Pay campaign
The NEU is campaigning against the school teacher pay freeze in England and for fair pay for all teachers and support staff .
The NEU is campaigning for fair pay for all teachers and support staff. This must include a fair pay increase in 2021 to make a start in restoring the real terms cuts to pay since 2010. Pay freezes and below-inflation pay increases are unjustified and unfair.
- Teachers' pay award 2021
- Pay campaign, pay scales and pay calculator
- Pay progression and guidance
- Other pay arrangements
The latest news on support staff pay is here.
Teacher Pay September 2021
England
Following the publication of the STRB Report, the Government has confirmed its intention to freeze teacher pay in September 2021. You can see the STRB Report and the Government's response here. You can see the NEU press release on the announcement here. A joint union response has also been released.
Joint union advice on teacher pay in England from the NEU, NASUWT, ASCL, NAHT and Voice Community underlines the united view of teachers and school leaders on pay issues, including the adoption of pay scales for teachers and leaders.
The final version of the 2021 School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document for England has not yet been published. We will update this page when the final version is available.
Wales
The Welsh Government published the Independent Welsh Pay Review Body (IWPRB) report in June. The NEU press release responding to the report can be found here.
Pay campaign, scales and calculator
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Pay scales
Teacher pay scales in England and Wales.
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Pay calculator
The NEU pay calculator includes information relating to teacher pay in 2020-21 and will be updated to reflect the Government's intention to freeze teacher pay in 2021-22
Pay progression and guidance
Pay progression
The NEU is campaigning for pay progression for all eligible members.
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Advice 
Understanding pay progression
This guide gives advice on how the pay progression system for classroom teachers works.
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Advice 
Pay appeals - checklist
This checklist will help you prepare for meetings about recommendations to deny pay progression and appeals hearings after a decision has been taken to deny pay progression.
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Advice 
Pay progression for school leaders
This guide gives advice to leaders on how their pay progression system works.
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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Sixth form colleges
Specific advice for members about pay and conditions in sixth form colleges (the Red Book) and information about our campaigns in the sector.
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Further Education pay
Details of the joint trade unions pay claim and pay scales for members working in the further education sector.
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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), the Burgundy Book and the Independent Pay Review Body in Wales since 2019, other than the following allowances and pay scales.
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Unattached teachers
This guidance summarises the position in respect of pay and conditions for unattached teachers employed by local authorities.
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.
- Details of how academies and trusts set pay scales and what pay and conditions arrangements are in place in these workplaces.
- The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic means that performance-related pay (PRP) is completely unworkable and should be discontinued.
- Ten bullet points on independent sector collective bagaining.
- The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic means that performance-related pay (PRP) is completely unworkable and should be discontinued.
- This guidance applies to all staff - including substitute teachers and temporary non-teaching staff in response to absences because of Covid-19.
- A guide for reps on equality in schools, including a checklist to ensure that all eligible members receive pay progression.
- The campaign for equal pay has a long history; one which is still ongoing.
- FAQs on pay scale, allowances for additional responsibilities and pay progression to help understand how teacher pay works.
- A guide for reps on equality in schools, including a checklist to ensure that all eligible members receive pay progression.
- 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 matters to consider in relation to 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 guidance applies to all staff - including substitute teachers and temporary non-teaching staff in response to absences because of Covid-19.
This guidance sets out the obligations of employers and employees in relation to notice periods and notice pay.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Upper Pay Range is a pay range offering significantly higher pay than the main pay range. This advice helps explain progression to the Upper Pay Range.
- Advice on identifying the grounds for a pay appeal and on how you might run a successful one.
- This checklist will help you prepare for meetings about recommendations to deny pay progression and appeals hearings after a decision has been taken to deny pay progression.
- Model letters for meetings about recommendations and appeals hearings around denial of pay progression.
- This model pay policy will help to recruit, retain and motivate teachers, provide the basis for sound financial and personnel planning and minimise the risk of grievance and discrimination.
- This checklist should be used alongside the National Education Union model policy to help you negotiate a policy acceptable to the NEU.
This advice summarises how performance related pay progression works for teachers.
- A guide for reps on equality in schools, including a checklist to ensure that all eligible members receive pay progression.
- All schools, including academies, should have a pay policy which sets out how decisions are taken on pay matters including pay assessments, pay progression, discretionary payments, appeals etc.
- This guide gives advice on how the pay progression system for classroom teachers works.
- This guide explains how to challenge unfair pay policies and secure a fair pay policy in your school.
- 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.
- Model letters for meetings about recommendations and appeals hearings around denial of pay progression.
- This model pay policy will help to recruit, retain and motivate teachers, provide the basis for sound financial and personnel planning and minimise the risk of grievance and discrimination.
- This checklist should be used alongside the National Education Union model policy to help you negotiate a policy acceptable to the NEU.
- This guide gives advice on how the pay progression system for classroom teachers works.
- This guide explains how to challenge unfair pay policies and secure a fair pay policy in your school.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pay and conditions for teachers in residential establishments are aligned with those in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD), the Burgundy Book and the Independent Pay Review Body in Wales since 2019, other than the following allowances and pay scales.
- 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.
- Information on pay and conditions for Soulbury paid officers in England and Wales.
- 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.
This Q&A document is a comprehensive overview to the teachers’ pay structure and classroom teachers’ pay scales for 2020-21.
Advice on Teaching & Learning Responsibility Payments (TLRs) and other allowances such as Special Educational Needs allowances and Recruitment and Retention payments.
- 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.
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