Nursery Nurses

[Guest pollycop]

In my maintained Nursery I have two Nursery Nurses who are salaried. In school the teaching assistants are paid hourly. My new head teacher is finding it difficult to understand why the NNEBs have a different contract. I have explained that their contracts were negotiated with the LEA by the unions but she needs more information. Any ideas how I can justify/explain this further?

[Sue R]

Sorry, may just be being dense, but can't she just speak to LEA?

 

Sue

[Guest pollycop]

Has tried but they have not been as helpful as you would expect.

[Sue R]

Ooh, sorry! I didn't welcome you!!

 

Welcome, welcome

 

Can she try her union then? Or the one that negotiated for the NNs??

 

Sue

[Susan]

I do remember there being a general issue about this or something similar but I cant remember the details but I think there will also be a difference in terms and conditions and that will account for the different pay structure. Does you head want to pay the NNs less or the LSAs more???

[Sue R]

I would imagine the former, Susan

 

Or am I being unjust, pollycop?

 

Sue

[Guest]

I am a nursery nurse working in school and we are on a hourly rate. I think its about £16,000 a year pro rata this breaks down to about £9 an hour .

some of our wage is kept back each month so we are paid a wage in the holidays.

We do not get a retainer in the six weeks holiday so its unpaid leave.

We also are contracted to go into school for the 5 training days.

Which local authority are you in.

[Guest]

Also the nursery nurses are qualified and have had to have at least two years training, .

I have also worked as a teaching assistant and as such do not have to have any out of house training.

This could be reflective in the wages.

[Marion]

The nursery nurses and TAs in my school are all salaried and depending on experience are paid from the same scale.

 

welcome to the forum pollycop