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Health and Safety Handbook

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Working Time Agreement

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  • 35 Hour Week – The Teacher Contract
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Miscellaneous

10
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Violence and Health & Safety

4
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Equalities

7
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Job-Sizing

2
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Family Care

5
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Other Conditions of Service

12
  • Accrual of Holiday when Acting Up
  • Changes to the PVG Scheme from 1 April 2026
  • Conservation of Salary after Acting Up for more than 2 years
  • First Line Guidance
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  • Industrial Action by Other Unions
  • Management Time
  • No Qualified PT
  • Pay and Leave FAQs
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  • Time & Place Industrial Action by Others

Part-time and temporary Teachers

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  • Fixed Term Contracts
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For School Reps

5
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  • Becoming a School Representative
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Pensions and Benefits

7
  • Actuarially Reduced Pension
  • Additional Pension
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  • Phased Retirement
  • Scottish Teachers Pension Scheme – Quick Guide
  • Taking Additional Lump Sum (Commutation)
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Probationers

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  • New Entrants to Teaching
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  • Your First Days in School
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Motion Flow at Council or Congress

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Updated on 02/06/2025

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