Teaching Pay- supply

[cornwall1]

I've read a few emails about the daily pay rate (1/ 195 of pay scale) but what cut of that does an agency take?

E.g. I'll be M3 as of September. That would be £120.36 per full day I assume.
How much of that £ would they 'let' me have?!!

Thanks.

[NuttySupplier]

Agencies differ, some will give you the full amount by charging the school a little more for the service, some give flat rate days of, say, £100, no matter what rung of the ladder you're on! You'd think that these may offer you more work as they'll undercut the former agencies, but in reality, I think it depends on the relationships they have with schools. Have you sent out your CV to the schools around/approached them to do work outside of the agency? It's not possible in some areas, I'm in Cumbria, and we can do it here, I only know of one agency around here as most supply teachers work 'off their own back'.

[skiteacher]

it does very much depend on the agency and the area. In my area, all supply teachers are with one of about 5 agencies (or all of them!) the LEA's / schools do not deal with supply at all.
And all the agencies pay below the pay scale, get a set rate regardless of your experience pretty much: mine was £100 per day.
So yes, the agencies are raking it in - as they charge the schools about the same again as they pay us. But get yourself known in a few school as a good supply teacher and they will ask you back. By the end of my time in supply I always worked at least 4 days a week, but in only 3 schools who fought over me to book me!! I only did KS1 as KS2 scare me and most of the time still got enough work as I was willing to travel and apparently good enough to
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e with classes that other supplies refused to teach (one particular class no-one else would teach I loved! ?!)

[cornwall1]

i was going to go self-employed- but as I'm hoping to only do supply for up to a year until i get to know the schools in the area and because I need to get work in immediately, the
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of going round schools independently and waiting for them to get into the swing of the term didn's appeal... also i was told that i wouldn't get paid until a month in arrears- and having just moved house this is not really a finanical option!Just got to get the £££ coming in!

So no i haven't sent my CV to schools directly. Is it easy enough to get work through agencies and then once you've built up a relationship with a school to by pass the agency and deal directly with the school?

[NuttySupplier]

I've never worked through an agency, so can't help you there, but others have... It does state in their contracts what happens though, I think when choosing an agency, this is something to look at carefully before deciding which one to go with.

Have you moved far? Quite good timing I expect with it being the hols, you've had time to find your feet and enjoy the new place before having to think about work!

And please don't mention what the weather has been like in Cornwall this year... it's the first year I've not been down for a fortnight in decades. We were putting a roof on an extension, so couldn't afford the time, but it's been put back 8 weeks! We could have gone afterall, but I've been sat here like a lemon waiting for trusses to arrive. It's been pretty miserable up here, and downright depressing at times!

[cornwall1]

Don't worry Nutty- the summer has been pretty average down here too! We've got some sun today -
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it'll stay... but what with moving house I'm inside dusting, bleaching, cleaning and sorting! So you're not missing out....

Thanks for all the advice- it's reallu helpful to chat with experienced people on these matters...especially when it's all new to me!
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[Footiegirl]

I started with an agency but found that some had their favourite teachers who all the best bookings went to.

I sent my cv to schools plus followed it up with phone calls and emails. I sent out loads and out of them all I managed to get 4 or 5 schools that I worked in regularly and once they knew which agencies I worked for would ask me which agency paid me the most and then rang and booked me through them!

It is also worth joining your county list - may be e-teach - as a lot of schools were starting to use them (but this was nearly 2 years ago when I was supplying so may have changed by now!)

(God, 2 years! hasn't time flown?!!)

[NuttySupplier]

Not as fast as the next two years will fly by Footie!

Thanks cornwall, I feel a little better now knowing I would have hidden in my wetsuit anyway!