What is the maximum number of attendance days?

Teachers are only required to attend a maximum of 205 days during term and non-term weeks.

This doesn’t apply to:

• teachers employed in early childhood services operating for at least 48 weeks a year, or
• schools that follow the calendar and school year of a different country.

Do school holidays count as attendance days?

School holidays won’t count as attendance days unless a teacher works on the day.

Do public holidays count as attendance days?

Public holidays won’t count as attendance days unless a teacher works on the day.

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