Petition · past parliament
Allow supply teachers to pay into the 'Teachers' Pension'.
Closed
32 signatures
What the petition asks
Supply teachers cannot pay into the Teachers' Pension. If you are contracted for 2 hours a week you can opt-in, but as a supply teacher working 5 days a week you can't. Why? Because supply agencies don't employ us, so can't pay the employer's contribution. The ethics of agencies are another debate.
Supply teachers used to be employed by LEAs. They were paid to scale, had pay progression and a pension. Successive governments have turned a blind eye to agencies taking this role where supply teachers are not paid to scale, have no pay progression and have no pension. A supply teacher will earn £16000 a year if they work every school day (the agencies having got £29,250 for that teacher). Some things we have to accept: the government signing our pension away, we shouldn't have to.
Timeline
| 26 Mar 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 26 Sep 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
32
Status
Closed
Opened
26 Mar 2018
Closed
26 Sep 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.