SMT are overpaid-now, there's a shock!

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Can anyone see it changing?!

Inflated salaries for Smt to pace the corridors on learning walks and monitoring work shy classroom teachers who might stop moving altogether if they are not being watched!!

Can anyone see it changing?!

Another problem is that there are so many of them. Remember when schools used to have a head and two deputies - now there are loads of assistant heads and so on.

Yes, definitely. When I was at school, there was a head teacher and then a deputy, who had a full time class. Now, at my DC's school, there's a head, one deputy and 4 assistant heads, plus two SENCos; none of whom have any teaching responsibilities! Apparently they are talking about making LSA cuts due to funding. I think it's disgraceful!

Interesting, the article is from 2011, is the situation similar now?
I teach in a state sixth form college of 2000 students, we have 1 principal, 2 assistant principals and 2 directors of faculty. We used to have 3 APs and 3 DOFs but as people have left/retired their jobs have been absorbed by the remaining APs/DoFs(with no increase in salary)

This is because of the blistering cuts we have to absorb. I am grateful that SMT have shouldered their share of the burden. On the other hand we are losing good teachers as SMT contracts because there is no room for promotion.

The situation seems to be similar or worse around here currently. I wonder how long it can go on for though-lots of schools are really struggling and once you've got a whole staff of NQTs, there's no room for manouevre other than sacking TAs or SMT.

I've worked in 4 secondaries, only one of which has a hard-working SLT. In the other three, considerably more than £200k could have been saved by replacing them with administrators (if their roles were actually needed at all), and that money would have been put to much better use on TAs, inclusion /social /EAL / SEN support. The students' interests don't appear to come into the equation. I believe this is one of the most significant factors currently depressing teacher morale. Having served six years as a Staff Governor, I saw the fallout from all angles. It's inexcusable.