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| The majority of teachers in England are to receive a below-inflation pay increase next year, despite the government’s claims that “classroom teachers” will get pay rises of up to 3.5% after years of austerity. | The majority of teachers in England are to receive a below-inflation pay increase next year, despite the government’s claims that “classroom teachers” will get pay rises of up to 3.5% after years of austerity. |
| Damian Hinds, the education secretary, told parliament that teachers on the main national pay range would receive a 3.5% pay increase, worth up to £1,366, from September while more experienced teachers on the upper scale would receive 2% and those in leadership positions would get 1.5%. | Damian Hinds, the education secretary, told parliament that teachers on the main national pay range would receive a 3.5% pay increase, worth up to £1,366, from September while more experienced teachers on the upper scale would receive 2% and those in leadership positions would get 1.5%. |
| “We want to ensure that we can recruit and retain brilliant teachers. To ensure that teaching remains an attractive and fulfilling profession, we are delivering a fully funded pay rise for classroom teachers and those in leadership positions,” Hinds said in his statement to parliament. | “We want to ensure that we can recruit and retain brilliant teachers. To ensure that teaching remains an attractive and fulfilling profession, we are delivering a fully funded pay rise for classroom teachers and those in leadership positions,” Hinds said in his statement to parliament. |
| The Institute for Fiscal Studies said only 40% of teachers in England would be eligible for the higher 3.5% pay rise, while the remainder would receive increases below the current rate of inflation of 2.4%. | The Institute for Fiscal Studies said only 40% of teachers in England would be eligible for the higher 3.5% pay rise, while the remainder would receive increases below the current rate of inflation of 2.4%. |
| “The announcement of a 3.5% pay rise for teachers on the main pay range will help with recruitment and retention for teachers early in their career, which has emerged as a serious problem in recent years,” said Luke Sibieta, an IFS research fellow. “However, about 60% of teachers will receive below-inflation awards of 2% or, in the case of school leaders, 1.5%.” | “The announcement of a 3.5% pay rise for teachers on the main pay range will help with recruitment and retention for teachers early in their career, which has emerged as a serious problem in recent years,” said Luke Sibieta, an IFS research fellow. “However, about 60% of teachers will receive below-inflation awards of 2% or, in the case of school leaders, 1.5%.” |
| The school teachers’ review body (STRB), which advises the government on pay, recommended an across-the-board 3.5% pay rise for all teaching staff in order to boost recruitment and retention. | The school teachers’ review body (STRB), which advises the government on pay, recommended an across-the-board 3.5% pay rise for all teaching staff in order to boost recruitment and retention. |
| “Our analysis of earnings across the profession suggest that classroom teachers’ median earnings have deteriorated over recent years compared to other professional occupations in all regions,” the STRB said. | “Our analysis of earnings across the profession suggest that classroom teachers’ median earnings have deteriorated over recent years compared to other professional occupations in all regions,” the STRB said. |
| Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, said: “The pay review body warned that schools are struggling to recruit and retain teachers in leadership roles, and the government has chosen to give these teachers another real-terms pay cut.” | Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, said: “The pay review body warned that schools are struggling to recruit and retain teachers in leadership roles, and the government has chosen to give these teachers another real-terms pay cut.” |
| Teaching unions welcomed the pay rises after years of 1% rises under austerity, but Paul Whiteman, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), said school leaders had mixed views about the decision by the Department for Education (DfE). | Teaching unions welcomed the pay rises after years of 1% rises under austerity, but Paul Whiteman, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), said school leaders had mixed views about the decision by the Department for Education (DfE). |
| “This will do little to retain valued and experienced senior teachers and leaders. Our members will feel let down by the government,” Whiteman said. “All teachers and leaders deserve a decent pay rise after a decade of real-terms cuts. The DfE appears to have finally grasped the scale of the twin crises in school funding and teacher retention. But it is disappointing that the Treasury has not listened.” | “This will do little to retain valued and experienced senior teachers and leaders. Our members will feel let down by the government,” Whiteman said. “All teachers and leaders deserve a decent pay rise after a decade of real-terms cuts. The DfE appears to have finally grasped the scale of the twin crises in school funding and teacher retention. But it is disappointing that the Treasury has not listened.” |
| Schools will need to find up to £250m from their budgets to help pay for the pay rises, despite the government’s statement that the increases will be fully funded. Unions said this was because the government was discounting previous plans for a 1% pay rise for England’s 450,000 teachers. | Schools will need to find up to £250m from their budgets to help pay for the pay rises, despite the government’s statement that the increases will be fully funded. Unions said this was because the government was discounting previous plans for a 1% pay rise for England’s 450,000 teachers. |
| “The pay award is not fully funded. The Department for Education is still expecting schools to fund 1% of the cost from severely strained budgets and is only funding the additional expenditure above 1%,” the NAHT, the Association of School and College Leaders and the National Education Union said in a joint statement. | “The pay award is not fully funded. The Department for Education is still expecting schools to fund 1% of the cost from severely strained budgets and is only funding the additional expenditure above 1%,” the NAHT, the Association of School and College Leaders and the National Education Union said in a joint statement. |
| In his written statement to parliament, Hinds offered a new grant of £187m in 2018-19 and £321m in 2019-20 to help fund the higher rate of pay increases. | In his written statement to parliament, Hinds offered a new grant of £187m in 2018-19 and £321m in 2019-20 to help fund the higher rate of pay increases. |
| “This will cover, in full, the difference between this award and the cost of the 1% award that schools would have anticipated under the previous public sector pay cap,” Hinds said. | “This will cover, in full, the difference between this award and the cost of the 1% award that schools would have anticipated under the previous public sector pay cap,” Hinds said. |
| The statement gave no details about where the total of £508m would come from. A DfE spokesperson said it would be funded from “unallocated resources”, raising the prospect of existing programmes such as the DfE’s strategic school improvement fund being curbed. | The statement gave no details about where the total of £508m would come from. A DfE spokesperson said it would be funded from “unallocated resources”, raising the prospect of existing programmes such as the DfE’s strategic school improvement fund being curbed. |
| Hinds said schools could use performance-related pay to distribute the increase among staff. But Chris Keates, the general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), said that could make it harder to keep staff if school managers abused the policy. | Hinds said schools could use performance-related pay to distribute the increase among staff. But Chris Keates, the general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), said that could make it harder to keep staff if school managers abused the policy. |
| “If ministers are serious about valuing and rewarding teachers, they need to take steps to end the culture rife in schools of only paying teachers what they can get away with,” Keates said. | “If ministers are serious about valuing and rewarding teachers, they need to take steps to end the culture rife in schools of only paying teachers what they can get away with,” Keates said. |
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