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A FAIR AND AFFORDABLE THREE-YEAR PAY AWARD FOR TEACHERS – ED BALLS
15 January 2008Children, Schools and Families Secretary, Ed Balls, today announced that he accepts the three-year pay recommendations of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) for a 2.45 per cent pay rise for teachers from September 2008, with additional increases for some London teachers, and increases of 2.3 per cent per year from 2009 and 2010. The principal recommendations the Secretary of State proposes to implement are: • a 2.45 per cent pay rise for teachers from September 2008;• a minimum starting salary of £25,000 for teachers in inner London and £24,000 for teachers in outer London from September 2008;• increases in the value of the upper pay scale of 3.45 per cent in inner London and of up to 3.98 per cent in outer London from September 2008; • increases of 2.45 per cent in the value of special educational needs allowances and teaching and learning responsibility payments; and• a review of the current pay bands, taking into account local labour market needs.Ed Balls said: “Teachers are the backbone of our education system. We know that the most important factor in education, alongside the input of parents, is the quality of teachers. I believe we have a world class workforce that is improving all the time. “Today’s pay award will enable teachers and schools to plan ahead with a greater degree of security and certainty and at the same time will help deliver stability for the taxpayer and the wider economy. “I believe this pay award, the first of the Government’s three-year, forward looking, public sector pay awards, is fair for teachers and affordable for schools. It builds on the record real terms pay increases that teachers have been awarded during the last ten years.”Consistent with their report, the Secretary of State will set the STRB a remit in the course of 2008 to enable them to ensure that the increases they have proposed for 2009 and 2010 continue to be appropriate in the light of latest recruitment and retention data, and wider economic and labour market conditions.Editor's Notes
This press notice relates to 'England'
1. A copy of the Secretary of State’s written statement to Parliament is attached. [ CLICK HERE FOR STATEMENT]2. The award covers school teachers in England and Wales who are subject to pay and conditions determined under the provisions of the Education Act 2002. The 2.45% increase for teachers would come into effect from 1 September 2008. The STRB report, including proposed pay rates, and the Government’s response is on http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/pay 3. The four current pay bands are inner London, outer London, the Fringe, and the rest of England and Wales.4. The Government’s social partners - the Association of School and College Leaders, Association of Teachers and Lecturers, National Association of Head Teachers, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women teachers, National Employers Organisation and the Professional Association of Teachers - will have a particular role as work is taken forward in the light of the STRB’s recommendations.Figures on comparative pay 1997 – 2007:[ CLICK HERE FOR TABLES ]5. The following chart shows actual average salaries of qualified teachers over the last ten years.All FT Qualified Regular Teachers[ CLICK HERE FOR TABLE ]6. Total revenue schools funding will be £38 billion in 2008-09; £39.8 billion in 2009-10; and £41.9 billion in 2010-11, an average year-on-year increase of 2 per cent in real terms. It means overall average per pupil funding, including capital and ICT spending, will reach £6,600 – doubling in real terms since 1997. That means education funding is projected to rise as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 4.7% in 1996-7 to 5.6% by 2010-11. Local authorities will see average per pupil revenue funding increases of 4.6% in 2008-09; 3.7% in 2009-10; and 4.3% in 2010-11. The overall level of schools’ funding will increase by 4.3% in 2008-09, 4.7% in 2009-10 and 5.3% in 2010-11.7. Teachers’ Pay Awards since 1997[ CLICK HERE FOR TABLE ]Contact Details
Public Enquiries 0870 000 2288, info@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk
Press Notice 2008/0008
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