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    I can't seem to find any guidelines on whether or not I am being paid correctly. My situation is that I failed my final placement within University and therefore had to re-sit and defer my probation year. I am currently working as a supply teacher within my local council. Checking my first pay slip it seems I have been paid around £65 per day. I thought the normal pay within a school for supply teachers was around £78. Could this be due to my circumstances or am I being short changed?
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    I'm in the same position regarding probation year. Could your £65 per day have been for the first 5?

     My first paycheque was split into the first 5 days pay (can't remember the figure) and then went up to around £91 per day. This is for secondary.

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    It could well be I've tried working it out using a normal teachers salary at point 0 on the pay scale you get paid roughly around £11 an hour, at point 1 you get about £14/5 an hour. I'm being paid at £13 an hour currently. My current pay doesn't take into account more than the first 5 days because I was situated at different schools for no longer than 5 days in each. It's very hard to work out if you're being paid correctly or not because of the limited information available regarding pay, and if the information is available it's not very user friendly in my opinion.
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    On top of this some schools have informed me I am entitled to 5.5 hours pay if I have no specialists during a day, whilst other schools have informed me that regardless of specialist cover you are only entitled to 5 hours pay for the day. SO confusing. Recently had to fill in two pay forms for 4 days work simply because I had been covering for two separate visiting specialists. Can't they make it a bit less confusing!
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    Can't they make it a bit less confusing!

    Apparently not and I suspect they don't want to either. If you want to know how your pay has been calculated I suggest you contact Payroll for a breakdown. If the facts and figures don't tally, then I suggest you contact your union, seeking clarification.
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    In my LA we have recently been informed that we can in fact claim for 5.5 if no non-contact time. As far as I am aware now, this has always been the case for all supply throughout Scotland since August. Up until January, we were told the maximum we could claim for was 5hrs, it is confusing I agree. I would check with your LA and point out that other supply teachers in other areas are claiming for 5.5 if no non-contact time. £65 a day is completely rubbish, especially for some of the classes you are expected to work in on supply!
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    Actually it's 5.55 you can claim if no non-contact. Every little helps!! Acc to one of my payslips I was paid (in a class I don't usually cover therefore 5 hours) at £15.6328. Is OP remembering you only multiply by 5 (or 5.55!) and not 7?

    The whole thing is a minefield and schools seem to be making it up as they go along in the absence of any concrete guidance from the payroll people.

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    If I have read this right, you are working on supply pending commencement of your probation year.  Probation salary is £21438, hourly rate is therefore 21438/1827= £11.73.  Therefore 1 day = 5 x 11.38= £58.67 or £65.18 with the 11% uplift for not getting non contact time.  You are being paid correctly. 

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    Si, you should get a job as a consultant for Payroll Wink You could put them straight.

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    kibosh

    Si, you should get a job as a consultant for Payroll Wink You could put them straight.

    Hey, I've been on supply 4 years and counting...a job (in payroll or otherwise) would be lovely! Big Smile

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    Thanks for clearing that up, I was thinking the same. I was informed this month I have been overpaid for 4 months at the higher rate per hour, because my payroll team did not introduce changes from August!!!

     Do you know if the same rate applies per hour when you are on a temp contract but still on probationary salary? Im on the alternative route to probation so supply and temp contracts combined fill my week...

     

     

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    Si N. Tiffick
    a job (in payroll or otherwise) would be lovely!

    A permie of any description would indeed be fab.
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    clarek84

    Thanks for clearing that up, I was thinking the same. I was informed this month I have been overpaid for 4 months at the higher rate per hour, because my payroll team did not introduce changes from August!!!

     Do you know if the same rate applies per hour when you are on a temp contract but still on probationary salary? Im on the alternative route to probation so supply and temp contracts combined fill my week...

    Hourly rate will be the same but you will be paid for 7 hours a day, not 5. Make sure they don't try to wriggle out of it with complicated non-explanations.

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    Please check with payroll. In 3 out of 4 months they erred on the total hours calculated for my pay. The pay slip lumps total hours worked in a month in my region, but does not break it down to hours worked at which schools on which dates. This month I worked 4 whole days(2 of which were contract!) and 2 mornings and received just over £300. "There's always one!" was the reply when queried. A glitch! The first time I spent 2 hours on the phone trying to sort it with the council. I was asked to contact every school I had worked at and chase up the secretaries to see if they had entered my days onto the system. They had. I was then advised to phone them all again and get them to re-enter my dates. The third month this occurred I suggested that it was not perhaps my job to chase up my pay as I was not employed by the council as a payroll assistant! Looking forward to phoning them tomorrow! So please don't be deterred in asking as they may have slipped up at payroll- I advise all supply teachers to log all days worked at which school and the number of hours expected to be paid for.
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    I had numerous mistakes made with my pay when working on supply. I would check every payslip and keep clear notes on which days you have been paid for and which you are owing. I used to phone up every month and get them to confirm which days I had been paid for. It is also worth making sure that you sign the visitors book in every school. If there is any confusion later and they try to claim back pay this can be referred to in evidence.


    [edited by: mustbecrazy at 23:19 (GMT 0) on 1-4-2012]
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