Can anyone help, have I been paid wrong? Not received expected wages..

My suspicion is there has been some confusion of gross/net pay, and you didn’t expect to be paying £200 a month in tax, NI, pension.

I don't think anyone can answer this without seeing your payslip and contract, you need to ask your employer.

Also a lot of the pp responding don't seem to know about TTO contracts or how they work

On the payslip, where I work payslips are not sent out but you log on to a website and download yourself

It might help if you posted actual amount expected v. amount received to help work out percentage deduction. I suspect possibly your tax code is wrong. If unsure HMRC taxes all your earnings.

The fastest way to sort ( I’ve found) is download the HMRC app, you’ll need a government gateway account and declare new employer / start date and they sort out your tax code.

Advertised pay etc will never be net as it depends on tax code, if you have another job etc. It’s likely gross which would explain difference

Remember your pay is spread over the time you don’t work. So your annual pay is split into 12 even though you are term time.

Id be shocked if you didn’t start until the 8th and were paid from the 1st. They won’t pay you for days not worked.

Yes you get paid over the 52 weeks but the pay isn’t 52 weeks of the year.

Most schools pay 38/39/40 weeks and then you get 28 days holiday pay.

What you need confirming is your net salary as many roles show the FTE equivalent which is based on working 37 hrs over 52 weeks when in reality you work 25-35 hrs (depending on contract) for 43 (ish!) weeks of the year.

Those payments are spread over 12 equal payments.

the reality is as a TA you get paid about 60-70% of the FTE.

Ring the council who pay you if you can't get any answers at work. You will be paid a full month if contract says 1st September.

Your employer would not be able to tell you net pay. They don’t know your tax code, any student loans, attachment of earnings orders etc.

You need a payslip.

People can only offer suggestions here as you haven't shared what your contract says. It is highly unlikely to have stated a net salary. NI and tax deductions generally kick in at c£12k but if you have another income source or have had another job previously in the year then you may be on a different tax code.
You need to check your contract for the amount - confirm it shows the gross amount and whether that is the FTE or has been pro-rated for working part of the year and part-time hours - and your payslip. You should be sent this or be able to access it via a portal so ask at school.

I think you/the school have confused each other with the gross/net amount.
Our school does payslips electronically via a system so you need to check how you access it if it's the same for you.

Wait for/ask about your pay slip. You may be on a BR tax code

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You haven't worked a full month though, so your first month pay will most likely be reduced to reflect the part month. This is normal for those on a salary - if I change jobs and start on the 15th then whilst my salary is 12 equal installments the first pay won't be. Likewise if I leave mid month I won't get a full wage.

Term time only is a red herring here I think; I do payroll for both full year and tto and this is the same for both

no one is without payments in the holidays. School contracts generally have a full time equivalent and a pro rated amount for term time working. Paid over 12 monthly instalments. (Speaking about support staff here).

If your contract says you are paid for 52 weeks of the year then that’s different. I assume this is what your contract says? Which means you must work the holidays too ? Otherwise you’d have 13 weeks holiday a year.

Ask for payroll’s email and get them to clarify. Especially if you have already been told what you were likely to earn.

Nobody would be able to calculate that without your personal tax code.

You should have a pay slip. Have you checked your email junk folder if they’re sent electronically? If not, ask your boss how you’ll receive it.

For all school know, you could have another source of taxable income and your entire salary is taxable. They should not be quoting net pay in a contract.

You may also have been placed on an emergency tax code and pay tax on your whole salary this month. That will be rectified as soon as your employer is sent the correct tax code.

Your contract shouldn’t show net pay, it should show gross. Your employer will not know your tax code, which will determine your tax deductions, when they issue the contract. The code can also change throughout the year so your net pay is not something an employer can calculate in advance.

It’s very unlikely that what’s in your contract is net pay - they won’t know your tax position etc so won’t try and calculate pay after deductions. It’s likely therefore that this is due to deductions - tax, NI and pension contributions. Assuming this is a state school/academy you will have been automatically entered into the Local Government Pension Scheme and the contributions for that start at 5.5% of pay.

You will be paid across the year but you won't actually be paid for days you aren't working.
The salary you earn during the weeks you work is split across 12 months, this is likely to be why it's less than you expect as I think you are expecting to be paid full time.

You should have got your full monthly pay for September. Contracts do usually put 1st Sept as that's the start of the school year.

It is a term time only role so I also wonder if you were expecting more due to not taking this into account. In my school we also only work 38 weeks, and not inset days. Check whether your contract includes these (you will be working 39 weeks if it does). Because of this we only ever attend the inset day that involves safeguarding and have to claim additional hours for that day.