Teachers and us

Are you a supply teacher? Have you come from outside the UK to provide cover for a long term illness or maternity leave? Are you a retired teacher looking to supplement your income with a few days work at a school?

Whatever your needs, planIT can help. As a Chartered Accountancy practice who specialise in assisting contractors and temporary workers, we have been helping teachers take home more of their hard earned money with the minimum of fuss for over 12 years.

With individual schools responsible for their own staffing budgets, and a plethora of teaching recruitment agencies clamouring to represent you, it can be really confusing. If you can secure a long term placement that helps, but this does not suit everyone and most supply teachers register with more than one agency, and get regular supply work at more than one school. This invariably results in you having to work through an umbrella company or set up your own limited company.

You will have to consider how to organise your affairs, how you can maximise tax relief and how to ensure you are paid correctly and on time.

Some of us are former teachers so we understand your needs and concerns. planIT has different solutions which cater for the way you are paid and allow you more time to concentrate on lesson preparation, marking and teaching safe in the knowledge that your monetary affairs are being dealt with by professionals.

How we can help

planIT is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. We have an unrivalled reputation for ensuring that our clients retain the maximum amount of earnings possible in a fully compliant manner. You will find our staff courteous, friendly and helpful; our solutions easy to understand and our expertise second to none.

Under our umbrella, planIT Solutions, every client gets the correct money on the correct day - or we waive our fee. Those clients with limited companies achieve an independence, freedom and financial control never to be found as a regular teacher. All this is done with the minimum of fuss for you.

Contact us

If you would like to find out how we can help you please call 020 7251 8690. Say that you are a teacher and ask to speak to a dedicated member of our team. To request a call back from one of our consultants fill in our online enquiry form and include that you are a supply teacher.

Case studies

Sarah, Primary Teacher, North London

My partner and I arrived from New Zealand this year, and both took up temporary teaching posts. London was great and most of the schools I worked in were excellent. The couple of agencies I signed up with were fine but I had no end of trouble with my umbrella company. They never seemed to get my pay right; I tried to chase them up but they were really difficult to get hold of. I like to think of myself as a fairly smart person but I could not make any sense of my payslips. Eventually a friend recommended planIT. They were like a breath of fresh air - everything was clearly explained - they called me if something was needed. I got the money I was promised, when it was due.  I would recommend them to anyone starting off as a supply teacher.

Marion, Secondary School English Teacher, Milton Keynes.

I was nervous about returning to teaching part time after a break and I didn't want my pay being another problem. I had heard that if I was not careful would lose a lot of money in tax, and wondered if it would be worth my while. I signed up with several agencies, got a couple of days of work here and there, and rang round a number of umbrella companies to see which was the best. Once they found I worked for just a few days a week and for different agencies most were not interested or wanted to charge exorbitant fees. planIT were different. They knew just what to recommend, told me what I needed to do and how to get the most out of the money I earn. I pay all the taxes I should and yet my take home pay is good enough to make this supply work well worthwhile. I get tax relief on my expenses and planIT help me manage my finances without hassle.