Exploring a Payslip Wage / Salary PAYE. A fully-resourced lesson (1 hour +) which can be used by teachers to deliver a detailed PSHE / Citizenship / KS5 Personal Development lesson
Learning Outcomes:
To understand what the common features of a payslip are.
To be able to work out using calculations, gross pay and net pay on a payslip.
To evaluate the importance of paying tax and NI contributions.
Key terms
BACS, Deductions, Payslip, Net Pay, Gross Pay, National Insurance, Salary, Tax, Tax Code, PAYE
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1 Fully Editable Careers PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning) Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker)
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