Teacher pay

Schools risk ‘inadvertently’ breaking minimum wage law

Bottom end of unqualified teacher pay scales could fall below legal requirements, legal experts warn

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Teacher pay and conditions: 5 suggestions from the STRB

Make schools 'fully embrace' flexible working, review pay grades and consider multi-year settlements, says review body

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Teacher pay: DfE accepts 4% rise, provides £615m funding

But schools must fund a quarter of the rise themselves, on top of savings they've already budgeted for

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

One in six teachers would take 20% less pension for a 10% pay rise

EPI urges government to investigate the possibility of flexibility in the teachers' pension scheme

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Teacher pay

DfE: 2.8% teacher pay rise ‘would be appropriate’ for 2025-26

Schools told they will need to find 'efficiencies' to 'supplement' extra cash allocated at the budget

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

More ‘above-inflation’ pay rises needed, say unions

Pay recommendations must not be constrained by 'existing inadequate funding levels', say leaders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Phillipson asks STRB for 2025 pay recommendation ‘at the earliest point’

Education secretary also calls for a recommendation on whether greater flexibility is needed for TLR payments

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

STRB backs careful move to targeting pay by subject

If 'done well' targeting pay by subject might be 'a useful approach' to address shortage subject recruitment in a...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher pay

What is happening with teacher pay?

Chancellor says announcements will come 'later this month' and government will 'make sure that the sums add up'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker