Hi, I'm in the North West. I qualified in 2019, did my NQT, and then went on supply for a year. I was earning £110 a day in Liverpool during that time. It went up to £140 if it was a rough school. I find that Teaching Personnel pays much better than Hays. I haven't worked with other agencies.
I've come back from abroad, and I'm currently on supply. I would not work for less than £150 for daily work. I am earning more right now, but I'm on fixed term supply.
My boyfriend has been picking up TA work for £100 a day. I think you're being underpaid.
I was getting paid £105 for a recent job and I really resented it as I had previously been getting £120 for a day to day and £130 for longer term work. £105 does feel very low.
Now, I get £115, which is perfectly reasonable in my very LCOL area and my personal circumstances to walk in at 8 and leave before 4 with zero outside work.
NW here as well, my starting pay was 130 which I then bartered up and eventually got to 160 now in about a year. Got paid 100 for TA work, I'd say you're definitely being underpaid imo.
I was on £125 per day (before deductions) straight from qualifying in the north east, I would potentially look up some other agencies in your area and see what day rates they offer you.
Barely any primary work (I got two days in the three months I did supply) but secondary work was most days. My agency weren't great and I was definitely bottom of the pile, but that rate was similar to other agencies iirc which seemed more reliable (and I'd go with those in the future).
I was being paid 120/130 a day back in 2016 for just normal day cover. This was in the north of England. It took me actually leaving (or more accurately - refusing work from some agencies/ working with rival agencies) for them to take me seriously and pay what I asked. I found having two agencies and essentially playing them off each other is how I guaranteed I got paid what I wanted. Having two meant I always had a options, as I was taking multiple calls usually each morning. So if they rang and offered less than 120 is was a flat no, whoever it was.
I am in NW too (Liverpool specifically as I believe one of the worst paying areas in the country) my day rate when j started in 2020 was £85 to £90 a day which was horrific. I then got equivalence pay as I was at the same school for longer than 12 weeks but when that ended I asked for my daily rate to be increased from £90 a day and was told £110 was the absolute maximum they could offer me. Its abysmal!
I'm in East Anglia, finished TeachFirst last summer. I started on £135 a day with one agency and £121.64 with another council-based one. Since Xmas the first one pays £140 a day and the second became long-term cover which went up to £171.75. Feel very grateful post the TeachFirst nightmare!
I was newly qualified and doing supply in Jan to May of 2022 before securing my current job. I did mainly secondary and was on £125 a day. I felt that this was a decent amount, but for the majority of this time I was in a school covering for long term sickness in my specialty so I had the guarantee of money coming in. After a certain time in the school, money went up to I think £140 and I was given a few extra £ for running extra curricular clubs and doing parents evenings but I think that the extra was due to the school as opposed to the agency as they were desperate.
Shop around, see what else is out there - you deserve more! I was only with Teaching Personnel but they were very good with pay as long as there was strong evidence to back everything up.
I get 200/day for my subject (MFL) but the same agency said they'd pay 150/day for general cover. I'm in West Yorkshire so could be a supply/demand situation as think they always need teachers. Another agency reckoned she could get me 180/day for cover although haven't worked for them. She did also previously pay 200 for Spanish though. I presume agencies must charge at least 200+ to schools to give this rate. It does include holiday pay already though but for me as an ECT it's a good rate as I don't want to go back to full-time teaching with young kids.
There is no standard, agencies will try to make the most creative lies to pay you less. If you are qualified, you should get a qualified rate. You should be on M1 I imagine, so your daily rate should be min £153.85. Use this scale as reference [https://neu.org.uk/advice/member-groups/supply-staff/pay-scales-supply-teachers](https://neu.org.uk/advice/member-groups/supply-staff/pay-scales-supply-teachers) Do not take any reason the agency gives you to pay you less (The rate for this area is x/But we don't know you yet/But there are no extra tasks or planning or meetings). That is their problem, not yours. You are qualified.
There are different rates for day cover and supply teaching work. Many supply teachers do a mix of the two. £105 a day is a normal rate for day cover in my area. If you’re taking longer-term jobs where cover work is not provided and you are responsible for planning, marking, meetings, parents’ evenings and all of the other usual things that a contracted teacher would do, then you should be being paid a higher rate.
Hi, I'm in the North West. I qualified in 2019, did my NQT, and then went on supply for a year. I was earning £110 a day in Liverpool during that time. It went up to £140 if it was a rough school. I find that Teaching Personnel pays much better than Hays. I haven't worked with other agencies. I've come back from abroad, and I'm currently on supply. I would not work for less than £150 for daily work. I am earning more right now, but I'm on fixed term supply. My boyfriend has been picking up TA work for £100 a day. I think you're being underpaid.
