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<p>The Government is accepting in full the School Teachers Review Body’s (STRB’s)
recommended 3.5% uplift to the main pay range, building on last year’s 2% uplift to
the main pay range, subject to the consultation. This will both raise starting salaries
significantly and increase the competitiveness of the early career pay framework.</p><p>As
was set out in the STRB’s remit, it is crucial that the pay award is affordable. There
will be a lower, though still substantial, uplift to the pay ranges for leaders and
higher-paid teachers. Senior teachers will see a 2% uplift to the upper pay range,
while pay ranges for school leaders will be uplifted by 1.5%. These are significantly
larger increases than in recent years.</p><p>This is in line with the Government’s
approach to pay review body recommendations across the public sector this year, with
all pay awards the Government considered the wider pressures on public spending and
the need to ensure they are fair both for public sector staff and the taxpayer. This
award is fully funded from existing Departmental underspends - there will be no cuts
to existing programmes to fund this grant.</p><p>The flexible performance-based pay
system, introduced four years ago following recommendations from the STRB, means that
schools are able to choose to give teachers or leaders a higher pay rise where this
is appropriate to their particular local context and budget.</p>
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