Teaching assistants, how much do you earn

[CuriousaboutTAs]

Please could you tell me your monthly wage after tax (what gets put into your bank account) and how many hours you are contracted to?
Also please say what level you are!

I'm a teacher wondering if I could live on TA wage and I don't want to go round asking my colleagues what they earn...

Thank you if you can help!

£971 a few years ago so might have just crept over the £1000 mark. 30 hours I think 8:30-15:00. Although our carpark was locked until 15:30 so you couldn't leave if you drove.

Ofcourse I had no tax or student loan deducted either. Pastoral roles tend to be slightly better paid as do Cover Supervisors who end up TAing if there are no staff absences.

I'm an sen ta. I actually have no official ta qualifications but have worked in education for over 20 years.
I work 4 days a week. Paid hours are 8.45-3.15 but as a teacher you know we all work more 😊 I take home £1300 per month.

It obviously depends what level job you have. My school
Employ mostly levels 3's but some TA 2's and 4's.

There should be a pay grade document produced by the employing council which should be made available. We have one on the Employment Board in our staffroom (mainly to help support staff who are claiming for work above their grade). Could you ask the bursar/admin? Or work it out from the published hours on current vacancy adverts?

SEN TA (secondary) brother takes home 1700pcm after pension etc. 8.30-3.45 term time only.

My daughter was working 30 hours a week and taking home £1000. That was 2020-2022.

£14.53 per hour, I do 30 per week

Approx £1800

Full time term time only.

TA 2
£1560 take home pay.
35 hours per week.
Most TA jobs I see advertised are less than 35 hours.

I'm a SEN TA. Just had a pay rise, so getting approx £1,350pm after tax. Work 32.5 hours a week, but do loads more. Often don't get a lunch break.

Level 4, no formal TA qualifications but do quite a niche job in a SEN college.

37 hours a week, Payscale value £28,163.

Screen shot of payslip shows breakdown of deductions / take home pay.

You’re better asking peoples gross pay as they may have other deductions / tax code/ court orders etc.

if you google teaching assistant pay scales for your area they are all readily available available.

the equation is hourly rate x hours per week x paid weeks per year (commonly around 45/46) divided by 12 for monthly gross pay.

you can use a website like SalaryCalculator to work out your net pay based on your tax code/ pension etc

you can even find the pension bandings online

In my area, level 1 TA is 3p an hour above minimum wage. The pay depends on the level, and may or may not reflect your qualifications/experience. Don't forget almost all TA jobs are term time only +statutory holidays.

SEN TA at secondary school. No formal TA qualifications, started last year. 32.5 hours per week take home after deductions, pension, tax & NI is £1387 pm. I work 8.30-3.30, I get my lunch break too.

26 hours per week. £11,800

Hey ,just wondering if any one is working with an agency and if they are on decent money,also if they have had a pay rise .I have 26 years experience both in secondary and primary .A Qualified Higher level teaching assistant and feel my pay is rubbish .Also experience with SEN and 1/1 experience .

27 hours a week
Take home about 1200 a month
Level 4 TA (and HLTA... but only get paid that rate when I cover classes)

...just to add also have 1-1, SEN experience and ELSA.
Sadly lots of schools are now having to consider redundancies of TAs, and I don't think we'll be in line for much if a parish anytime soon, no matter how much we train or how much responsibility we have.
It's an appalling situation.

1748 per month. I work 8.15-3.45, 5 days a week. I do additional lunch and break duties which increases my pay to that level but means I literally don't get a break and I eat lunch standing up. To me the extra cash is worth it.

lots of schools are now having to consider redundancies of TAs

I believe you - although in my school they cannot get rid of TAs because they need us to fulfil EHCP requirements. Instead, they offered redundancy payments to teachers and increased class sizes/reduced breadth of GCSE subject choice.

£1560 pm in my account (no student loan deductions, but do pay into pension) for 37 hours a week, term time only.

This is very interesting (another teacher here, wondering whether it would be worth changing role completely).

Do you receive your salary all 12 months of the year, or only during term-time?

All 12 months

Jeez
i know it’s not enough for the wonderful work you all do….. but when I think about how much more I am responsible for as the teacher, all the extra hours worked in the evening, weekends and holidays, reports, planning, creating resources etc, for less than £1000 a month more…
Its actually quite tempting