Payroll Division

The Payroll Division provides a payroll service to teaching and non-teaching staff in primary, voluntary secondary and community and comprehensive schools. Retired personnel are also paid through this service.

New Payroll Customer Query Form

The new Customer Query Form is available to those wishing to engage with the payroll unit regarding payroll queries.

It is an online form that is easy to access and straightforward to complete. It will prompt you to enter all of the information required so that the Department of Education can ensure that every customer interaction is processed in a timely and professional manner.

Co-ordination and administration of a range of payroll services to:

• primary, voluntary secondary and community and comprehensive school teachers
• special needs assistants in primary, voluntary secondary and community and comprehensive schools
• clerical officers under the 1978 scheme in primary and voluntary secondary schools
• caretakers employed under the 1978 scheme in primary schools
• childcare workers in primary schools
• retired primary, voluntary secondary and community and comprehensive school teachers, including spouses and children of deceased staff
• retired special needs assistants, caretakers and clerical officers employed under the 1978 scheme and childcare workers including spouses and children of deceased staff
• management of statutory and non-statutory deductions
• projection of financial estimates for the funding of the approved allocations for serving and retired staff members paid on the Department’s payroll and monitoring expenditure on an ongoing basis.
• supporting the delivery of payroll services by quality planning and policy formulation

Teaching and non-teaching staff in primary, voluntary secondary and community and comprehensive schools and retired personnel can access information on payroll services here.

Find general information in relation to salary and deductions, including to Personal Public Service Number (PPSN), employers registered number, how to change your address etc. here.

Teachers and non-teaching school staff - Please provide your PPSN and school roll number when contacting the department to help us direct your enquiry to the correct staff member.

New Payroll Customer Query Form

The new Customer Query Form is available to those wishing to engage with the payroll unit regarding payroll queries.

It is an online form that is easy to access and straightforward to complete. It will prompt you to enter all of the information required so that the Department of Education can ensure that every customer interaction is processed in a timely and professional manner.