Do Primary schools have Network Managers?

[marvin]

Hi

 

Just wondering if primary schools have network manager? Anyone out there working full time in a primary school? Do you think more permanent IT staff will be allocated to primary schools?

 

Thanks

[sparkeh]

Yep me!

 

Although a group of schools clubbed together to employ me.

 

I would expect more primary schools to start doing this as ICT demands increase. We could already do with more people.

[marvin]

Hi

 

Which school do you cover then? You in the city or leicestershire? how many schools do you cover and how do you allocate your time to them?

 

Are you employed by the school or you work for yourself?

[elsiegee40]

Round here, the primaries tend to club together to share a NM.

However the independents, employ their own... full time in the bigger prep schools.

[sparkeh]

I cover the three primaries in Braunstone Town (county).

 

I am employed by the schools and split my time equally between the three.

 

Where in Leics are you?

[marvin]

I am in leicester city, employed by the school itself! If you don't mind me asking what is the pay band where you are? Do you find you get paid more in leicester city than leicestershire? Or is it the same?

[witch]

Round here, most primary or middle schools have their own techie - a sore point at the moment as research shows that they vary from full-time down to 20 hours a week - except of course me on a measly 10 hours.

Most schools get help if required from the high school in the pyramid

[Little-Miss]

I'm a network manager at one primary school, they got me all to themselves. I'm pro rata though...

[marvin]

If you are pro rota what is your percentage worked out on a full time salary? I am on 87% of a full time salary, grade 9 i think.

 

What are you on?

[pooley]

I'm a full time NM shared between 2 primary schools

[ScottStevinson]

I'm an NM for one junior school in Gosport - ~270 pupils, ~100 PCs and 6 servers.

 

Part time 10 hours/week term time, extra in holidays.

[leco]

As the word "Manager" would mean that I should be on a higher pay scale I am not called that, in fact all the manage words were taken out of my job description. However, that is what I do in one Primary School, 29 hours a week, term time only (though I also work some weeks in summer for which I claim).

[rocknrollstar]

FT Teacher and NM Love it.

[Little-Miss]

As the word "Manager" would mean that I should be on a higher pay scale I am not called that, in fact all the manage words were taken out of my job description. However, that is what I do in one Primary School, 29 hours a week, term time only (though I also work some weeks in summer for which I claim).

 

It's quite interesting you say that. I'm sure my job title on my contract says Network Manager/IT Technician (wanna double check now). But i dont consider myself to be on NM wage, even if i was full time. Wondering what single status is going to say about that....

[leco]

But I don't consider myself to be on NM wage, even if I was full time. Wondering what single status is going to say about that....

 

Not a lot I don't suppose, any excuse to pay us even less - after all we are not teachers.

[speckytecky]

Some very useful and interesting replies here. My main employment is 35 HPW term time at a Primary where my pay statement has me as a Teaching Assistant / Special. I'm always referred to as the ICT Technician though and the work I'm actually doing is more akin to what I'd believe a network manager doing. I'm also employed term time on a 2 HPW contract with scope for overtime at a Secondary level special school - that pay statement has me graded as a Technician. Both schools have plenty of scope and seem to need holiday time extra hours. The later school has a lot more kit and I suppose what I need to sort out is a proper shared contract at a realistic rate between the two schools. I'd be very interested to hear how the others here on shared contracts have this arranged?

[SimpleSi]

One of my (7) schools pays my wages and then charges the other schools at an appropriate rate (inc overheads such as travelling and minor expenses).

 

If I do any extra work in any of the schools, I just claim overtime directly from that school (All schools in same LA so its just one standard overtime claim form that needs filling in).

 

This saves the schools all having to set up 7 separate contracts.

 

They used to take turns in who actually paid me but now one school does it every year.

 

regards

Simon

PS Dreaming of a primary that could afford to have a full time IT person

[Pete10141748]

I'm employed by our town's LEA, and placed in a single Primary School as a term-time only (37.5 hours per week) + 5 days outside of term "ICT Manager" which is essentially the same as an NM just a different title.

[Maximus]

There are a lot of schools near me that buy in their NM / Technician and to be honest I don't see them going down the route of getting their own. Some of the HT's see IT as some kind of Demon that eats up their budget that, as far as they are concerned should be used for teaching resources.

[seanmh]

I'm a full-time network manager in a large(ish) primary school. Worked for over 9 years before that in large secondary schools and haven't really missed it to tell the truth. The network I have here is quite large and would be simply unmanagable if there was no-one to oversee its operation (namely me).

 

Get involved in loads of other stuff as well (security systems, business procedures for the school, Health and safety etc), so sort of a ICT/Business Manager.

 

Lots of primaries around me also have Network Managers altough some of teir jobs aren't as invloved as mine.

 

Think that this will become the norm in more and more primary schools, as, as the demand for technology increases so there will be more need for support and management.

[SimpleSi]

I'm a full-time network manager in a large(ish) primary school.

 

What do you call large?

 

60 pupil entry? or more?

 

regards

Simon

[seanmh]

What do you call large?

 

60 pupil entry? or more?

 

regards

Simon

 

Nearly 500 pupils. Not as large as the last secondary I worked at 2,500 pupils, but then I had a team, here I'm on my own but still loads to keep me interested!

[sparkeh]

600 pupils in my largest primary. That seems large.

[christhack]

I am a Network Manager at a Private Prep School (280 pupils) I work full time and the pay is pretty decent to be honest.

 

It is a great job and I couldn't be happier

[witch]

There are nearly 500 pupils at the middle school (years 5-8)where I do 10 hours a week - I think I will call myself NM even though I am 'officially' an IT tech, as it is just me anyway!

I also do 10 hours a week at a first school (reception - 4) which has over 300 pupils.

Obviously on such restricted hours I don't get to do anything other than the basic tech stuff and cannot get involved with anything else, or even do the stuff I would like to do, which is a pity.

I am employed separately by each school but as they are both in the same LEA I get one payslip with the two amounts listed on it.