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<p>Academies, including free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools,
have the freedom to set their own pay and conditions policies. They are therefore
free to offer their teachers access to car purchase salary sacrifice schemes. Currently,
15% of all primary schools and 62% of all secondary schools are academies.</p><p>
</p><p>In local authority maintained schools, changes to the statutory pay and conditions
of teachers must first be referred to the independent School Teachers’ Review Body
(STRB). Recent STRB referrals have focused on fundamental reforms to the overall pay
and conditions framework for teachers. Following the STRB’s recommendations, these
reforms have given schools much greater freedom to attract and retain the best teachers
and to reward individuals in line with their contribution to improving their pupils’
achievements.</p><p> </p><p>The demands on the STRB’s time and resources in the reform
process mean that the government has had to make hard decisions on the issues it refers
to STRB. In light of the focus of the important referrals above, the Department for
Education has not prioritised revisions to the existing salary sacrifice arrangements.
Future referrals to the STRB will be a matter for the next administration.</p>
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