Annual leave and public holidays

If you work in a school or educational establishment you would either be a sessional employee or a 52-week contract.

The annual leave entitlement for full time employees working a standard 36 hour week in a school is:

• 23 days (165.6 hours) plus 10 public holidays (72 hours) - if you have less than five years' continuous service at the start of the leave year.
• 28 days (201.6 hours) plus 10 public holidays (72 hours) - after five years' but less than 10 years' continuous service at the start of the leave year.
• 31 days (223.2 hours) plus 10 public holidays (72 hours) - after 10 years' continuous City of Edinburgh Council service at the start of the leave year.

Part-time employees

Annual leave entitlement will be pro-rated based on the values above. 

Public holidays

There are 10 days fixed public holidays:

• Christmas day and Boxing day
• New Year's day and 2 January
• Spring holiday in April
• Good Friday and Easter Monday
• May day and Victoria day in May
• Autumn holiday in September.