Holiday Entitlement and Conditions

A) ANNUAL HOLIDAYS 

1) Your annual holiday entitlement is shown in your individual Statement of Main Terms of Employment (Form SMT). 

2) It is our policy to encourage you to take all of your holiday entitlement in the current holiday year. We do not permit holidays to be carried forward and no payment in lieu will be made in respect of untaken holidays other than in the event of termination of your employment.  

3) We operate an online system for booking holidays via Brighthr https://www.brighthr.com . You will be given the rights to request absence online and you will also be able to view your holiday entitlement online at any time. This is to give you the facility to easily plan your holidays throughout the year. 

4) Once you have registered your holiday request online, you will receive an e-mail from a Director or immediate Manager authorising or declining your request. If you feel that your request has been unreasonably refused for any reason you should refer the matter to [Manager]. They will endeavour to ensure that you have every opportunity to take your holidays at the time you request them, but they will need to balance your requests with the needs of the department. 

5) Holiday dates will normally be allocated on a “first come – first served” basis whilst ensuring that operational efficiency and appropriate staffing levels are maintained throughout the year. 

6) You should give at least four weeks’ notice of your intention to take holidays of a week or more and two weeks’ notice is required for odd single days. 

7) You may not normally take more than two working weeks consecutively. 

8) During your first year of employment you will only be permitted paid annual leave which you have accrued. 

9) Your holiday pay will be at your normal basic pay unless shown otherwise on your Statement of Main Terms of Employment.  

10) You are required to reserve sufficient days from your annual entitlement to cover the Christmas/New Year shut-down period. If you have not accrued sufficient holiday entitlement to cover this period you will be given unpaid leave of absence. However, in the event of an Ofsted inspection, you will be required to work during this time and annual leave will be given for an alternative date. 

11) The teaching staff as expected to take their holidays when the courses are not being run and not during term time. 

B) PUBLIC/BANK HOLIDAYS 

Your entitlement to public/bank holidays is shown in your individual Statement of Main Terms of Employment.