Teachers
The government has confirmed teacher pay arrangements from 1st September 2018 – All pay uplifts should be back-dated to 1 September 2018. All maintained schools and those academies that pay in accordance with the Teachers Pay & Conditions document need to apply the following to the Teachers pay scales:
- a 3.5% uplift has been applied to the statutory minima and maxima of the main pay range and of the unqualified teachers’ pay range.
- a 2% uplift to the statutory minima and maxima of the upper pay range, the leading practitioner pay range and all allowances across all pay ranges.
- a 1.5% uplift to the leadership pay ranges (including headteacher groups).
Except for Teachers and Leaders on the minima of their respective ranges or group ranges, schools must determine, in accordance with their own pay policy, how to take account of the uplift to the national framework in making individual pay progression decisions.
Please find attached the national trade unions pay scales which can be used as a guide to if required. Click here
School support staff
The NJC pay agreement for 2018-20 includes the introduction of a new pay spine on 1st April 2019 that is based on the following:
- A bottom rate of £9.00 per hour (£17,364) on new Spinal Column Point (SCP)1 (equivalent to old SCPs 6 & 7)
- ‘Pairing off’ old SCPs 6-17 incl. to create new SCPs 1-6 incl.
- Equal steps of 2.0% between each new SCPs 1 to 22 incl. (equivalent to old SCPs 6-28 incl.)
- By creating equal steps between these pay points, new SCPs 10, 13, 16, 18 and 21 are generated to which no old SCPs will assimilate. This means that in some organisations the current number of pay points in a grade might change
- On new SCPs 23 and above (equivalent to old SCPs 29 and above), 2.0% increase on 2018 rate
Please speak to your Heads HR Consultant on 0161 850 4343 to understand how this affects your school and what action needs to be taken.
