Pay scales for support staff

Support staff pay has lost around 20% of its real value since 2010.  

The whole profession knows that support staff are the backbone of our schools and colleges. Your dedication and hard work to ensure our most vulnerable children and young people are supported both in and out of the classroom – that they have the interventions they need, are fed, attend school, have access to adequate resources, and feel safe. 

Without the tireless efforts of support staff, the education system simply could not function.

The NEU believes that your pay should reflect this. Our overwhelming desire is to work collectively with the NJC unions, Unison, GMB and Unite to win on this issue.

Local government pay scale for support staff

Pay Scales 2025-26 and 2026-27

-Full time equivalent per annum (FTE)Full time equivalent per annum (FTE)
SCPApril 2025April 2026
1deleted deleted 
2 £24,413 deleted 
3 £24,796 £25,614 
4 £25,185 £26,016 
5 £25,583 £26,427 
6 £25,989 £26,847 
7 £26,403 £27,274 
8 £26,824 £27,709 
9 £27,254 £28,153 
10 £27,694 £28,608 
11 £28,142 £29,071 
12 £28,598 £26,542 
13 £29,064 £30,023 
14 £29,540 £30,515 
15 £30,024 £31,015 
16 £30,518 £31,525 
17 £31,022 £32,046 
18 £31,537 £32,578 
19 £32,061 £33,119 
20 £32,597 £33,673 
21 £33,143 £34,237 
22 £33,699 £34,811 
23 £34,434 £35,570 
24 £35,412 £36,581 
25 £36,363 £37,563 
26 £37,280 £38,510 
27 £38,220 £39,481 
28 £39,152 £40,444 
29 £39,862 £41,177   
30 £40,777 £42,123 
31 £41,771 £43,149 
32 £42,839 £44,253 
33 £44,075 £45,529 
34 £45,091 £46,579 
35 £46,142 £47,665 
36 £47,181 £48,738 
37 £48,226 £49,817 
38 £49,282 £50,908 
39 £50,269 £51,928 
40 £51,356 £53,051 
41 £52,413 £54,143 
42 £53,460 £55,224 
43 £54,495 £56,293 

Special Educational Needs (SEN) Allowance

April 2025April 2026
£1,539£1,588

Outer London Pay Spines

Outer London pay scales 2025-26 and 2026-27

NJC for LG Services - Final pay offer April 2026 = 3.3% increase on all pay points. 

Note – Pay spine point 2 deleted April 2026 

SpineApr 2025Apr 2026
 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 
per annum 		Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 
per annum
1deleted 

deleted

 

2£28,221

deleted

 

3£28,617£29,562
4£29,025£29,985
5£29,436£30,408
6£29,856£30,843
7£30,288£31,290
8£30,717£31,731
9£31,158£32,187
10£31,611£32,655
11£32,070£33,129
12£32,535£33,609
13£33,012£34,104
14£33,495£34,602
15£33,987£35,109
16£34,488£35,628
17£34,998£36,153
18£35,520£36,693
19£36,048£37,239
20£36,585£37,794
21£37,134£38,361
22£37,692£38,937
23£38,256£39,519
24£38,739£40,020
25£39,276£40,575
26£40,182£41,511
27£41,133£42,492
28£42,060£43,449
29£42,771£44,184
30£43,680£45,123
31£44,685£46,161
32£45,750£47,262
33£46,968£48,519
34£48,003£49,590
35£49,056£50,676
36£50,085£51,738
37£51,138£52,827
38£52,194£53,919
39£53,172£54,927
40£54,267£56,058
41£55,323£57,150
42£56,376£58,239
43£57,402£59,298
44£58,461£60,393
45£59,511£61,476
46£60,573£62,574
47£61,653£63,690
48£62,766£64,839
49£63,966£66,078
50£65,181£67,332
51£66,378£68,571
52£67,575£69,807
53£68,784£71,055
54£69,984£72,294
55£71,181£73,530
56£72,399£74,790
57£73,602£76,032
58£74,802£77,271
59£76,005£78,516
60£77,550£80,112
61£79,119£81,732
62£80,724£83,388
63£82,368£85,089
64£84,042£86,817
65£85,677£88,506

Inner London pay spine 2025-26 and 2026-27

NJC for LG Services - Final pay offer  April 2026 = 3.3% increase on all pay points.

Note – Pay spine point 2 deleted April 2026

Note - London convention of rounding up to £3 multiple

SpineApr 2025Apr 2026 
 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 
per annum 

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 
per annum

 

1deleteddeleted
2£29,808deleted
3£30,225£31,224
4£30,654£31,668
5£31,086£32,112
6£31,530£32,571
7£31,980£33,036
8£32,442£33,513
9£32,907£33,993
10£33,384£34,488
11£33,870£34,989
12£34,359£35,493
13£34,863£36,015
14£35,373£36,543
15£35,892£37,077
16£36,423£37,626
17£36,963£38,184
18£37,509£38,748
19£38,070£39,327
20£38,637£39,915
21£39,216£40,512
22£39,807£41,121
23£40,404£41,739
24£41,013£42,369
25£41,637£43,014
26£42,264£43,659
27£42,912£44,331
28£43,308£44,739
29£44,235£45,696
30£44,937£46,422
31£45,852£47,367
32£46,854£40,402
33£47,925£49,509
34£49,155£50,778
35£50,175£51,831
36£51,228£52,920
37£52,269£53,994
38£53,319£55,080
39£54,360£56,154
40£55,353£57,180
41£56,436£58,299
42£57,495£59,394
43£58,551£60,486
44£59,574£61,452
45£60,633£62,634
46£61,686£63,723
47£62,742£64,815
48£63,816£65,992
49£64,938£67,083
50£66,084£68,265
51£67,260£69,480
52£68,460£70,722
53£69,660£71,961
54£70,860£73,200
55£72,075£74,454
56£73,266£75,684
57£74,472£76,932
58£75,696£78,195
59£76,872£79,410
60£78,090£80,667
61£79,629£82,257
62£81,207£83,889
63£82,797£85,530
64£84,459£87,249
65£86,121£88,965

NJC support staff Fringe Area Allowances 2025-26 and 2026-27

Area2025 2026
Inner Fringe Area Allowance£1,045£1,079
Outer Fringe Area Allowance £729£753

Northern Ireland

The NI Education Minister has not yet given approval for the Education Authority (EA) to implement the NJC pay award of 3.3%, following NJC pay being settled in August. This page will be updated as soon as there are further developments. 

Sixth Form Colleges

NJC support staff salary spine updates to be published shortly. 

Back to top