SUPPLY TEACHERS
NUT SURVEY
JULY 2007
Name of Division Secretary ……………………………………………………….……………….
Name of Local Authority …………………………………………………………………….……...
1.Does your local authority operate a central supply pool whereby supply teachers are employed by the local authority and paid in accordance with STPCD and eligible for membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS)?
YES□NO□[go to question 3]
2.Do they operate the pool themselves or use an agency such as `E teach’ working as an introducer so that supply teachers are employed directly by the local authority or school for any work they do?
The authority operates the pool□
An agency operates the pool on □
behalf of the local authority
3.What are the arrangements for the employment of supply teachers?
Schools make their own arrangement with agencies□
with teachers paid in accordance with STPCD
Schools make their own arrangements with agencies□
with teachers paid a flat rate, or a rate lower than they
would receive under the STPCD
Other(please describe)□
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4.Is any guidance or advice on employing supply teachers given to schools by your local authority?
YES□NO□ [go to question 6]
5.Does that guidance recommend that they should be paid in accordance with STPCD and Teachers’ Pension Scheme?
YES□NO□
6.Approximately, what proportion of supply teachers in your area are paid in accordance with STPCD and what proportion are not?
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7.Please give details of any agencies which apply STPCD rates of pay.
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8.Do supply teachers in your area report difficulty in obtaining work?
YES□NO□
9.Are supply teachers in your area reimbursed for their GTC payment? Please give details.
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10.What are the arrangements for CRB checks on supply teachers in your area? Please give details.
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Please return this survey to the Conditions of Service Unit, Hamilton House, Mabledon, Place, London WC1H 9BD or by e-mail to and Friday, 14September 2007.