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Contracts and conditions of employment for school staff
- Changing an employee's role and responsibilities See advice on changing a staff member's role and responsibilities, including what to do if they don't want to change.
- Conditions of service for school support staff Find out the conditions of service for school support staff and who’s responsible for setting conditions in different types of schools.
- Conditions of service for teachers: the STPCD and the Burgundy Book What are the Burgundy Book and the STPCD, and how do they apply to schools? This article explains how different terms and conditions apply to different types of school, and looks at the difference between the Burgundy Book and the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD).
- Continuous service Find a definition of continuous service, and whether it applies to a staff member who's moving between a maintained school and academy.
- How to handle flexible working requests Find out how to confidently respond to any flexible working requests you receive. Download our request form to give to your staff, and learn what to do when you receive a request, and the reasonable grounds for refusal.
- Midday supervision: are staff entitled to free lunches? Find guidance on whether to offer a free meal to staff on lunchtime duty.