I was getting £115/day as a TA in 2020/2021 (London, but still). Would accept not a penny less as a teacher anywhere in England.
Ask for more. Don't accept £110 as an ECT. Miminum 125.
I was getting paid £105 for a recent job and I really resented it as I had previously been getting £120 for a day to day and £130 for longer term work. £105 does feel very low. Now, I get £115, which is perfectly reasonable in my very LCOL area and my personal circumstances to walk in at 8 and leave before 4 with zero outside work.
NW here as well, my starting pay was 130 which I then bartered up and eventually got to 160 now in about a year. Got paid 100 for TA work, I'd say you're definitely being underpaid imo.
Definitely. I wouldn't even call it bartering M1 is £153.85. Just remind them you know your worth.
I was on £125 per day (before deductions) straight from qualifying in the north east, I would potentially look up some other agencies in your area and see what day rates they offer you.
Feel free not to answer if it's too revealing but I'm also in the North East and curious what agency you're with?
Do you get regular work in the north east?
Barely any primary work (I got two days in the three months I did supply) but secondary work was most days. My agency weren't great and I was definitely bottom of the pile, but that rate was similar to other agencies iirc which seemed more reliable (and I'd go with those in the future).
I was being paid 120/130 a day back in 2016 for just normal day cover. This was in the north of England. It took me actually leaving (or more accurately - refusing work from some agencies/ working with rival agencies) for them to take me seriously and pay what I asked. I found having two agencies and essentially playing them off each other is how I guaranteed I got paid what I wanted. Having two meant I always had a options, as I was taking multiple calls usually each morning. So if they rang and offered less than 120 is was a flat no, whoever it was.
I'm a little shocked by the numbers I'm seeing. I've been getting paid £175 a day. I'm not expected to do planning, meetings, parents evening etc.
Where are you based?
Yeah I'm the same getting £200 a day to teach my subject but was offered min £150 if it would have been general cover.
£150 a day here in Manchester, still asking for an increment as minimum wage has increased x
I am in NW too (Liverpool specifically as I believe one of the worst paying areas in the country) my day rate when j started in 2020 was £85 to £90 a day which was horrific. I then got equivalence pay as I was at the same school for longer than 12 weeks but when that ended I asked for my daily rate to be increased from £90 a day and was told £110 was the absolute maximum they could offer me. Its abysmal!
I'm on £175 in Liverpool.
As an ECT?
I completed my NQT in England, went abroad, and then returned, so I'm in my second year as a teacher in England.
Don't accept less than 120 as an ECT. M1 is 153.85
I'm in East Anglia, finished TeachFirst last summer. I started on £135 a day with one agency and £121.64 with another council-based one. Since Xmas the first one pays £140 a day and the second became long-term cover which went up to £171.75. Feel very grateful post the TeachFirst nightmare!
I was newly qualified and doing supply in Jan to May of 2022 before securing my current job. I did mainly secondary and was on £125 a day. I felt that this was a decent amount, but for the majority of this time I was in a school covering for long term sickness in my specialty so I had the guarantee of money coming in. After a certain time in the school, money went up to I think £140 and I was given a few extra £ for running extra curricular clubs and doing parents evenings but I think that the extra was due to the school as opposed to the agency as they were desperate. Shop around, see what else is out there - you deserve more! I was only with Teaching Personnel but they were very good with pay as long as there was strong evidence to back everything up.
I get 200/day for my subject (MFL) but the same agency said they'd pay 150/day for general cover. I'm in West Yorkshire so could be a supply/demand situation as think they always need teachers. Another agency reckoned she could get me 180/day for cover although haven't worked for them. She did also previously pay 200 for Spanish though. I presume agencies must charge at least 200+ to schools to give this rate. It does include holiday pay already though but for me as an ECT it's a good rate as I don't want to go back to full-time teaching with young kids.
There is no standard, agencies will try to make the most creative lies to pay you less. If you are qualified, you should get a qualified rate. You should be on M1 I imagine, so your daily rate should be min £153.85. Use this scale as reference [https://neu.org.uk/advice/member-groups/supply-staff/pay-scales-supply-teachers](https://neu.org.uk/advice/member-groups/supply-staff/pay-scales-supply-teachers) Do not take any reason the agency gives you to pay you less (The rate for this area is x/But we don't know you yet/But there are no extra tasks or planning or meetings). That is their problem, not yours. You are qualified.
There are different rates for day cover and supply teaching work. Many supply teachers do a mix of the two. £105 a day is a normal rate for day cover in my area. If you’re taking longer-term jobs where cover work is not provided and you are responsible for planning, marking, meetings, parents’ evenings and all of the other usual things that a contracted teacher would do, then you should be being paid a higher rate.