SEN allowance for TAs

[PhoebeBuffay1]

Who is entitled it?
Can the school refuse to pay it to support staff?

I fit the criteria from what i know, but my school have said we dont do it. However my contract states if your 36.5 hours then your entitled to approx £1500 per annum pro rata. Im only 32.5 hours term time.
Im just confused.

[monkeysox]

I've only ever heard of teachers getting it

[NeurotrashWarrior]

It was stopped certainly in my LA over 10 years ago; possibly nation wide at the time? There was a lot of bad feeling about it as obviously teachers in sen schools get it but not the TAs.

[Redlocks28]

I’ve only ever heard of the SEN allowance for teachers, not TAs. Our SENCo doesn’t even get it!

[Redlocks28]

I fit the criteria

Where have you found the criteria? What is it?

[PhoebeBuffay1]

@Redlocks28 my contract states that if i work in a setting where i work with statemented children for the full day or even part day i should be getting an proportion of the allowance.

[rosegoldwatcher]

Good luck with that OP - I worked as a special needs teacher for 13 years and was SENCo for a further 6.

Never got the SEN allowance.