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<p>The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) is responsible for reviewing and making
recommendations on teacher pay. The STRB is currently considering the appropriate
pay award for the 2019-20 academic year and is expected to make its recommendations
at the end of May 2019.</p><p>In January 2019, the Department submitted written evidence
to the STRB. In this it was noted that a 2% increase in teachers’ pay, in line with
forecast inflation, is affordable nationally within the overall funding available
to schools for the 2019/20 financial year.</p><p>Alongside this evidence the Department
published an assessment of teacher pay affordability in a schools’ costs technical
note. This note provides information on costs for schools in the financial years 2018/19
and 2019/20, and can be found here on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-costs-technical-note"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-costs-technical-note</a>.</p><p>It
is important to note that the effects of the 2018 pay award will continue to be supported
through the £321 million Teachers’ Pay Grant in 2019/20.</p>
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