Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 85577

Supply Teachers: Pay and Workplace Pensions

Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 31 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)Truro and Falmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating that supply staff (a) are paid according to national pay scales and (b) have access to (i) the Teachers' Pension Scheme and (ii) other rel

Answer

Georgia Gould
​​A supply teacher’s pay and pension depends on how the supply teacher is employed.​Supply teachers employed directly by a state maintained school or local authority must be paid in accordance with the statutory arrangements for teachers laid down in the ...

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