Pay campaign
We will be campaigning to win in full increases recommended by the STRB in 2019 for all teachers and for fair pay for all education staff.
Advice and guidance about all aspects of pay, including information about the 2019 pay award and pay progression, our pay toolkit and pay calculator, as well as pay arrangements for support staff and supply teachers, independent schools and sixth form colleges.
- Pay award 2019 and pay progression
- Joint union advice on school teachers’ pay 2019-20
- Pay campaign, scales and toolkit
- Other pay arrangements
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Pay award 2019 and pay progression
On 22 July, the Government announced that it proposed to accept the recommendations of the School Teachers’ Review Body of a 2.75% uplift to the minima and maxima of all school teacher pay ranges and allowances in England. A consultation has taken place on this and ended on 13 September. You can see the joint response to the consultation from the NEU, ASCL, NAHT and Voice here.
This proposed increase isn’t enough to address the erosion of the value of teacher pay against inflation and against earnings in the wider economy, but we want to support members to ensure that all teachers receive the 2.75% increase and any pay progression to which they are entitled.
All teachers and school leaders should receive an individual pay increase corresponding to the increases set out above, excluding any increase arising from progression to a higher pay scale point. Read our FAQs on school teacher pay and then see our pay toolkit for more information. Reps can also read our advice on how to secure the full pay award at school level.
The statutory requirements for teacher’s pay and conditions for maintained schools in England are set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document and for Wales the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Document. Schools and Local Authorities (LAs) must abide by them.
Further pay advice can be found in DfE's advice for maintained schools and local authorities on Implementing Your School's Approach to Pay. This is non-statutory but can help schools in revising their processes in making decisions on teachers' and leadership pay.
Pay campaign, scales and toolkit
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Pay scales 2019-20
The joint union pay scales show the impact of the 2.75% uplift to the teachers’ pay ranges for 2019-20, when applied to the individual pay points.
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Pay toolkit
Use our pay toolkit to secure pay progression, by taking collective action or by pursuing and winning appeals against decisions that individual teachers should not progress.
Other pay arrangements
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Advice 
Support staff pay and conditions
Pay and conditions agreement for support staff - most LA schools use the local government pay scales to pay their support staff in conjunction with National Joint Council (NJC) terms and conditions.
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Advice 
Sixth form college pay
Pay scales and updates on pay negotiations for sixth form colleges.
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Advice 
Soulbury officers
Information on pay and conditions for Soulbury paid officers in England and Wales.
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Advice 
Pay in the independent sector
As private businesses outside the national collective bargaining structure in the maintained sector, independent schools have greater freedom to set their own terms and conditions of employment.
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Advice 
Residential teachers
Pay and conditions for teachers in residential establishments are aligned with those in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) and Burgundy Book, other than the following allowances and pay scales for pay scales for allowances.
All pay advice by topic tag
Can't find what you're looking for above? Browse all our pay content, ordered by topic tag. As pages can have more than one topic tag, they can also appear more than once in the list below.
The most common queries NEU members have on pay for leadership teachers in schools and academies.
- Details of how academies and trusts set pay scales and what pay and conditions arrangements are in place in these workplaces.
- This is a guide on steering a course through your appraisal and the pay decision process to ensure that you can secure pay progression.
- Ten bullet points on independent sector collective bagaining.
- The campaign for equal pay has a long history; one which is still ongoing.
- Ten bullet points on independent sector collective bagaining.
- As private businesses outside the national collective bargaining structure in the maintained sector, independent schools have greater freedom to set their own terms and conditions of employment.
Guidance on pay and conditions when working in the independent sector.
The most common queries NEU members have on pay for leadership teachers in schools and academies.
- This guide gives advice to leaders on how their pay progression system works.
This guidance sets out the obligations of employers and employees in relation to notice periods and notice pay.
- Guidance on the pay and conditions implications of teachers’ participation in out-of-school-hours learning activities
- The new Ofsted inspection framework is putting increasing pressure on members, particularly primary subject leaders and this is due to problems with school funding and staff recruitment which the new framework does not take into account.
- This guidance provides advice on finding out more about pay policies and their most important features.
- This is a guide on steering a course through your appraisal and the pay decision process to ensure that you can secure pay progression.
- This guide gives advice on securing pay progression by persuading governors not to accept a recommendation to deny pay progression or by appealing successfully against a decision to deny progression.
- Guidance on the pay framework for sixth form college teachers and advice for NEU representatives for college level discussions on its implementation.
- Pay scales and updates on pay negotiations for sixth form colleges.
- Advice explaining the payments and entitlements you may receive if your post becomes redundant. In any case where redundancy is threatened, specific advice and assistance is available and should be sought from your school/college rep or division/association/branch secretary.
- This is the NEU’s advice for local officers, school and academy reps on securing pay increases in line with the Government’s decisions on school teacher pay from September 2019.
- An introduction to the pay and conditions arrangements of part time teachers
- Details of how academies and trusts set pay scales and what pay and conditions arrangements are in place in these workplaces.
Information on pay and conditions for Soulbury paid officers in England and Wales.
- Advice on identifying the grounds for a pay appeal and on how members might run a successful pay appeal
- Pay and conditions for teachers in residential establishments are aligned with those in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) and Burgundy Book, other than the following allowances and pay scales for pay scales for allowances.
- The latest NEU evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body, which is reviewing teacher pay in England, sets out our case for a fully-funded pay increase for all teacher points and allowances of 5% in September 2019, for further pay increases to restore the cuts in teacher pay since 2010 and for an urgent review to establish appropriate pay for teachers for the long term.
- Details of the recommended NEU pay scales for teachers and leaders, which we wish to see all schools adopt.
- The joint union pay scales show the impact of the uplift to the teachers’ pay ranges for 2018-19, when applied to the individual pay points on those ranges recommended in our joint advice for 2017-18.
- The campaign for equal pay has a long history; one which is still ongoing.
- Guidance on the pay framework for sixth form college teachers and advice for NEU representatives for college level discussions on its implementation.
- Pay scales and updates on pay negotiations for sixth form colleges.
What should I expect to be paid as an agency supply teacher? What should I be paid for supply work of less than a day in duration? What happens if a school wants to offer me a permanent job? These and many other key questions are covered in this introductory guide to supply teaching.
- Pay and conditions agreement for support staff - most LA schools use the local government pay scales to pay their support staff in conjunction with National Joint Council (NJC) terms and conditions.
A comprehensive overview to the teachers’ pay structure and classroom teachers’ pay scales for 2018 – 19
Advice on Teaching & Learning Responsibility Payments (TLRs) and other allowances such as Special Educational Needs allowances and Recruitment and Retention payments.
- This guidance summarises the position in respect of pay and conditions for unattached teachers employed by local authorities.
- This guidance is aimed at new teachers and those returning to teaching service after a break. It explains the basics of the pay structure and gives advice on ensuring you are fairly paid and able to seek the most favourable use of pay discretions.
- The campaign for equal pay has a long history; one which is still ongoing.
- Guidance on the pay and conditions implications of teachers’ participation in out-of-school-hours learning activities
What should I expect to be paid as an agency supply teacher? What should I be paid for supply work of less than a day in duration? What happens if a school wants to offer me a permanent job? These and many other key questions are covered in this introductory guide to supply teaching.
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