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Teacher furlough on 80% large independent school - advice needed

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Davespecifico · 17/04/2020 17:09

I’m a teacher in a large independent secondary school. I’ve been told today I’ll be furloughed on 80% of my earnings. They’re not topping up.
I haven’t yet had my official letter so don’t yet know if I’ll also be losing our school allowance (extra allowance per year for doing extra curricular activities).
Is furloughing done in consulation or are you just furloughed?
Is there anything anyone recommends I clarify with the school.
I haven’t had time to bring home anything I own from school and my school email is used for a lot of school related things e.g. organisations I belong to, I presume I will have no access to my school email from Monday.
In your experience, if you have it, are independent schools topping up?
Thanks

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byfleetpuddles · 17/04/2020 18:01

You should still have access to your email, but you can't work but could be told to do some training. It should be 80% of your normal salary so it will include the allowance. I very much doubt you will get a top up. Two reasons. Think of your colleagues still working hard if you get paid the same for doing nothing that won't sit well. They need to cut costs to offer school fee discounts and maybe boost their bursary pot.