethe r sect ion of th e NUTwebsiteatwww .t eachers. or Th is inclu des practicaladviceon51 This guidesupercedesall otherNUTguidanceand w to take issuesfor war d, tim e sh eets to log hoursworked,ach ecklistof workloadtar gets,as we ll as guidanceon tacklingstr essan d on developingpolicieson wor k- life was againstthis background of excessiveworkloadand the NU T scampaignto reduceteachers wo rklo ad that ch angesto teachers st atutory conditions of servicein England and Waleswerein tr oducedas par t of the Wor kf or ce Ag re es e included: no requirementrout ine ly to unde rt ake tasksof a clericaloradm inistr at ive nature(in tr od ucedSe ptember2003).

5 An ent it lementto at least10 pe r cent of timetabledteachingtimefor plannin g, pr eparation and assessment(P PA)(intr oducedSe pte mber20 05) ; an d teachers to pr ovideco ver on ly rare ly (introducedSeptember200 9).Th e NUTdid not sign the Wor kf or ce Ag re ement,becauseof itsemp hasison the use of unq ualif ied staffto take e NUT,how ever,rem ains det er mined to ensurethat its mem bersbe ne fit from their contractualent it lem en ts and to protecttheirpro ad ditionto thes e morerece nt pr ovisio ns, teachers workingtimehas for manyyear s beengove rn ed by the workingtimeprovisionsof the SchoolTeachers Pay and Co nditions Document(STPCD).Th is guide1includesbo th a de taile d su mm ary of teachers co nditionsof ser vice,as set out in the STPCD, and NUTpolicyandad vic vice and supporton an y of the issues raisedin th is guideisav ailable from your NUTasso ciation /d iv iso n or regional/Walesof fi ION NUTwi ll providead vice an d assistanceto scho olrepr esentative s an d memb er s see king to haveNUTpolicyimplemented.

6 In mostcases,as a resultof negotiations,agreementwill be reach ed. Wh er e negotiationfails to resolvethe problem, an d wh er e th er e is suf fici ent supportamongstmembers, the NUTwill co nsider a ballotof mem bers forindustrial ac tion to seekto ach ie ve a SCHOO L TEACHERS PAY ANDCO ND IT IONS DOCUMENT (ST PCD) er e the STPCD appli es, the re is a legal oblig ation up on sc hoolma na geme nt to gi ve NUT scho ol representat ives acce ss to it .Th is is bes t eff ect ed by sch ool s ke epingup -to -datecop ies forrefe re nce purp oses. Addi tional co pi es can be downloaded fromwww .t ea che rne t. k/m anagemen t/ payandperformance /p pr ovisionsare stat ut or y an d sch ools cannotchoosetoignor e STPCD containsthe st at utoryrequ irem ents for teachers pay and cond it io ns for maint ain ed schoolsin EnglandandWalesand localaut ho rit ie s and scho ols mustabideby appliesto te ache rs em plo yed by a localauthorityor by thegoverning bod y of a found at ion or d in depe nd ent sch ools may havedifferentarr ST PCDalso contains guidance on sal ariesand condition s ofse rvi ce iss ues.

7 Localauthoritiesan d go ve rni ng bodie s ar ere qui re d to hav e regardto th e gui dancean d a cou rt or tribu nalma y take an y fai lure to do so in to account in any leg alpro ce edi ngs . In effe ct, th is meanstha t an y sch ool not fol lowi ngth e guid anc e wo uld needto havegoodreasonnot to do so andwo uld ne ed to be able to ju sti fy any dep artu re pr ovisions describedbe low ap ply to teachersothertha nhea d teachers, de put y head te achers, assistantheadteachersand advanced Man y Days ? STP CD stat es tha t a full-t im e te acher, mustbe availablefor work for 195 daysin any sch ool year,of which190 daysmus t be dayson whichthe te achermay be requi red to teachpup ils and pe rf or m ot he r dut ie s . The 195 daysmust bespe cifiedby th e employeror, if the employerso directs,by thehea d STP CD stat es tha t te achers mustbe availablefor workfor195 daysin an y schoolyear.

8 It do es not statethat teachersmus t be present at sc hoo l for 195 roomforemp loyersan d for headte achers to ex erci se flexibility .10 . A headteachercannotdire ct a teacher to undertakedutiesonany of the 170 calendar days,171 in a leap year,not specifiedas wor king daysby the em . The NUTbelievesthat the re sho uld be no variationfromtheworkingdayssp ecifiedby the em ployerfor schoolsgenerallyor wit hin individual scho ols with out consultation wi th theteachers concerned. NUT mem be rs fa cing variations whi ch donot meetwit h th eir agr ee me nt sh ould consultthe Uni . The STPCDst ates that a full-t ime teacher mustbe availableto perf or m su ch dut ies at suchtime s and suchplacesas maybe specified by the he ad or 1265hoursin anyschoolyear,th ose hou rs to be allo catedreasonablythroughoutthosedaysin th e scho ol ye ar on wh ich the teacheris req ui redto be available fo r wo rk.

9 It is im po rtantto rememberth at the1265hour s is an abso lut e maximum and that teachersdo nothaveto be dire cte d to wo rk rig ht up to that lim . The STPCD also stat es that no te achermay be requiredtowor k on any Satu rd ay, Sun day or pub lic holidayunlessth ei rcont ract of employm ent exp re ssly pro vi des for this .14 . Underthe STPCD,the 195 spe cifie d daysdo not haveto beident ical for all te ache rs in the sch ool. If they are different,however,ind ividu al ar ran gem en ts must be madefor the ti meto scoreagainst th e 126 5 hou r and 195 day . Thes e lim its mustno t be excee ded. Me mbe rs wh o are calleduponto und ert ak e dire cte d time whichwo uld exce ed the selimi ts shou ld con su lt th e Unionas soonas th e sit uationari se s or,pr efe ra bly, as soo n as it see ms like ly.

10 It is esse ntial that scho ol skeepaccu ra te rec ords of the dem andsup on the ir teachers, inte rms of dir ec te d tim e. In deedthe STPCD sets out that there le va nt body should co nsultwith all staff an d the ir unionre pre sen ta ti ves on the teachin g timetablean d an annu al calendarwh ic h in clu de s st af f me etin gs, parentalcon sultations an d othe ract ivi ti es . In ad va nce of each academic year,teachers sh ou ld bepr ov id ed wi th a di recte d time calendaror diary,se tting out the ircommit me nt s in termsof te aching,PPA tim e, lead ershipan dmanage men t ti me and memb ers sho uld co ntactth e Un io n if they belie ve that they are lik ely to exceed 126 5 ho ursof dir ec te d ti me or pro- rata if part- tim e.