Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Archived Interview time Back Interview time 12th May 2006, 1:00am John Howson Share Interview time https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/interview-time Copy Link Your job and career questions answered Q: I have been at my school for about 18 months and am now looking for a new post. Will I be given time off for interviews? A: Yes, you should be. Even if you are called for a number of interviews and aren’t appointed each time, your school should just accept the situation. It might be a different case if they heard you were being offered posts and kept turning them down. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Would you live next to the playground? Why it’s time for schools to start building homes for teachers John Howson • 10th October 2015 Career clinic John Howson • 13th July 2012 Career clinic John Howson • 6th July 2012 Career Clinic John Howson • 30th March 2012 Recent Most read Most shared How to teach about the Holocaust in the digital age Teaching & Learning 27 January 2026 How can special and mainstream schools work together? News 27 January 2026 GCSE reading lists ‘will take decades’ to reflect UK diversity News 27 January 2026 The new inspections mean schools must change their expectations Analysis 23 January 2026 Are perimenopausal teachers getting enough support in schools? Analysis 21 January 2026 ‘Parents are people, too,’ schools told in guidance on complaints News 20 January 2026 Almost half of school leaders needed mental health support last year News 23 January 2026 Leaders suffer ‘disturbing’ mistreatment, support service warns News 23 January 2026 The attendance crisis: what does last term’s data tell us? Analysis 26 January 2026