The new teacher and school leadership pay rates for 2017-18 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. Last month, the DfE accepted the recommendations from the School Teachers’ Review Body, issued in July this year, to keep pay rises for teachers capped at 1 per cent. While local authority-maintained schools are required to follow these pay scales, academies and free schools are allowed to set their own scales. Here are the new pay rates, effective from September 2017: Classroom teachers Headteachers and school leaders Here’s the text version in case you need to copy and paste… Classroom teachers’ pay England and Wales excluding London Unqualified teacher pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 16,461 16,626 Maximum 26,034 26,295 Main pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 22,467 22,917 Maximum 33,160 33,824 Upper pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 35,571 35,927 Maximum 38,250 38,633 Leading practitioner pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 38,984 39,374 Maximum 59,264 59,857 Fringe area Unqualified teacher pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 17,542 17,718 Maximum 27,112 27,384 Main pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 23,547 24,018 Maximum 34,249 34,934 Upper pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 36,650 37,017 Maximum 39,331 39,725 Leading practitioner pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 40,057 40,458 Maximum 60,341 60,945 Outer London area Unqualified teacher pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 19,553 19,749 Maximum 29,130 29,422 Main pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 26,139 26,662 Maximum 36,906 37,645 Upper pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 39,127 39,519 Maximum 42,077 42,498 Leading practitioner pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 42,077 42,498 Maximum 62,361 62,985 Inner London area Unqualified teacher pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 20,701 20,909 Maximum 30,270 30,573 Main pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 28,098 28,660 Maximum 38,241 39,006 Upper pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 43,184 43,616 Maximum 46,829 47,298 Leading practitioner pay range 2016 2017 Minimum 46,350 46,814 Maximum 66,638 67,305 Headteachers’ and leaders’ pay England and wales excl London 2016 2017 Leadership minimum 38,984 39,374 Headteacher group 2016 2017 1 44,102 – 58,677 44,544 – 59,264 2 46,335 – 63,147 46,799 – 63,779 3 49,976 – 67,963 50,476 – 68,643 4 53,712 – 73,144 54,250 – 73,876 5 59,264 – 80,671 59,857 – 81,478 6 63,779 – 88,984 64,417 – 89,874 7 68,643 – 98,100 69,330 – 99,081 8 75,708 – 108,283 76,466 – 109,366 Fringe area 2016 2017 Leadership minimum 38,984 39,374 Headteacher group 2016 2017 1 45,181 – 59,743 45,633 – 60,341 2 47,409 – 64,221 47,884 – 64,864 3 51,050 – 69,034 51,561 – 69,725 4 54,790 – 74,209 55,338 – 74,952 5 60,341 – 81,742 60,945 – 82,560 6 64,864 – 90,054 65,513 – 90,955 7 69,725 – 99,164 70,423 – 100,156 8 76,783 – 109,354 77,551 – 110,448 Outer London area 2016 2017 Leadership minimum 42,077 42,498 Headteacher group 2016 2017 1 47,195 – 61,743 47,667 – 62,361 2 49,429 – 66,213 49,924 – 66,876 3 53,066 – 71,025 53,597 – 71,736 4 56,801 – 76,205 57,370 – 76,968 5 62,361 – 83,738 62,985 – 84,576 6 66,876 – 92,046 67,545 – 92,967 7 71,736 – 101,161 72,454 – 102,173 8 78,802 – 111,346 79,591 – 112,460 Inner London area 2016 2017 Leadership minimum 46,350 46,814 Headteacher group 2016 2017 1 51,476 – 65,978 51,991 – 66,638 2 53,709 – 70,448 54,247 – 71,153 3 57,344 – 75,264 57,918 – 76,017 4 61,084 – 80,439 61,695 – 81,244 5 66,638 – 87,973 67,305 – 88,853 6 71,153 – 96,284 71,865 – 97,247 7 76,017 – 105,397 76,778 – 106,451 8 83,079 – 115,582 83,910 – 116,738
Gerry P 11 August 2017 With a one percent improvement it looks like the current government doesn’t need to make secondary school education attractive for graduates, or indeed a worthwhile profession to stay in. Amazing when you think that over a third of teenagers will go into Higher education and they still can’t make up for the attrition rate of teachers leaving. Hence the advent of classes of 32 to 35 in secondary schools to be the norm where privately educated elite will get 15 pupils per class. A fairer society for all? No chance. It would appear that the government doesn’t wish to apply market forces to teachers pay, although it doesn’t mind it when it’s applied to MPs, or CEO’s etc. How very convenient. Expect a deterioration in the quality of service in school, NHS etc. etc. Let’s hope you never have to use them. But of course if you are wealthy don’t have to do you. We are all in it together. Yes, sure we are, but they’re not. Is this a divided society? Absolutely.