Working Time Agreement
35 Hour Working Week
Last Updated: 30/06/2025The following represent the most commonly asked questions relating to the 35 hour working week and the contractual matters associated with Working Time Agreements. Q1. How are teachers’ contractual duties determined? They are shown in the SNCT Handbook Part 2: Section 2 - Main Duties Q2. Can the duties be varied at school level e.g....
35 Hour Week – The Teacher Contract
Last Updated: 30/06/2025The working hours and duties of teachers are negotiated nationally and form part of the agreed conditions of service for teachers (SNCT-Part 2 Appendix 2.7) The individual and collective work of teachers should be capable of being undertaken within the 35 hour working week. Working Year and Working Week (SNCT-Part 2 Section 3) In the...
Collegiate Time
Last Updated: 30/06/2025As from August 2006, the pupil contact time for secondary teachers in Scotland has been limited to a maximum of 22.5 hours per week. Although the reduction in class contact time was only by 1 hour per week, the effects on Working Time Agreements (WTAs) are likely to be significant. Currently most authorities have agreed...
Format of a Working Time Agreement
Last Updated: 30/06/2025Advice to members Following the reduction in the maximum pupil contact week and in the light of experience gained since the introduction of Working Time Agreements, the Association now commends the following as a model for a school Working Time Agreement. Total Annual Hours 38 x 35hrs 1330 Less Class Contact Hours 38 x 22.5hrs...
Pupil Contact Time in Weeks Containing Holidays
Last Updated: 30/06/20251. It should be noted that the interpretation of main contractual duties (including most obviously maximum class contact time) is a matter for the SNCT. It has not been devolved to local arrangement. There can be no local or school based variations to the relevant national agreement. 2. The correct method of handling the maximum teaching...
SNC – Model Constitution
Last Updated: 30/06/2025The School Negotiating Committee is set up under the terms of Annex D of "A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century". Membership The school management shall be represented by up to ** members of senior management. These may be rotated according to the item under discussion. (There is no reason why the whole SMT may...
Working out of School
Last Updated: 30/06/2025The Association provides the following advice for school representatives and members on this matter. The right to work out of school is laid down in section 2.2 of the document "A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century". It simply states: "all tasks which do not require the teacher to be on the school premises can...
Working Time Agreements
Last Updated: 30/06/20251. Introduction Since 2006 the pupil contact time for secondary teachers in Scotland has been limited to a maximum of 22.5 hours per week. Teachers are contracted to work for 35 hours per week. Part 2 Section 3.9 the SNCT handbook states that: “An allowance of no less than one third of the teacher’s actual...
