· Education Secretary accepts all
recommendations to award teachers the largest pay increase in a
generation
· New teachers to receive 5.5% boost,
in first step to delivering £30,000 starting salary by
2022/23
· Above-inflation rises to pay ranges
for experienced teachers and leaders of 2.75%
Teachers are set to receive their biggest pay rise in
fifteen years in a landmark pay deal for the
sector.
The Education Secretary has today (Tuesday 21 July)
accepted all the recommendations from the independent School
Teachers’ Review Body to raise the starting salary for new
teachers by 5.5% and increase the upper and lower boundaries of
the pay ranges for all other teachers by 2.75%.
These recommendations are equivalent to a 3.1% increase in
the overall pay bill.
This represents the first step to delivering the
Government’s commitment to increase teachers’ starting salaries
to £30,000 by 2022/23, with a 5.5% increase worth between £1,341
and £1,677, depending on location.
Education Secretary
said:
“We want to make teaching attractive to the most talented
candidates by recognising the outstanding contribution teachers
make to our society.
“This is why we are introducing the biggest pay rise the
profession has seen since 2005, with above-inflation rises to the
pay ranges for every single teacher in the country, ahead of
introducing a £30,000 starting salary by 2022.
“Inspirational teachers change millions of
lives by giving our children the drive and desire to learn, and
reforms to teacher training, early career support and
teachers’ pay are key to the Government’s plans to
improve school standards.”
The pay increase is equivalent to £1,250 on average
for classroom teachers and £1,970 on average for
headteachers.
This means the minimum starting salary for a qualified
teacher in 2020/21 will rise to £25,714 outside of London, rising
to £32,157 in inner London.
The School Teachers’ Review
Body has also recommended the introduction of advisory pay
points on the main and upper pay range to support schools to
adopt a pay structure which best supports recruitment and
retention. This sets out a possible pathway of pay progression
through which teachers can be recognised and rewarded as they
build their expertise in the classroom.
This year’s pay award will be affordable for
schools on average across the country, thanks to the Government's
investment in core schools funding, increasing by £2.6 billion
this year, £4.8 billion in 2021-22 and £7.1 billion in 2022-23,
compared to 2019-20.
Funding to cover past increases to teacher pay and
pensions, currently worth £2 billion in separate grant funding,
will also be included in the national funding formula from 2021
rather than paid separately, reassuring schools that the funding
will continue to be provided in their core budgets.
Yesterday (Monday 20 July) the Education Secretary
confirmed that next year, mainstream school funding will increase
by 4% overall. The national funding formula continues to
distribute this fairly, based on the needs of schools and their
pupil cohorts. The formula ensures that every
school will receive more money for every pupil next year. On
average, schools are attracting over 3% more per pupil in 2021-22
compared to in 2020-21.
This announcement comes as almost 900,000 public sector workers,
including doctors, teachers and police officers, will see
above-inflation pay rises this year.
ENDS
Notes to Editors:
- Experienced
teachers at the top of the upper pay range
could see an increase between £1,114 and £1,364, from £40,490 to
£41,604 (rest of England) and from £49,571 to £50,935
(inner London).
- The School
Teachers’ Review Body has recommended the
introduction of advisory pay points on the main and upper pay
range, as attached. These will support schools to adopt a pay
structure which best supports recruitment and retention.
