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        TES Pay and conditions - Forum

        For discussion on teacher pay and conditions join the TES Pay and Conditions group. You’ll find chat and advice on pay scales, TLRs, threshold pay, Golden Hellos, pensions, retirement and much more.

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          smithfam

          Member since 10-6-2011

          I am employed on a permanent part time contract to teach Years12 and 13 only. Since the Year 13s have left I have been asked to cover classes in the lower school 2/3 times a week for staff illness absence/ staff called to meetings. I do not have QTS and do not teach a national curriculum subject. Is this allowed?

          Posted 3-7-2011 12:05
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          e-Luddite

          Member since 19-11-2006
          Yes. You are directed by a head to teach 1265 hours a year or a pro-rata for part-timers, with STP&C being the rule book. Check with your union rep.
          Posted 26-7-2011 19:43
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          davidepawson

          Member since 27-11-2006

          And PPA?

          And the notion that everyone INCLUDING THER HEAD takes a fair (proportional) share of cover lessons?

           I've just been on supply for an INCREDIBLY kind Head who didn't used me ONCE in seven months despite the fact that towards the end I was on only 20% contact most days .... I began to think it was because he thought I was rubbish!

          Posted 21-9-2011 0:16
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          FollyFairy

          Member since 8-2-2006
          The National Agreement: Raising Standards and Tackling Workload introduced from September 2004 a 38-hour annual limit on the amount of cover that teachers could undertake. From 1 September 2009 there will no longer be an annual limit and teachers should only 'rarely cover' for absent colleagues - see weblink for more advice http://www.atl.org.uk/publications-and-resources/factsheets/mythbusters-rarely-cover.asp
          Posted 1-11-2011 17:22
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          l0vaduck

          Member since 18-9-2004
          As there's now no annual limit, 'rarely cover' seems to mean different things to different people. I've had four hours of cover in the past two weeks and I'm a bit fed up, especially as in the same two weeks I've been called upon to organise a complete new GCSE course to be delivered starting next week. When I complained, I was told that there was no other option - I don't know where to go from here.
          Posted 13-11-2011 19:44
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