Leaving Parental leave Job to take up Fixed Term

Dickie10

Hi all, this is probably a silly question but I am just wondering if school would be badly put out if I told them I was interviewing for a fixed term post after being called to interview just days after getting a parental leave job in their school? Parental leave is only for 8 weeks at the moment possibly Christmas but not in the contract only talk. The other job interview is for Fixed term 20 mins drive closer to me also. I just feel bad about telling them im going for interview days into induction.

derb12

Don’t tell them you’re interviewing- tell them you’re taking the other job once you’ve been offered it.

Dickie10

Sorry I only seen this now, I told them, I would have needed to be in the school Monday. There were absolutley fine with it and hopefully happy that I was up front about things. Its a lovely academic school but the timetable really turned me off also a huge amount of one subject i didnt apply for and only 1.5hrs in the subject i went for in the job, so hopefully I get my fixed term as the other school is really a hiding to nothing for me unfortunatley. Im also awaiting reply from two other schools, one of which i was in last year, but they leave things on the really long finger and could get the call i have hours 2 weeks into september, so i kind of dont want to be tied into the other job also, just probably panicked taking the job in the first place. Thanks for the advice that i didnt take ! sorry

derb12

:) no problem! It sounds like they are easygoing and open so your approach is working out well. Best of luck and I hope you get the better position.