Latest updates about support staff pay negotiations
The trade unions have lodged the following pay claim for ‘Green Book’ staff, to be payable from April 1 2021:
- A substantial increase with a minimum of 10% on all spinal column points
- Introduction of a homeworking allowance for all staff who are working from home
- A national minimum agreement on homeworking policies for all councils
- A reduction of the working week to 35 hours with no loss of pay, and a reduction to 34 hours a week in London. Part-time staff to be given a choice of a pro rata reduction, or retaining the same hours and being paid a higher percentage of FTE
- A minimum of 25 days annual leave, plus public holidays and statutory days, for all starting employees, plus an extra day holiday on all other holiday rates that depend on service
- An agreement on a best practice national programme of mental health support for all local authorities and school staff
- A joint review of job descriptions, routes for career developments and pay banding for school support staff, and completion of the outstanding work of the joint term-time only review group
- A joint review of the provisions in the Green Book for maternity/paternity/shared parental/adoption leave
Councils will be consulted during March at the usual round of [virtual] regional pay consultation briefings. The National Employers will then consider feedback from those events before responding formally to the unions on a date yet to be agreed, possibly in April or May.
Maintained sector
Most LA schools use the local government pay rates to pay their support staff in conjunction with National Joint Council (NJC) terms and conditions.
However, this can vary between local authorities, which means it is not possible to be prescriptive about the rate of pay support staff will receive. An employee's contract should state their rate of pay, the point on the local government pay scale that refers to, and how the rate will increase on an incremental basis to a certain point.
Academies and Free Schools
Whilst academies have the freedom to establish their own policies for pay and conditions, nearly all stand-alone academies and all Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) have maintained the link to the Local Government pay arrangements, which means that they adhere to the pay agreements reached periodically, and also use the Local Government pay spine and the National Agreement on Pay and Conditions of Service – otherwise known as the Green Book.
Free schools have the ability to set their own pay, terms and conditions, without reference to the maintained sector.
Independent schools
Support staff in most independent schools are employed on a range of terms and conditions that are determined by their individual contracts Details of support staff pay should be included in a written school pay policy, and school policies on employment-related matters should be published in a staff handbook or on the school’s intranet.
