Teachers in residential establishments 2023 allowances update

Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers in Residential (JNCTRE) Establishments

Pay and conditions for teachers covered by the JNCTRE agreement are aligned with those for mainstream school teachers, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Documents’ (STPCD) (England) and STPC(W)D (Wales) and Burgundy Book, other than where the JNCTRE has agreed separate provisions.

The pay ranges for classroom and leadership teachers employed under the terms of the JNCTRE agreement, effective from 1 September 2023, are, therefore, those set out in the 2023 editions (England and Wales as referenced above) of the STPCDs.

The pay scales for classroom teachers and leaders in England in maintained schools are advisory apart from the minimum and maximum pay ranges. In Wales, the pay spines are mandatory. Establishments are, therefore, expected to revise their pay scales in light of revisions and flexibilities in England within the national framework. This position is a consequence of the linkage to the STPCDs agreed by the JNCTRE in 2007.

Under the terms of the JNCTRE Agreement, all allowances (including Instructors scales) other than the Sleeping in Duty Allowance have been increased in line with STPCDs allowances and should, therefore, be increased by 6.5 per cent in England and 5 per cent in Wales with effect from 1 September 2023. Establishments in Wales should note that as allowances and instructors’ scales were also increased part-way through the year by an additional 1.5 per cent backdated to 1 September 2022 in Wales, the cumulative effect means that the allowances are the same in both England and Wales for 2023. The Sleeping in Duty Allowance should be increased by 3.88 per cent from 1 April 2023, in line with the headline percentage pay increase agreed by the NJC for Local Government Services for 2023-2024.

Further advice on all matters relating to the JNCTRE agreement is available from the Joint Secretaries. Advice is also available from each of the organisations represented on the JNCTRE for their own members.

Yours sincerely, 

Employers’ Side Secretary: Sarah Ward 
Local Government Association, 18 Smith Square, 
London, SW1P 3HZ

Teachers’ Side Secretary: David Powell 
National Education Union, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, 
London WC1H 9BD

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