{"id":339,"date":"2012-01-15T19:05:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T19:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/education\/?p=339"},"modified":"2021-10-18T08:26:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T08:26:13","slug":"part-2-of-who-gets-the-money-docked-from-striking-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/education\/2012\/01\/part-2-of-who-gets-the-money-docked-from-striking-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 2: Who gets the money docked from striking teachers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tweet<\/a><\/span>Back in November, I wrote a post<\/a> asking who gets the money docked from striking teachers. The question came from\u00a0@schoolgate<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and it’s a very valid question.<\/p>\n

I submitted a Freedom of Information request to the DfE and a few weeks ago, I received a response.<\/p>\n

In short, the answer to the question is that the teachers are docked 1\/365 salary. Individual schools keep the docked money and can then use it towards any part of their budget they want. So, yes, it stays in the education system. Unfortunately, the DfE doesn’t keep documentation on how this money is used by each and every school. That would require asking the individual schools.<\/p>\n

One of our readers, Caz Parra, commented on the original post that “At Queen Mary, University of London, we were told the striking teacher\u2019s pay went into the students hardship fund.” Do you know how your school uses this money?<\/p>\n

Here is the letter reproduced in full.<\/p>\n

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Dear\u00a0Ms\u00a0Zak,<\/p>\n

Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 25 November 2011. You requested \u201cany documentation showing where money deducted from teachers during the last strike in June went.\u201d You also asked, \u201cIs it put back into the education system? Also, how much are teachers officially docked?\u201d I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.<\/p>\n

A teacher in a maintained school loses 1\/365 of annual pay per day of strike action, as stipulated in the \u2018Conditions of service for school teachers in\u00a0England\u00a0and\u00a0Wales\u2019 (also known as the Burgundy Book). This money is retained by individual schools and they may redirect it to any part of their budget they consider appropriate.\u00a0\u00a0It is, therefore, still spent in the education system.\u00a0The Department for Education does not, however, hold documentation showing more specifically how this money has been used because it does not request budgetary information from schools at this level of detail. You would need to approach individual schools to get this information.<\/p>\n

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.<\/p>\n

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should make a complaint to the Department by writing to me within two calendar months of the date of this letter. Your complaint will be considered by an independent review panel, who were not involved in the original consideration of your request.<\/p>\n

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the Department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office<\/p>\n

Yours sincerely,
\nAndrea\u00a0Boughey<\/p>\n

Teachers Group
\nDepartment for Education
\nSanctuary Buildings
\nGreat\u00a0Smith Street
\nLondon
\nSW1P 3BT
\nAndrea.boughey@education.gsi.gov.uk
\n<\/wbr><\/a>0207 340 8120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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