Retention of Allowances

The following is the text of Section 12 of Circulars 2003: Appointments to Posts of Responsibility.

Retention of Post of Responsibility Allowances on a Personal Basis and by Privileged Assistants

A permanent teacher who holds a post of responsibility allowance retains the allowance on a personal basis even if the post is subsequently not warranted by reference to the schedule of posts. However, the post holder must continue to perform duties while s/he continues to teach in the school.

With effect from 1 May 1999, where an acting principal, acting deputy principal, acting assistant principal or acting special duties teacher post is held for a period in excess of five consecutive years, the acting up allowance is retained on a personal basis (an acting appointment for a 5 year career break is excluded). However, the acting post holder will not be eligible to retain the allowance if s/he voluntarily relinquishes the acting post.

A personal basis holder must undertake post of responsibility duties. In the event that the post holder voluntarily leaves the school s/he loses the allowance.

Prior to 1 September 2002 a Privileged Assistant teacher could retain for the remainder of his/her teaching career the level of principal's allowance appropriate to his/her former school as long as s/he did not accept a post to which a higher allowance was attached. However, with effect from 1 September 2002 a Privileged Assistant will be allowed to retain the allowance for one voluntary move only which takes place on or after this date. (A Privileged Assistant teacher will not prevent the filling of a post of responsibility in the school to which s/he voluntarily moves, providing the voluntary move takes place on or after 1 September 2002). A Privileged Assistant who is compulsorily redeployed will retain the level of principal's allowance and will not prevent the filling of a post of responsibility.

A Privileged Assistant must undertake post of responsibility duties. Such duties should be broadly in line with duties assigned to special duties teachers.

Last updated: July 2013