How does term time only pay work?

[mrbios]

If a job is advertised at £21.4k per year, but is said to be "Term-time only (Pro-rata)"

What exactly does that mean in the way of when and how much you actually get paid? I'm a little confused as to how it all works

 

[ste_bla]

21 / 53 * No of weeks to be worked + hols

No?

 

[stumpy187]

21 / 53 * No of weeks to be worked + hols

No?

52.14 weeks a year is what our place works it out on when pro-rata

 

[MarcLister]

Think you can ask to get paid monthly so you have dosh over the summer holidays etc. This is what I was doing when I worked in a school as a teaching assistant.

 

[mrbios]

So when its advertised as £21k do you end up getting a total of £21k after the year like normal but with a shed load of time off? or is the time off subtracted from the £21k to give your overall yearly wage?

I'm a little confused about it all, never had to think about it before but as im thinking of applying for a job whichis term time only (network manager) i need to know if its worth bothering or not

 

[MarcLister]

It could be that the £21k is the full salary and will be made pro rata so that it drops. Or the salary could already have been pro-rata'd if that makes sense.

Perhaps best to ask them. I would have thought £21k as a full salary that has yet to be pro-rata'd is a bit low really. What kind of school is this for?

 

[Red and White]

it'll drop.

13 weeks holiday a year, you'll get paid for 4 or 5 of them. so work it out.

you still get paid monthly.

 

[Jez]

It could be that the £21k is the full salary and will be made pro rata so that it drops. Or the salary could already have been pro-rata'd if that makes sense.

Perhaps best to ask them. I would have thought £21k as a full salary that has yet to be pro-rata'd is a bit low really. What kind of school is this for?

It'll be subtracted in this case, i would bet. They wouldnt word it like they have if it wasnt.

 

[mrbios]

It could be that the £21k is the full salary and will be made pro rata so that it drops. Or the salary could already have been pro-rata'd if that makes sense.

Perhaps best to ask them. I would have thought £21k as a full salary that has yet to be pro-rata'd is a bit low really. What kind of school is this for?

Its a secondary school, there network is only about half the size and about a fifth of the complexity of the one I deal with at the moment though - of which im only a technician rather than a manager and im on just over £15k

 

[K.C. Leblanc]

So when its advertised as £21k do you end up getting a total of £21k after the year like normal but with a shed load of time off? or is the time off subtracted from the £21k to give your overall yearly wage?

Pay will be taken off for the long holidays, however you will receive 12 even pay cheques over the year.

It's very common for educations jobs to advertise it like this, god knows why, it's completely confusing.

 

[Jez]

god knows why, it's completely confusing.

Because it increases the headline figure thus making the job look more attractive - just a wild stab in the dark