Hi Guys,
You need to be careful about salary in the UK for teachers as it can get quite confusing. There are 2 payscales - qualified and unqualified. Overseas trained teachers are not considered to be qualified here until they have QTS (Qualified Teacher Status). Some schools will pay on the qualified schools, others will not as their LEA's will not allow it!
If you are paid on the unqualified the top of the scale is around £22, 500, wheras the top of the qualified scale is around £28, 500. Big difference! The only way you can earn over that amount is either to teach in London (the pay is more, but the cost of living is higher!) or to gain a promotion or extra responsibilities.
You do not get paid more for having post graduate degrees here either.
I hope this makes sense! |
|
Lucy wrote: "If you are paid on the unqualified the top of the scale is around £22, 500, wheras the top of the qualified scale is around £28, 500."
Have you read my post, above yours? I'm not being paid on the QTS scale, but will be making just over what you say is the top of the QUALIFIED scale. I just want to be accurate, and not scare anyone away, thinking they can't make a living wage teaching here so why bother . . . Of course, I have 8 years experience and an MA -- maybe you're talking about newer teachers with just a BA/BS?
So, prospective job hunters, you CAN make decent salary even if not QTS (although I'll be working on that as fast as I can!).
Have a great day! |
|
Thank you, no i dont have a master. Ya, 2000 pnds per month, seems low compare to Canada. Here in Montreal, i'm pay 65000 CND per year, that is around 33000 pnds i guess. I'm not going there to make money anyway but cuz i love traveling and that would be a tremendous experience for me.
On the phone, the lady from Bluewave ask me what would be my attitude if a student through a chair at me *LOL* I answered that never happens to me in 12 years.
Yves
|
|
Right -- 65,000 CAD is 31,900 GBP at today's exchange rate.
And you're also right that none of us went into teaching to get rich, and we aren't going to the UK to teach for that reason either -- as long as we can make a decent living, we're
Good luck! |
|
This is the qualified teachers pay scale:
Spine point Current Recommended
(from Sept 2006) Recommended
(from Sept 2007)
Main pay scale
M1 £19,161 £19,641 £20,133
M2 £20,676 £21,195 £21,726
M3 £22,338 £22,899 £23,472
M4 £24,057 £24,660 £25,278
M5 £25,953 £26,604 £27,270
M6 £28,005 £28,707 £29,427
Upper pay scale
U1 £30,339 £31,078 £31,878
U2 £31,464 £32,253 £33,060
M1 is what a newly qualified teacher will earn. This will go up each year until you reach M6. As I said some schools do pay international teachers based on their number of years experience even if they do not have QTS. However, many will not be able to do this due to their Local Educational Authority.
This is the unqualified pay scales:
Scale point
Current
Recommended
(from Sept 2006 Recommended
(from Sept 2007)
1 £14,040 £14,391 £14,751
2 £14,670 £15,039 £15,417
3 £15,279 £15,663 £16,056
4 £15,915 £16,314 £16,722
5 £16,557 £16,971 £17,397
6 £17,172 £17,604 £18,045
7 £17,805 £18,252 £18,711
8 £19,278 £19,761 £20,256
9 £20,949 £21,474 £22,011
10 £22,203 £22,761 £23,331
Most schools do pay at the upper end of this. |
|
|
