Teaching staff - incl posts not filled w/c 20/2/17 rate of pay ph bank teacher total cost of bank teachers

Summary

The Department of Education, Sport and Culture provided a list of unfilled teaching posts as of February 2017 and hourly pay rates for supply teachers, while offering an estimated weekly cost for supply teachers based on January 2017 data instead of the requested week.

Key Facts

• Information on unfilled teaching posts was provided for the week commencing 20th February 2017.
• Supply teacher hourly pay varies by experience level, ranging from £23.04 to £33.68.
• Exact weekly costs for the requested period could not be provided because payments are processed monthly in arrears.
• An approximate indicative weekly cost for supply teachers was calculated at £32,218.80 based on January 2017 figures.
• The term 'bank teacher' was clarified to mean 'supply teacher' during the request process.

Data Disclosed

• 20th February 2017
• 17th March 2017
• 10th April 2017
• £23.04
• £24.86
• £26.86
• £28.93
• £32.21
• £33.68
• £32,218.80
• £128,875.23
• January 2017
• February 2017

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

10th April 2017

RE: REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”) Reference Number – IM81519I

Thank you for request dated 17th March 2017 to the Department of Education and Children for the provision of information under the Freedom of Information Act.

You asked for the following information:

How many teaching posts have not been filled by close of business for this week
What is the rate of pay per hour a bank teacher is paid What has been the total cost of bank teachers this week

(*In our subsequent correspondence you advised that you would be content with the requested information for any date.)

Department Response

In answer to your first question, the Department is happy to provide you with information on the following teacher vacancies which were at various stages of the recruitment process as at 20th February 2017:-

Jobs live

• Modern Foreign Language Teacher – French and Spanish – St Ninians High School 1

year LTA DOE&-004937

Teacher of Design and Technology – St Ninian’s High School DOE&-004938

Mathematics Teacher – St Ninian’s High School - DOE&-004936

Teacher of Social Sciences – St Ninian’s High School – DOE&-004975

School Improvement Team Leader TLR2b – Victoria Rd School – DOE&-004764

Supply Teachers – DOE&-004744

Jobs at shortlisting/interview stage

Science Teacher – St Ninian’s – DOE&-004881

Specialist Teacher of German – Ballakermeen – DOE&-004889

Teacher of Maths – Ramsey Grammar – DOE&-004850

Class Teacher – Bunscoill Rhumsaa – DOE&-004850

Jobs under offer

Headteacher – Laxey – DOE&-004800 Department of Education and Children

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• Teacher of English – Ramsey Grammar DOE&-004750
• Class Teacher – Henry bloom Noble – DOE&-004749
• Teacher of Psychology – St Ninian’s High School – DOE&-004785
• Class Teacher – Marown – DOE&-004773
• Teachers – Ballakermeen – DOE&-004768 (x4)
• Advisory Teacher – DOE&-004787
• Teacher of Girls PE – Castle Rushen High School – DOE&-004760

In response to your second question, please note that the rate of pay for supply teachers varies relative to their experience, with the maximum pay for a supply teacher being mainscale point 6.

The rates of pay can be found in the table below:-

SUPPLY TEACHERS

Mainscale Hourly Rate 1 £23.04 2 £24.86 3 £26.86 4 £28.93 5 £32.21 6 £33.68

In respect of your third question we asked you on 20th March 2017 to clarify your meaning of ‘bank teachers’ in your request and you confirmed via email on the same day that you were happy for the term ‘supply teacher’ to be used instead. Following on from this we contacted you again to explain that payments to supply teachers for the month of March were still being processed as they are paid in arrears on a monthly basis.

Therefore, in respect of your third question, the total weekly cost cannot yet be provided for that period. However, in our subsequent correspondence you agreed that you would be content with the information requested for any other date.

Accordingly, to be of assistance to you, we can advise that an approximate indicative cost to the Department for supply teacher costs for one week is £32,218.80 (based on January 2017’s monthly supply teacher costs of £128,875.23, divided by 4 weeks). The February 2017 figure was not used as there were only 3 teaching weeks in that month due to the spring half-term.

Supply teacher cover may be required for a number of reasons including permanent teachers’ attendance on training courses/continuing professional development events or due to sickness absence or maternity leave etc. Other reasons may include:-

 In school activity  Exams  Jury Service  Academic Tutoring  NQT Training Day  Work Experience Visit  Medical with relative  Lesson Observation  Field Trip  Funeral
 Medical Appointment  School Trip  Child ill  Interview  Meeting  Monitoring  School improvement release  PPA cover  Training  SENCO release  EPIs (Early Psychological Intervention)

Review Process

If you are unhappy with this response to your Freedom of Information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a Review/Complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post to: Mr Andrew Shipley, Legal and Administration Manager, Hamilton House, Peel Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 5EZ.

An electronic version and paper version of our Review/Complaint form can be found by going to www.gov.im.about-the-government/freedom-of-information/ Your Review/Complaint request should explain why you are dissatisfied with the response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been conducted.

Appeal Process

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on;

1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act; or
2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.

In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision.

More detailed information on your rights to review is on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im/contact-us/

Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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