Help with understanding salary, please!

[PoitouSharon]

I am hoping to move into education and have just applied for a job which is advertised as 25 hpw, 40 weeks per year, fixed term 1 year initially at a set salary of say £23k pro rata.

Does that mean that if I was the successful candidate I would only be paid 25/37 of the salary for 40 weeks of the year or would I be paid 25/37 of the salary for the full year with 12 weeks off.

Essentially the position is a part time position and I'm assuming I wouldn't need to be in school much during the school holidays.

Can anyone working in the education system enlighten me please? Thanks.

You don't get paid for the holidays but your salary is spread over 12 months so you'll get the same every month.

Thanks Pottering - so what you mean is that had the job been full time, then the salary would have been £23k, regardless of the fact that I would only work 40 weeks of the year.

If it advertised at 40 weeks, that's term time plus 2 weeks. You also get around 6 weeks paid holiday (can't remember exactly and that will be pro-rata too, let's assume you get 5 weeks, will be more or less right)

So you get paid salary x 25/37 x 45/52, which I make £13448pa, which is paid in 12 equal installments

To get the actual ft salary you'd need to work 37 hours pw, 52 weeks pa (with some paid holidays)

Thank you. That's really helpful. It's helpful to know so I can work out whether taking the job after childcare costs is actually financially viable!

Yes, term time salaries often take people by surprise.

You're effectively taking 2 months unpaid leave every year, but that does save a lot of childcare costs too and gives a lovely work life balance imo.