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Directed time calculator

Calculate 1,265 × contractual FTE for a teacher covered by the directed-time provisions in England. This is not a working-hours limit for headteachers, deputies, assistant heads or leading practitioners.

Enter FTE, or complete all three timetable fields. The timetable route calculates days × hours per day ÷ the school's full teaching week. If day lengths vary, use the contractual FTE.

For academies, check the contract adopts these terms.

Contractual FTE

Full-time equivalent: enter 1 for full-time or, for example, 0.6 for a 60% contract.

Or use contracted timetable days and hours

Use this route only when each contracted day has the same number of timetabled hours.

Include PPA and other non-contact time within the timetabled teaching week. Exclude breaks, registration and assemblies.

Use the school's actual weekly total on the same basis, including PPA and non-contact time. Do not use total on-site hours.

Enter the annual total from the directed-time calendar to calculate the remaining hours.

Clear calculation

The school establishes the timetable and directs the duties; this calculation does not decide whether a particular activity counts.

Source: STPCD 2026, 52.4–52.6; the timetable basis is in 41.1 and Section 3, 43 and 85–90.

The 1,265 directed hours

For a full-time teacher covered by the STPCD directed-time provisions in a local-authority-maintained school in England, the 1,265 hours specified by the headteacher must be allocated reasonably across the required days. Part-time teachers covered by these provisions have the corresponding proportion of those hours.

The daily break and travel to or from work do not count. Reasonable additional hours for professional duties sit outside directed time; the employer cannot prescribe their number or when they are worked.

Source: STPCD 2026, 52.5–52.8 and 52.12. Checked against the source on .

Read the pay and conditions guide for the full rules, or the workload guide for planning meetings and other duties.