This generally means that a Term-time Only employee will be at work for 39 weeks in each year and will take 13 weeks as holiday. A basic principle of Term-time Only working is that the employee uses their holiday entitlement during the recognised school holidays and balance up the 13 weeks with unpaid leave.

How many weeks is term time in England?

Term-time workers typically work 39 weeks a year, but the exact arrangement is for agreement between the parties. For example, the employee could work during half-term holidays but not during the longer school holidays.

What does it mean when a job says term time only?

1.1 Term-time only (TTO) employees are staff that are principally employed to work only during periods in which schools are open. In most organisations, the standard approach for TTO employees is to calculate their pay on an annual basis and then pay over twelve equal monthly instalments.