Leave and Public Holidays

Information on holidays and forms required to apply for leave

Annual Leave

Non-Teaching Staff

The leave year runs from 1 January - 31 December.

Full-time employees covered by the SJC and Craft Terms and Conditions are entitled to 187.2 hours (26 days) annual leave, rising to 223.2 (31 days) on completion of 5 years' service (on 1 January). Annual leave for part time employees and those who work non-standard working patterns must be calculated and taken in hours. Examples of non-standard working patterns would include

part time working
compressed working week
shift working

Employees working on a sessional or term time contract will receive a pro-rata payment for annual leave and public holidays within their monthly salary.

Use the annual leave calculator (Excel doc, 13 KB)(opens new window) to calculate employees annual leave.

Non-Teaching Term Time Staff

The leave year runs from 1 January - 31 December.

From 1 January 2025, non-teaching term time staff will accrue "in-term leave" that can be taken during their normal term time working weeks. The amount of in-term leave accrued will depend on an employees' contractual hours, working weeks and whether they have less or more than 5 years continuous service.

An employees line manager will confirm the employee's in-term leave accrual at the start of each year or where any changes occur that impacts on leave. Time off is in line with other leave requests in that it requires line manager approval before being taken.

Management guidance and in-term leave calculators used to determine leave accrual can be found below

This leave is granted in addition to the days leave that was awarded as part of previous pay awards which will be managed locally.

Teaching Staff

The leave year runs in conjunction with the academic session.

The annual leave entitlement of a full time teacher or music instructor is 40 days. Pro rata arrangements apply to part time staff and those employed for any part of the leave year. Public holidays are included in this entitlement. The annual leave entitlement is inclusive of statutory leave entitlement.