Teacher made redundant after 15 years

[heisthegaffer]

Morning

A friend of mine is likely to be made redundant after around 15 years of teaching in a variety of positions including head of maths and Assistant head at two different secondary schools in the last 5 years of so.

I understand that teaching works differently to other careers in that the redundancy payment relates to the span of the career rather than where you have worked (as it would for a non teacher like myself).

Is this the case and if so, how generous is the redundancy likely to be i.e 4 weeks per year x length of service tax free etc?

Thanks

[Super Slo Mo]

Statutory minimum is 1 week per year of service if under 41, 1.5 weeks per year if over. It's capped at £479 per week.

That's the minimum. The individual employer might have a more generous payment system in place.

Most you can get tax free is £30k

[heisthegaffer]

Super Slo Mo said:

Statutory minimum is 1 week per year of service if under 41, 1.5 weeks per year if over. It's capped at £479 per week.

That's the minimum. The individual employer might have a more generous payment system in place.

Most you can get tax free is £30k

Thanks very much.

[Olf]

A maths teacher being made redundant?

[Monkeylegend]

Olf said:

A maths teacher being made redundant?

Doesn't add up

[PorkInsider]

I would imagine the package will be much, much more generous than the statutory requirement, given that it's public sector.

Could be wrong of course...

[mondeoman]

Monkeylegend said:

Olf said:

A maths teacher being made redundant?

Doesn't add up

Teacher shortage ? Hmmmm

[Sheepshanks]

mondeoman said:

Monkeylegend said:

Olf said:

A maths teacher being made redundant?

Doesn't add up

Teacher shortage ? Hmmmm

Sounds like they're an asst head at the moment and if that job ceases to exist - perhaps the school is closing? - then they will be made redundant.

It could be that there are maths posts elsewhere but they don't have to take one of them.

[Monkeylegend]

Sheepshanks said:

mondeoman said:

Monkeylegend said:

Olf said:

A maths teacher being made redundant?

Doesn't add up

Teacher shortage ? Hmmmm

Sounds like they're an asst head at the moment and if that job ceases to exist - perhaps the school is closing? - then they will be made redundant.

It could be that there are maths posts elsewhere but they don't have to take one of them.

I think the intended humour? of my post has been missed

[Sheepshanks]

Monkeylegend said:

I think the intended humour? of my post has been missed

Possibly. Although you'll often see teaching referred to as a job for life and that isn't necessarily the case.

[xjay1337]

Olf said:

A maths teacher being made redundant?

HOW DO THEY WORK THAT ONE OUT?

hahahahhahaa.

[4x4Tyke]

They should be very cautious about assuming "redundancy payment relates to the span of the career". I suspect that in the past that would be because they actually contracted to work for the local education authority not the school. Things are different now and this would likely need very specialist legal advance. The union would be the best place to start.