Teachers’ 2024/25 pay award in England

The independent School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) has recommended a pay award of 5.5% to uplift the pay and allowances for teachers in England from 1 September 2024.

The government has accepted the recommendations of the pay review body and has also announced a package of additional funding for schools to help them meet the extra costs of the pay award.

A process of statutory consultation is now taking place on the government’s response to the STRB Report, which is expected to conclude in October 2024.

It is therefore likely that the pay award will not be fully implemented until October 2024 at the earliest. However, the pay award will be backdated to September 2024.

Following the success of NASUWT’s Better Deal for Teachers campaign, the new Government has also confirmed other workload reduction measures in a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament, including its decision to:

  1. scrap the requirement for performance-related pay (PRP) in schools;

  2. reaffirm in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) that a teacher’s planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time may be undertaken at home at the discretion of the teacher.

The system of PRP introduced by the previous government was discriminatory, divisive and deeply damaging to teacher morale and collegiate working in schools.

It is high time that PRP is consigned to the dustbin of history. It is also important that employers respect and trust the professionalism of our teachers and that action is taken to end the culture of micromanagement, overbearing monitoring and surveillance, and presenteeism.

Dr Patrick Roach, NASUWT General Secretary, met with the Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson, to discuss moving forward in social partnership with the Government to restore the status and competitiveness of teaching and to end the recruitment and retention crisis.

NASUWT proposals for a national workforce plan and to establish a national commission on teachers’ pay have already been welcomed by ministers.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has outlined that there are huge pressures on the public finances. It is clear that the government will need to take action in the autumn with regard to the public finances and funding for public services.

Nevertheless, and in marked contrast to the previous government, it is highly significant and important that the new government has chosen to invest in teachers at this challenging time.

The above-inflation announcement for teachers in England represents an important start in the process of repairing the damage of the last 14 years, but it is not yet job done. 

NASUWT will be working over the summer and into the autumn to take forward the Union’s agenda on social partnership to unlock a New Deal for Teachers and for children’s education.

Teachers’ pay in 2024/2025

The tables produced on our Pay Scales (England) page are provisional. The government is currently in the process of undertaking a statutory consultation on school teachers’ pay and conditions, which will conclude on 7 October 2024.

Upon conclusion of the consultation process, it is expected that the STRB’s recommendation for a 5.5% uplift to teachers’ salaries and allowances, which has been accepted by the government, will be implemented.

Once the 5.5% pay uplift has been formally implemented, NASUWT will inform members and publish the updated salary cards on the Union’s website.

Members should note that whilst the Union does not expect any of the provisional salary and allowances amounts to change, NASUWT cannot guarantee that amendments will not be made.

The Union will confirm with members the final salary scales upon conclusion of the statutory consultation on 7 October 2024.

The NASUWT’s evidence to the STRB and the STRB’s 33rd Report are available on the right/below.

Press releases/news in England

 


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