Now I am all for people getting on in life and being paid a decent salary, but £38k would put that person into roughly the top 15% of earners in the UK. Do we really think that a PA to the head teacher of a mid sized school (or any public sector school for that matter) does a job that justifies a salary in the top 15% of UK salaries?
And don't forget to add on around 37% to this salary to get the equivalent private sector rate with parity on their pensions!
£38k is not a bad salary, but it's not great either. The 37% pension adjustment makes it very good however. If someone is absolutely outstanding in their field, I reckon this is a fair rate.
If only 15% make it to this level of income, this demonstrates what a poor country the UK actually is. Wage inequality is a massive issue when you consider the misery this causes with the cost of acquiring things like a home. I'm begining to sound like a lefty, but what is needed is some sort of balance between unashamed capitalism and the commercial naivety of the socialist ideals.
Now look at Premiership footballers. Some make £140,000 a week!. Sure, they are outstandingly talented and many argue they should get this sum as a result (I certainly don't!). There are outstanding people in all areas of work. Take a teacher who is simply jawdroppingly brilliant, who stands head an shoulders above his/her colleagues. What extra money are they going to get paid for their extraordinary ability? A couple of grand per annum?
So yeah, if a school needs a top performing PA, the money on offer is about right. However, if they take on any old PA who's just got a lot of experience, but is mediocre and/or not motivated, it's a waste of ratepayers and tax payers money.
MK will still have the London enhancement of salary
Not sure if it does to be honest, I'm in Reading and dont even get the lower London fringe addition..... You Scottish teachers get paid more as well dont you...if only I could convince the Mrs to move away from London....
I love the idea that public sector jobs just involve spending money which is easy... I get to spend exactly nothing as a classroom teacher and dont have to make any money so my job should be piss easy!!
A-A, but we have the best education system in the world,of course we get more! six years in £32,000 FWIW. I have just managed to convince my PT to get a different size of jotters for next year,such waste of the taxpayers money!
