Flexible working in schools
Updated non-statutory guidance for employers and staff who want to make arrangements for flexible working.
Applies to England
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Guidance to help employers develop and implement flexible working policies and to support employees who want to request flexible working in education settings. It draws on the latest evidence on flexible working, as well as good practice from education settings.
This guidance is for:
- employers developing flexible working policies or processing flexible working requests, including
- headteachers
- governors
- chief executive officers
- local governing bodies
- trustees
- school employees requesting flexible working
- local authorities providing human resources advice to maintained schools about flexible working
Read our other resources on flexible working, including case studies.
Updates to this page
Last updated 8 April 2024 + show all updates
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Flexible working in schools guidance updated to reflect legislative changes effective from 6 April 2024.
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'Flexible working in schools' guidance will be updated in April 2024 to align with the new flexible working law when is comes into force.
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Changed 'Flexible working training' section to 'Implementing effective flexible working practices: training for senior leaders' and added links to webinars.
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Added information about flexible working training.
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Updated the definition of flexible working and the process for requesting flexible working, including a clearer distinction between statutory and non-statutory requests. Also updated information on the considerations for addressing potential challenges to implementing and requesting flexible working.
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Noted on the page and in the guidance that this advice will be reviewed before summer 2020.
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First published.