How does pay work in a school?

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This might be a really stupid question but I have no idea of the answer and don’t want to ask anyone in real life in case it is a stupid question!
So I’m thinking of applying for a school receptionist position and the job posting says the pay is “ FTE £20,103 - £20,835, pro rata £17,827.72 - £18,476 “
I have no idea what this means so can anyone help me out please?
Also, it’s a term time position of 39 weeks so does that mean I wouldn’t get paid during school holidays or would my wages be spread out over 12 paydays a year?
Thanks in advance

You would get paid over 12 months but the pro rate wage is your actual wage as you aren’t entitled to be paid for all the holidays.

The pro rata is because you work 39 weeks and get all the holidays. As a teacher we get our money split over 12 months and I'd presume support staff are the same

Thank you.
So could I assume that I would earn 17,827- 18,476 and divide that by 12 so roughly £1485-£1539 per month before tax?

That’s right

When I was support staff in a school, I was paid for 44.63 weeks a year, but only worked 39 weeks, so I got just over 5 1/2 weeks holiday pay. I think I started on about 4 weeks holiday pay, the extra was for long service. It was paid in 12 instalments over the year.

Your pro-rate figure may also be if the post is less than 37 hours a week, as that's the standard working week (or at least it was in my LA)

You might know this already, but FTE stands for 'full time equivalent' - ie that's what you'd get if you were working full time all year round. So it's a useful way of working out what the salary is nominally 'worth' when compared with other jobs which might have different hours per week, or weeks per year. As others have said, if you're working 39 weeks (which incidentally is generally term time plus the five Inset days), then you'll be paid for about 44 weeks (to include a nominal 5 weeks paid holiday - only a pay thing, as the holiday will have to be taken during the school holidays).

Thank you everyone, that’s all so helpful