Primary Headteachers salary

Summary

A request was made for the salary and pension scales of primary headteachers, but no information was sent as the data was deemed reasonably accessible via public web links.

Key Facts

• The Department of Education, Sport and Culture refused to send the information directly.
• The refusal was based on Section 20 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 regarding information already reasonably accessible.
• Headteacher salary scales are aligned with pay ranges in England and Wales.
• The salary information provided was from 2018 and pending a 2019 update.
• Pension contribution rates are available in the Teachers' Superannuation document.

Data Disclosed

• 2019-08-27
• 2019-09-23
• 935013
• 2018
• 2019
• page 10
• page 5

Exemptions Cited

• Section 20 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (Information reasonably accessible)

Original Request

The salary and pension scale primary headteachers receive

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Corporate Services Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Hamilton House Peel Road, Douglas IM1 5EZ Telephone: (01624) 685808 Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im Our ref: 935013 23 September 2019

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 27 August 2019 and which states:

"The salary and pension scale primary Headteachers receive"

In order to identify and locate the information that you asked for, we needed to clarify and understand what was being requested in terms of Primary Headteachers pension scales. You advised: What % of salary do government pay as pension contributions While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, under section 20 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you, whether free of charge or on payment of a fee. By way of advice and assistance all of the information that you have requested is available from the following web links: Headteachers salary scales The Isle of Man is aligned with pay scale ranges in England and Wales, as detailed in the following link:- https://bit.ly/2lYH0qs By way of advice and assistance the information you have requested can be found on page 10 of the document, which is titled Part 2 – Leadership group Pay. This information is from 2018 and will be updated when the 2019 document is published. Government pension contributions By way of advice and assistance the information you have requested can be found on page 5 (titled Contribution Rates) of the Teachers’ Superannuation document accessible via this link:- https://bit.ly/2kpAMiM Please quote the reference number 935013 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Coordinator