The School Teachers\u2019 Review Body (STRB) makes recommendations on the pay of teachers in England and reports to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, and my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister.<\/p>
As part of the normal process, the STRB has now submitted its recommendations to the government on teacher pay for 2024/25. The government will publish its response in due course.<\/p>
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The School Teachers\u2019 Review Body (STRB) makes recommendations on the pay of teachers in England and reports to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, and my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister.<\/p>
As part of the normal process, the STRB has now submitted its recommendations to the government on teacher pay for 2024/25. The government will publish its response in due course.<\/p>
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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>
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>
The number of teachers that have received LUP payments by region are below:<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p><\/td> | Sum of claims by academic year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Region<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2022/23<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2023/2024<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> East of England<\/p><\/td> 337<\/p><\/td> 371<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Midlands<\/p><\/td> 421<\/p><\/td> 401<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London<\/p><\/td> 1112<\/p><\/td> 1170<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North East<\/p><\/td> 238<\/p><\/td> 251<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West<\/p><\/td> 762<\/p><\/td> 790<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South East<\/p><\/td> 304<\/p><\/td> 314<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South West<\/p><\/td> 241<\/p><\/td> 246<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 603<\/p><\/td> 594<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorkshire and The Humber<\/p><\/td> 597<\/p><\/td> 603<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4615<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4740<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> The number of teachers that have received LUP payments by subject are below:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Sum of claims by academic year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Subject<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2022/23<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2023/24<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mathematics<\/p><\/td> 2518<\/p><\/td> 2609<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Physics<\/p><\/td> 459<\/p><\/td> 456<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Chemistry<\/p><\/td> 1044<\/p><\/td> 1101<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Computing<\/p><\/td> 595<\/p><\/td> 574<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4615<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4740<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/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> 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> 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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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1717918/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " 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> 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> The number of teachers that have received LUP payments by region are below:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Sum of claims by academic year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Region<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2022/23<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2023/2024<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> East of England<\/p><\/td> 337<\/p><\/td> 371<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Midlands<\/p><\/td> 421<\/p><\/td> 401<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London<\/p><\/td> 1112<\/p><\/td> 1170<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North East<\/p><\/td> 238<\/p><\/td> 251<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West<\/p><\/td> 762<\/p><\/td> 790<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South East<\/p><\/td> 304<\/p><\/td> 314<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South West<\/p><\/td> 241<\/p><\/td> 246<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 603<\/p><\/td> 594<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorkshire and The Humber<\/p><\/td> 597<\/p><\/td> 603<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4615<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4740<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> The number of teachers that have received LUP payments by subject are below:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Sum of claims by academic year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Subject<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2022/23<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2023/24<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mathematics<\/p><\/td> 2518<\/p><\/td> 2609<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Physics<\/p><\/td> 459<\/p><\/td> 456<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Chemistry<\/p><\/td> 1044<\/p><\/td> 1101<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Computing<\/p><\/td> 595<\/p><\/td> 574<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4615<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4740<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/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> 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> 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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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1717919/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " 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> 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> The number of teachers that have received LUP payments by region are below:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Sum of claims by academic year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Region<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2022/23<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2023/2024<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> East of England<\/p><\/td> 337<\/p><\/td> 371<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Midlands<\/p><\/td> 421<\/p><\/td> 401<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London<\/p><\/td> 1112<\/p><\/td> 1170<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North East<\/p><\/td> 238<\/p><\/td> 251<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West<\/p><\/td> 762<\/p><\/td> 790<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South East<\/p><\/td> 304<\/p><\/td> 314<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South West<\/p><\/td> 241<\/p><\/td> 246<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 603<\/p><\/td> 594<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorkshire and The Humber<\/p><\/td> 597<\/p><\/td> 603<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4615<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4740<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> The number of teachers that have received LUP payments by subject are below:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Sum of claims by academic year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Subject<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2022/23<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2023/24<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mathematics<\/p><\/td> 2518<\/p><\/td> 2609<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Physics<\/p><\/td> 459<\/p><\/td> 456<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Chemistry<\/p><\/td> 1044<\/p><\/td> 1101<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Computing<\/p><\/td> 595<\/p><\/td> 574<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4615<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4740<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/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> 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> 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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], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) representatives of the devolved governments, and (2) trade unions, regarding the geographical discrepancies in starting salaries for teachers across the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1663204/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government has accepted the School Teachers\u2019 Review Body\u2019s pay recommendations for the 2023/24 teacher pay award in England in full. We are reprioritising from within the Department for Education\u2019s existing budget to deliver the additional funding to schools in England for the costs of the pay award over 3.5%.<\/p> <\/p> The Northern Ireland Executive (NIE) receives funding through the Barnett formula when UK Government departmental DEL budgets change. As there is no change to the Department for Education\u2019s DEL budget associated with this announcement, there are no associated Barnett consequentials. Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland would already have resulted from the Department for Education\u2019s initial budget settlement at Spending Review 2021 (SR21).<\/p> The devolved administrations are well funded to deliver all their devolved responsibilities. SR21 set the largest annual block grants for the devolved administrations, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since the Devolution Acts. This provided on average £15 billion per year for the NIE. The NIE continues to receive at least 20% more funding per head than the UK Government spends on the same things in the rest of the UK.<\/p> A full breakdown of changes to devolved administrations\u2019 block grants, including Barnett consequentials, is set out in the published Block Grant Transparency document.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett Consequential for Northern Ireland will be as a result of the 6.5% pay increase for teachers in England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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