Educational term-time workers

Employees in education, including classroom assistants, college lecturers, nursery workers, school bus drivers and kitchen staff, may be contracted to work outside of term-times. If they have no contract outside of term times, or are between contracts, and fall sick at that point, they are not entitled to SSP as they are not an employee during those weeks. However, if their contract continues between term-times any entitlement to SSP will continue during and after the holiday periods (until the earlier of the end of the contract or the period of incapacity for work).