Lift Schools
Department believes schools can make savings by looking at composition of leadership teams and deployment of support staff
Department publishes its evidence to the School Teachers' Review Body
Teacher pay body also told to consider a salary safeguarding reduction and allow maintained schools to pay bonuses
Bottom end of unqualified teacher pay scales could fall below legal requirements, legal experts warn
Make schools 'fully embrace' flexible working, review pay grades and consider multi-year settlements, says review body
But schools must fund a quarter of the rise themselves, on top of savings they've already budgeted for
EPI urges government to investigate the possibility of flexibility in the teachers' pension scheme
Schools told they will need to find 'efficiencies' to 'supplement' extra cash allocated at the budget
Pay recommendations must not be constrained by 'existing inadequate funding levels', say leaders
