Guidance

Trade union facility time in schools

Guidance explaining what facility time is and the Department for Education's expectations for schools managing facility time.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 16 January 2014
• Last updated: 9 March 2015 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Trade union facility time in schools

Ref: DFE-00007-2014

PDF, 304 KB, 17 pages

Details

This is for:

• school leaders
• governing bodies
• headteachers
• school staff

It applies to:

• local-authority-maintained schools
• academies and free schools

Facility time is reasonable time off for trade union duties and activities. This guidance:

• clarifies the flexibilities available to schools
• sets out DfE’s expectations about how you should manage facility time
• sets out new measures to ensure better accountability and transparency for spending on facility time

Published 16 January 2014
Last updated 9 March 2015 + show all updates

1. 9 March 2015

   Updated review date in document.

2. 16 January 2014

   First published.