
Pay scales
Pay scales information on the advisory pay points for the Main Pay Range and Upper Pay Range, and the Leadership Group Pay Range recommended for 1 September 2020.
Advice on pay scales, pay progression and how to secure fair pay in your workplace.
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Following the publication of the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB) report on teacher pay in England on 21 July, in late September the Government confirmed its decision to accept the STRB recommendations. Details on the STRB report and the Government's response can be found here. See the joint response to the STRB report from NEU, ASCL, NAHT and Voice and the press release on the joint response. The separate NEU response to the STRB report can be found here.
The 2020 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) giving effect to the changes can be found here. Due to the late publication of the STRB report by the Government and the delay until late September in confirming the 2020 STPCD, most teachers will not see the increases in their pay until October - though the pay increases must be backdated to 1 September.
In October, the Welsh Government confirmed its proposals to accept the recommendations of the Independent Welsh Pay Review Body report published in July and to make some enhancements to the Review Body's recommendations on teacher pay in Wales. In addition to the pay increases, performance-related pay has been abolished in favour of experience-based pay progression and national pay scales for Wales have been reintroduced.
Details of the Welsh Government announcement can be found here and the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document for Wales here
The increases in England and Wales fall short of our call for a 7% increase for all teachers to make significant inroads into the cuts to teacher pay against inflation since 2010, but we are campaigning to ensure that all eligible staff receive pay progression in addition to the cost of living increases announced.
We want all teachers to be paid on at least the nationally-recommended pay scales - see the joint union advice. See also the NEU press release regarding the 2020 pay increase the NEU press release on the announcement in Wales and the NEU pay campaign page.
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. See our pay toolkit for more information including how to secure pay progression.
Pay scales information on the advisory pay points for the Main Pay Range and Upper Pay Range, and the Leadership Group Pay Range recommended for 1 September 2020.
This calculator estimates, using the latest inflation forecasts available at the time of writing, the impact of the pay announcements for school teachers in England and Wales announced in July 2020.
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.
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.
Pay scales and updates on pay negotiations for sixth form colleges.
Information on pay and conditions for Soulbury paid officers in England and Wales.
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.
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.
This guidance summarises the position in respect of pay and conditions for unattached teachers employed by local authorities.
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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 sets out the obligations of employers and employees in relation to notice periods and notice pay.
This advice summarises how performance related pay progression works for teachers.
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.