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Teacher pay

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Maddie05 · 31/05/2025 18:10

Seeing a lot online at the moment about teacher pay increases being unreasonable. I think teachers do a lot in society and a lot of what is expected of teachers appears to be out with their paid hours.

Am I being unreasonable to think they deserve a pay rise in like with inflation?
(FULL DISCLOSURE - I am not a teacher but I have children in a school and I volunteer on a PTA)

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Fetaface · 31/05/2025 18:21

I have recently handed my notice in as I was working less than MW because of the wage I got worked out as less than legal payment due to the hours I put in.

So absolutely they should. Teachers create all other jobs but yet are often paid less than others. While they might be paid well when you calculate the hours then the hourly rate is shocking.

Teachers certainly do deserve more pay.

Mareleine · 31/05/2025 18:17

I think the government needs to stop mandating that schools pay teachers more WITHOUT giving schools money to actually pay teachers with. They need to fund these bloody payrises, schools are on the bones of their arses already and experienced teachers are now struggling to find jobs because they're too high up the payscale for anyone to afford them compared to NQTs who then end up out of their depth with not enough experienced staff to support them and end up quitting within a couple of years.

witwatwoo · 31/05/2025 18:16

One issue is how the pay rise is funded - usually out of existing budgets which means cuts elsewhere

Sirzy · 31/05/2025 18:16

It’s also worth remembering that the thing most school staff are fighting for is a FULLY FUNDED pay increase.

The current offer for teachers relies on schools funding the first 1% of the increase. That I know of there is no details of how the offer for support staff will be funded.

School budgets don’t have 1% of savings they can make. They don’t have 0.1% most schools are limiting essential purchases to try to make their budget spread.

WhenYouSayNothingAtAll · 31/05/2025 18:14

Tbh the pay wouldn’t be too bad IF all they had to do was teach.

Kath85 · 31/05/2025 18:13

Not a teacher but I work in a secondary school and aware of their pay scales due to my role. I think they are paid enough tbh