In more than 100 independent schools, the NEU is recognised by the employer for collective bargaining purposes, and in most instances, the Recognition Agreement covers teachers and support staff. This means that NEU members at the school negotiate with management on their pay, hours, holidays and other matters.
Local government pay scale for support staff
SCP |
01-Apr-19 |
01-Apr-20 |
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per annum |
per hour |
per annum |
per hour |
|
1 |
£17,364 |
£9.00 |
£17,842 |
£9.25 |
2 |
£17,711 |
£9.18 |
£18,198 |
£9.43 |
3 |
£18,065 |
£9.36 |
£18,562 |
£9.62 |
4 |
£18,426 |
£9.55 |
£18,933 |
£9.81 |
5 |
£18,795 |
£9.74 |
£19,312 |
£10.01 |
6 |
£19,171 |
£9.94 |
£19,698 |
£10.21 |
7 |
£19,554 |
£10.14 |
£20,092 |
£10.41 |
8 |
£19,945 |
£10.34 |
£20,493 |
£10.62 |
9 |
£20,344 |
£10.54 |
£20,903 |
£10.83 |
10 |
£20,751 |
£10.76 |
£21,322 |
£11.05 |
11 |
£21,166 |
£10.97 |
£21,748 |
£11.27 |
12 |
£21,589 |
£11.19 |
£22,183 |
£11.50 |
13 |
£22,021 |
£11.41 |
£22,627 |
£11.73 |
14 |
£22,462 |
£11.64 |
£23,080 |
£11.96 |
15 |
£22,911 |
£11.88 |
£23,541 |
£12.20 |
16 |
£23,369 |
£12.11 |
£24,012 |
£12.45 |
17 |
£23,836 |
£12.35 |
£24,491 |
£12.69 |
18 |
£24,313 |
£12.60 |
£24,982 |
£12.95 |
19 |
£24,799 |
£12.85 |
£25,481 |
£13.21 |
20 |
£25,295 |
£13.11 |
£25,991 |
£13.47 |
21 |
£25,801 |
£13.37 |
£26,511 |
£13.74 |
22 |
£26,317 |
£13.64 |
£27,041 |
£14.02 |
23 |
£26,999 |
£13.99 |
£27,741 |
£14.38 |
24 |
£27,905 |
£14.46 |
£28,672 |
£14.86 |
25 |
£28,785 |
£14.92 |
£29,577 |
£15.33 |
26 |
£29,636 |
£15.36 |
£30,451 |
£15.78 |
27 |
£30,507 |
£15.81 |
£31,346 |
£16.25 |
28 |
£31,371 |
£16.26 |
£32,234 |
£16.71 |
29 |
£32,029 |
£16.60 |
£32,910 |
£17.06 |
30 |
£32,878 |
£17.04 |
£33,782 |
£17.51 |
31 |
£33,799 |
£17.52 |
£34,728 |
£18.00 |
32 |
£34,788 |
£18.03 |
£35,745 |
£18.53 |
33 |
£35,934 |
£18.63 |
£36,922 |
£19.14 |
34 |
£36,876 |
£19.11 |
£37,890 |
£19.64 |
35 |
£37,849 |
£19.62 |
£38,890 |
£20.16 |
36 |
£38,813 |
£20.12 |
£39,880 |
£20.67 |
37 |
£39,782 |
£20.62 |
£40,876 |
£21.19 |
38 |
£40,760 |
£21.13 |
£41,881 |
£21.71 |
39 |
£41,675 |
£21.60 |
£42,821 |
£22.20 |
40 |
£42,683 |
£22.12 |
£43,857 |
£22.73 |
41 |
£43,662 |
£22.63 |
£44,863 |
£23.25 |
42 |
£44,632 |
£23.13 |
£45,859 |
£23.77 |
43 |
£45,591 |
£23.63 |
£46,845 |
£24.28 |
Special educational needs
April 2019 | April 2020 |
£1289 |
£1,324 |
Sixth Form Colleges NJC support staff salary spine
Current Pay Points |
2018/19 |
New NJC Support Staff Pay Spine 1st September 2019 |
NJC Pay Point |
1st April 2020 |
NJC Pay Point |
1st January 2021 |
|
13 |
Deleted |
||||||
14 |
£16,000 |
1 |
£16,240 |
1 |
£16,825 |
1 |
£17,246 |
15 |
£16,500 |
1+ |
£16,748 |
£17,471 |
£17,907 |
||
16 |
Deleted |
||||||
17 |
£17,000 |
2 |
£17,255 |
2 |
£17,471 |
2 |
£17,907 |
18 |
£17,350 |
3 |
£17,610 |
3 |
£17,830 |
3 |
£18,276 |
19 |
£17,700 |
4 |
£17,966 |
4 |
£18,190 |
4 |
£18,645 |
20 |
£18,000 |
5 |
£18,270 |
5 |
£18,535 |
5 |
£18,998 |
21 |
£18,400 |
6 |
£18,676 |
6 |
£18,909 |
6 |
£19,382 |
22 |
£18,780 |
7 |
£19,062 |
