(The Minister of State for School
Standards): Today I am confirming the allocations
for the Teachers’ Pay Grant for 2018-19.
The Teachers’ Pay Grant was announced on
24th July by the Secretary of State for
Education. This will be worth £508m in total and will fully fund
the 2018/19 academic year pay award to the end of the Spending
Review period, over and above the 1% rise schools would have
expected and been planning for.
On 14 September the Department for Education published the rates
and high level methodology for the Teachers’ Pay Grant.
The grant will be paid to all state funded schools and academies,
including maintained nursery schools. This will be on the basis
of pupil numbers in mainstream schools, and place numbers in
special schools and other specialist provision. All schools will
be funded for at least 100 pupils or 40 places.
Funding for mainstream schools will be allocated on the basis of
pupil numbers and each school will have a specific allocation
which cannot be modified by the local authority.
Local authorities will receive an allocation in respect of
specialist provision in their area. This will be based on the
number of places in each school, with all schools being funded
for at least 40 places. The local authority will have the
flexibility to allocate funding to the schools in their area,
taking into account the particular circumstance of the schools
and following consultation with them.
Further details and guidance will be published on .gov.uk.
