EYTS in academy school

[Eyfsorbust]

I have the opportunity to work in a nursery class in an academy school. I have EYTS but not QTS, which is fine for what I'd be doing (although plan to do QTS through assessment route). My question is related to pay? Would it be on the main scale or as an unqualified teacher? I appreciate academies can set their own pay policy but want to know what to push for!

Gentle bump

If you’re employed as a teacher, and you have EYTS, then I would push for main pay scale, not unqualified. The EYTS is equivalent to QTS isn’t it? Also, as a teacher in nursery, you can have higher ratios, 1:13, whereas without a teacher it’s only 1:8. If they’re using you as a teacher to enable 1:13 ratios, then they should definitely pay you as a qualified teacher.

Thank you, that was my gut feeling but also if I did QTS next year somewhere else through a paid training programme I'd be on unqualified salary so didn't know if I was being cheeky, although they approached me so I feel like I can ask. I have asked them to clarify and then I'll go from there. If I say no they will have to advertise and I should imagine pay on the main scale.