7 |
£19,300 |
7 |
£19,782 |
23 |
£19,381 |
8 |
£19,672 |
8 |
£19,918 |
8 |
£20,416 |
24 |
£20,070 |
9 |
£20,371 |
9 |
£20,626 |
9 |
£21,141 |
25 |
£20,765 |
10 |
£21,076 |
10 |
£21,340 |
10 |
£21,873 |
26 |
£21,451 |
11 |
£21,773 |
11 |
£22,045 |
11 |
£22,596 |
27 |
£22,142 |
12 |
£22,474 |
12 |
£22,755 |
12 |
£23,324 |
28 |
£22,828 |
13 |
£23,170 |
13 |
£23,460 |
13 |
£24,047 |
29 |
£23,496 |
14 |
£23,848 |
14 |
£24,147 |
14 |
£24,750 |
30 |
£24,162 |
15 |
£24,524 |
15 |
£24,831 |
15 |
£25,452 |
31 |
£24,947 |
16 |
£25,321 |
16 |
£25,638 |
16 |
£26,279 |
32 |
£25,725 |
17 |
£26,111 |
17 |
£26,437 |
17 |
£27,098 |
33 |
£26,593 |
18 |
£26,992 |
18 |
£27,329 |
18 |
£28,013 |
34 |
£27,481 |
19 |
£27,893 |
19 |
£28,242 |
19 |
£28,948 |
35 |
£28,371 |
20 |
£28,797 |
20 |
£29,157 |
20 |
£29,885 |
36 |
£29,256 |
21 |
£29,695 |
21 |
£30,066 |
21 |
£30,818 |
37 |
£30,062 |
22 |
£30,513 |
22 |
£30,894 |
22 |
£31,667 |
38 |
£30,869 |
23 |
£31,332 |
23 |
£31,724 |
23 |
£32,517 |
39 |
£31,678 |
24 |
£32,153 |
24 |
£32,555 |
24 |
£33,369 |
40 |
£32,485 |
25 |
£32,972 |
25 |
£33,384 |
25 |
£34,219 |
41 |
£33,291 |
26 |
£33,790 |
26 |
£34,213 |
26 |
£35,068 |
42 |
£34,101 |
27 |
£34,613 |
27 |
£35,045 |
27 |
£35,921 |
43 |
£34,907 |
28 |
£35,431 |
28 |
£35,873 |
28 |
£36,770 |
44 |
£35,796 |
29 |
£36,333 |
29 |
£36,787 |
29 |
£37,707 |
45 |
£36,685 |
30 |
£37,235 |
30 |
£37,701 |
30 |
£38,643 |
46 |
£37,571 |
31 |
£38,135 |
31 |
£38,611 |
31 |
£39,577 |
47 |
£38,459 |
32 |
£39,036 |
32 |
£39,524 |
32 |
£40,512 |
48 |
£39,430 |
33 |
£40,021 |
33 |
£40,522 |
33 |
£41,535 |
49 |
£40,316 |
34 |
£40,921 |
34 |
£41,432 |
34 |
£42,468 |
50 |
£41,283 |
35 |
£41,902 |
35 |
£42,426 |
35 |
£43,487 |
51 |
£42,252 |
36 |
£42,886 |
36 |
£43,422 |
36 |
£44,507 |
52 |
£43,223 |
37 |
£43,871 |
37 |
£44,420 |
37 |
£45,530 |
53 |
£44,192 |
38 |
£44,855 |
38 |
£45,416 |
38 |
£46,551 |
54 |
£45,161 |
39 |
£45,838 |
39 |
£46,411 |
39 |
£47,572 |
40 |
£46,847 |
40 |
£47,432 |
40 |
£48,618 |
||
41 |
£47,877 |
41 |
£48,476 |
41 |
£49,688 |
||
42 |
£48,931 |
42 |
£49,542 |
42 |
£50,781 |
||
43 |
£50,007 |
43 |
£50,632 |
43 |
£51,898 |
||
44 |
£51,107 |
44 |
£51,746 |
44 |
£53,040 |
||
45 |
£52,232 |
45 |
£52,885 |
45 |
£54,207 |
||
46 |
£53,381 |
46 |
£54,048 |
46 |
£55,399 |
||
47 |
£54,555 |
47 |
£55,237 |
47 |
£56,618 |
||
48 |
£55,755 |
48 |
£56,452 |
48 |
£57,864 |
||
49 |
£56,982 |
49 |
£57,694 |
49 |
£59,137 |
||
50 |
£58,236 |
50 |
£58,964 |
50 |
£60,438 |
||
51 |
£59,517 |
51 |
£60,261 |
51 |
£61,767 |
||
52 |
£60,826 |
52 |
£61,587 |
52 |
£63,126 |
||
53 |
£62,164 |
53 |
£62,942 |
53 |
£64,515 |
||
54 |
£63,532 |
54 |
£64,326 |
54 |
£65,934 |
||
55 |
£64,930 |
55 |
£65,741 |
55 |
£67,385 |
NJC Support Staff London and Fringe Area Allowances at 1st September 2019
Inner London |
£3,917 |
Outer London |
£2,610 |
Fringe |
£1,034 |
At 1st April 2020 |
|
Inner London |
£3,966 |
Outer London |
£2,643 |
Fringe |
£1,047 |
At 1st January 2021
Inner London |
£4,065 |
Outer London |
£2,709 |
Fringe |
£1,073 |