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<p>The school teachers’ pay grant provides financial support to maintained schools
(including 16-19 maintained schools). These schools must follow the School Teachers’
Pay and Conditions Document, to help them implement the pay award.</p><p>We confirmed
that, in order to maintain funding parity between maintained schools and academies,
we would mirror the grant so that it covers all academies. This includes sixth form
colleges that have converted to become 16-19 academies.</p><p>All teachers are equally
important to us. However, the further education sector (which includes sixth form
colleges) has a different legal status and relationship to the government when compared
with academies.</p><p>Sixth form colleges are private sector institutions, independent
of government.</p><p> </p>
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