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<p>Mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing secondary school teachers in the
first five years of their career who work in eligible schools have been able to claim
Levelling Up Premium (LUP) payments of up to £3,000 after tax since September 2022.
For the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years, the department is doubling the LUP payments
to eligible school teachers to up to £6,000 per year after tax and extending the offer
to key science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and technical subject
teachers in all further education colleges for the first time.</p><p> </p><p>A new
school teacher receiving a £6,000 LUP will have an income equivalent of at least a
£38,570 starting salary next year, even before accounting for the next pay award.</p><p>
</p><p>The number of teachers that have received LUP payments by region are below:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Sum of claims by
academic year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/2024</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
of England</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>1112</p></td><td><p>1170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
East</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>251</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>762</p></td><td><p>790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
East</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>603</p></td><td><p>594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and
The Humber</p></td><td><p>597</p></td><td><p>603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4615</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4740</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The number of teachers that have received LUP payments by subject are
below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Sum
of claims by academic year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Subject</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mathematics</p></td><td><p>2518</p></td><td><p>2609</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physics</p></td><td><p>459</p></td><td><p>456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chemistry</p></td><td><p>1044</p></td><td><p>1101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Computing</p></td><td><p>595</p></td><td><p>574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4615</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4740</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The LUP is primarily designed to incentivise the retention of specialist
teachers in the disadvantaged schools it targets, but it may also support recruitment
by encouraging teachers to take up posts in these schools.</p><p> </p><p>It is too
early to fully evaluate the impact of the LUP, but it is possible to draw on evidence
from the predecessor pilots which informed it. For example, a University College London
(UCL) evaluation of the Mathematics and Physics Teacher Retention Payments pilot found
that teachers who received these £2,000 after tax payments were 23% less likely to
leave teaching. Furthermore, an evaluation of Early Career Payments assessed they
reduced the likelihood of teachers leaving by 37% for the £5,000 payments, and 58%
for the £7,500 payments.</p><p> </p><p>Mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing
trainees starting school initial teacher teaching (ITT) in the 2024/25 academic year
can already benefit from tax free bursaries worth £28,000 and scholarships worth £30,000.
These ITT incentives are a national offer and are not differentiated sub-nationally.
This is because teachers often teach in a different school or area to that they trained
in. The Levelling Up Premium is paid to school teachers once they are qualified and
is therefore targeted sub-nationally to incentivise them to work in the schools most
in need.</p>
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