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<p>Ministers received detailed advice from officials before announcing the Teachers’
Pay Grant. Unions and other representative organisations also contacted the Department.</p><p>The
Teachers’ Pay Grant was introduced in response to changes to the School Teachers’
Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD), following recommendations from the School Teachers’
Review Body. This document applies to maintained schools, and as many academies choose
to follow it, the grant was available to both maintained schools and academies.</p><p>There
are 16-19 maintained schools which must follow the STPCD. These were included in the
pay grant, alongside equivalent academies.</p><p>Further education (FE) and sixth
form colleges have a different legal status and relationship to Government. They are
private institutions, independent of Government, and it is for employers to agree
pay structures, based on local needs. The Department is considering carefully the
needs of FE colleges, including in relation to funding, in preparation for the next
Spending Review.</p><p> </p>
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