Hi all,
My wife currently works as a teacher 2 days a week 40 minutes away but has found a job at our local village school less than 5 minutes away, also for 2 days. She’s had a conversation with the Head and she’s really interested, however, as with all her previous positions, it starts out as a fixed term contract but she’s always been offered a perm contract after the end of the fixed term contract.
She’s ‘ok’ with her current position, she’s not desperate to leave, but likewise doesn’t love her current school/academy, if the new position was perm she’d apply, but she’s very reluctant to leave a job with a perm contract to one with a fixed term contract.
She’s mostly concerned that she might want to try for another baby (we have a 15 month old) before the end of the fixed term contract and if she did happen to fall pregnant, won’t be offered a perm contract and wouldn’t get the maternity pay like she has before which is quite a lot more than the statutory.
She’s now spoken to some friends who have told her the school can’t refuse to offer a new contract on this basis amongst other things.
I initially just assumed a 12 month contract is just that, a job for a specified period of time and if they don’t want to offer another one after this period then they don’t have to but just wanted to see if anyone could confirm or have any experience as I’m not an expert.
Thanks in advance.
My wife currently works as a teacher 2 days a week 40 minutes away but has found a job at our local village school less than 5 minutes away, also for 2 days. She’s had a conversation with the Head and she’s really interested, however, as with all her previous positions, it starts out as a fixed term contract but she’s always been offered a perm contract after the end of the fixed term contract.
She’s ‘ok’ with her current position, she’s not desperate to leave, but likewise doesn’t love her current school/academy, if the new position was perm she’d apply, but she’s very reluctant to leave a job with a perm contract to one with a fixed term contract.
She’s mostly concerned that she might want to try for another baby (we have a 15 month old) before the end of the fixed term contract and if she did happen to fall pregnant, won’t be offered a perm contract and wouldn’t get the maternity pay like she has before which is quite a lot more than the statutory.
She’s now spoken to some friends who have told her the school can’t refuse to offer a new contract on this basis amongst other things.
I initially just assumed a 12 month contract is just that, a job for a specified period of time and if they don’t want to offer another one after this period then they don’t have to but just wanted to see if anyone could confirm or have any experience as I’m not an expert.
Thanks in advance.