Sorry I'm having a thick day - holiday pay

[Mully79]

I've seen a job advertised - an art & design technician at a school. The salary is listed as Scale 3 point 14 �15,570 (13,491 pro rata). 34 hours a week, term time only.

Like some teachers, would this mean I wouldn't receive a salary during the school holidays - just literally term time? Or can this be dependent on the individual school's policies?

[buildersmate]

I reckon this means you will receive �13491 in pay over the 12 months - which is presumably the important thing you want to know.
You may either get it equally split into 12 payments at the end of each month, or you may find you don't get paid for (52-39) weeks. I suspect the former, because otherwise it is going to create NI problems.

[carrot99]

buildersmate is right - you'd get �13,491 divided by 12 monthly payments.

You'd probably work 39 weeks and the �13,491 would be your pay plus paid annual leave and Bank Holidays as you could not take your annual leave in term time but would still earn it.

Teachers also work 39 weeks but are paid for all 52. So they would get the full amount divided by 12.

[Mully79]

Thankyou so much for your answers.

I thought perhaps as Buildersmate says, they might pay it only in term time, but I wasn't sure whether it would be calculated as a fraction of �13491 (i.e. deducting the weeks not working). That has made my mind up to apply.

I thought this might be a good job to apply for considering my daughter will start school next September and I have no clue how we would cope taking time off . I currently have set holidays through the year which don't correspond with school holidays. This would make things easier!

[buildersmate]

Yup, agreed its potentially easy to be misled, but the only other explanation for the pro-rata comment would be that a recruit earns 39/52 of the full 52 week whack.
But 39/52ths of �15570 is only �11677, so it doesn't mean that.
The pro-rata comment thus must mean that the job isn't full time - only 34 hours per week. Multiplying that up, the implication is that a full-timer works 39.25 hours per week (when at work, in the term time only, of course). That is more believable.
Either way, one gets �13491 per annum.

[sunflower68]

mully obviously you have worked as a teacher before; I just wondered how you would manage if the extra work after school added up to many more hours than 34?

[Mully79]

Hi Sunflower

I'm not applying for a teacher's position, only as a technician to help out in the art & design department etc. I have a background in graphic design & art which matches the spec for the job. I would be very surprised if I was expected to put in immense amounts of overtime in the same vein as a teacher would.

I easily work 50-60 hours a week now anyway (mostly unpaid, for employer and on a self-employed basis) so I'm used to that :o)

[sunflower68]

Mully I must apologise I should have noticed but I misread. I do see now that you are not applying for a teacher, sorry and good luck : )