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<p>The government appreciates the hard work and dedication of all teachers, and recognises
the need to recruit and retain good teachers and leaders.</p><p>For the 2020 teachers’
pay award, the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) has recommended a 5.5% uplift to
the minimum of the main pay range and 2.75% uplift to the maximum of the main pay
range and the minima and maxima of all the other pay ranges and allowances. The STRB
has also recommended advisory pay points on the main pay range and upper pay range.
The department is accepting these recommendations in full.</p><p>This teachers’ pay
award is the largest since 2005 and provides for a substantial above-inflation increase
to the pay ranges for all teachers and leaders and thanks to the flexible performance
based pay system we have, schools can choose to give teachers and leaders a higher
pay rise where this is appropriate to their local context and budget.</p><p>The government
made a commitment to increase starting salaries to £30,000 by 2022/23 in order to
place teaching where it belongs at the top of the graduate labour market. This pay
award takes the first step to delivering this target with a 5.5% increase to starting
salaries worth between £1,341 and £1,677 depending on location.</p>
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