Qualified temporary teachers in primary schools are paid on the common basic pay scale for teachers. The salary point payable depends on the relevant teaching service of each individual teacher. Temporary teachers who serve for a full school year have full entitlement to payment for school holidays.
Part-time teachers are paid at the rate of £19.09 per hour. Each teacher is paid for the number of hours for which she or he is contracted to teach, without reference to occasional non-attendance by individual pupils. Part-time teachers receive 8% of payment for total hours contracted in respect of holiday pay.
Under present legislation, a part-time worker must have worked at least a total of 40 hours in the five weeks immediately before a public holiday in order to be entitled to payment for the public holiday.
Persons filling temporary teaching posts in primary schools are required to be fully qualified primary teachers and as such are eligible to avail of the range of full-time career opportunities which arise in the primary system. Also, depending on the particular circumstances involved, teacher posts which were initially allocated on a temporary basis may be made permanent and temporary teachers would be eligible to apply for such posts.
