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The Government has implemented a pay freeze for all qualified teachers in England and the 2021/22 qualified teacher pay scales are identical to the 2020/21 pay scales for this reason.

The Government’s teachers’ pay freeze is completely unacceptable to the NASUWT and the Union is campaigning and organising against it. Materials relating to the NASUWT campaign on teachers’ pay are available on our England Pay Award page.

Some unqualified teachers have received a pay increase for 2021/22 and the NASUWT’s unqualified teacher pay scales have been updated below.

The following salary scales apply in Inner London, Outer London and the Fringe in England. These areas are defined by the DfE and can be found in the STPCD under Annex 2: Interpretation.

Qualified Teachers
Teaching and Learning Responsibilities
Special Educational Needs Allowances
Lead Practitioners
Unqualified Teachers
Leadership Group
Ranges for Headteachers

Qualified Teachers in the Fringe

Spine point	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
Main Pay Range
Min M1	£26,948	£26,948
M2	£28,828	£28,828
M3	£30,883	£30,883
M4	£32,999	£32,999
M5	£35,307	£35,307
Max M6	£38,174	£38,174
Upper Pay Range
Min U1	£39,864	£39,864
U2	£41,295	£41,295
Max U3	£42,780	£42,780

 Qualified Teachers in Outer London

Spine point	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
Main Pay Range
Min M1	£29,915	£29,915
M2	£31,604	£31,604
M3	£33,383	£33,383
M4	£35,264	£35,264
M5	£38,052	£38,052
Max M6	£41,136	£41,136
Upper Pay Range
Min U1	£42,559	£42,559
U2	£44,133	£44,133
Max U3	£45,766	£45,766

 Qualified Teachers in Inner London

Spine point	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
Main Pay Range
Min M1	£32,157	£32,157
M2	£33,658	£33,658
M3	£35,226	£35,226
M4	£36,866	£36,866
M5	£39,492	£39,492
Max M6	£42,624	£42,624
Upper Pay Range
Min U1	£46,971	£46,971
U2	£49,279	£49,279
Max U3	£50,935	£50,935

Teaching and Learning Responsibilities (TLRs)

Payment 1 (TLR1)	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
Minimum Maximum	£8,291 £14,030	£8,291 £14,030
Payment 2 (TLR2)	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
Minimum Maximum	£2,873 £7,017	£2,873 £7,017
Payment 3 (TLR) (Fixed Term)	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
Minimum Maximum	£571 £2,833	£571 £2,833

The NASUWT recommends that if the relevant body awards TLRs of different annual values to two or more teachers, the minimum difference in the annual value between each award of a TLR1 is £1,500 and between each award of a TLR2 is £1,500.

Special Educational Needs Allowances

	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
SEN (Min) SEN (Max)	£2,270 £4,479	£2,270 £4,479

Lead Practitioners Pay Range in the Fringe

Spine point	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
Min L1	£43,570	£43,570
L2	£44,634	£44,634
L3	£45,719	£45,719
L4	£46,833	£46,833
L5	£47,971	£47,971
L6	£49,143	£49,143
L7	£50,436	£50,436
L8	£51,567	£51,567
L9	£52,828	£52,828
L10	£54,153	£54,153
L11	£55,527	£55,527
L12	£56,785	£56,785
L13	£58,175	£58,175
L14	£59,593	£59,593
L15	£61,042	£61,042
L16	£62,640	£62,640
L17	£64,059	£64,059
Max L18	£65,631	£65,631

Lead Practitioners Pay Range in Outer London

Spine point	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
Min L1	£45,766	£45,766
L2	£46,830	£46,830
L3	£47,911	£47,911
L4	£49,026	£49,026
L5	£50,164	£50,164
L6	£51,333	£51,333
L7	£52,628	£52,628
L8	£53,763	£53,763
L9	£55,019	£55,019
L10	£56,349	£56,349
L11	£57,718	£57,718
L12	£58,978	£58,978
L13	£60,370	£60,370
L14	£61,782	£61,782
L15	£63,236	£63,236
L16	£64,832	£64,832
L17	£66,245	£66,245
Max L18	£67,828	£67,828

Lead Practitioners Pay Range in Inner London

Spine point	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
Min L1	£50,415	£50,415
L2	£51,480	£51,480
L3	£52,570	£52,570
L4	£53,677	£53,677
L5	£54,821	£54,821
L6	£55,989	£55,989
L7	£57,285	£57,285
L8	£58,418	£58,418
L9	£59,673	£59,673
L10	£60,999	£60,999
L11	£62,372	£62,372
L12	£63,630	£63,630
L13	£65,019	£65,019
L14	£66,439	£66,439
L15	£67,888	£67,888
L16	£69,486	£69,486
L17	£70,899	£70,899
Max L18	£72,480	£72,480

Unqualified Teachers Pay Range in the Fringe

Scale point	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
Min 1	£19,363	£19,613
2	£21,473	£21,723
3	£23,587	£23,837
4	£25,699	£25,699
5	£27,812	£27,812
Max 6	£29,924	£29,924

Unqualified Teachers Pay Range in Outer London

Scale point	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
Min 1	£21,582	£21,832
2	£23,696	£23,946
3	£25,809	£26,059
4	£27,926	£27,926
5	£30,037	£30,037
Max 6	£32,151	£32,151

Unqualified Teachers Pay Range in Inner London

Scale point	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
Min 1	£22,849	£23,099
2	£24,962	£25,212
3	£27,075	£27,325
4	£29,187	£29,187
5	£31,298	£31,298
Max 6	£33,410	£33,410

Leadership Group Pay Range for the Fringe

Spine point	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
L1	£43,356	£43,356
L2	£44,415	£44,415
L3	£45,495	£45,495
L4	£46,604	£46,604
L5	£47,737	£47,737
L6	£48,901	£48,901
L7	£50,190	£50,190
L8	£51,314	£51,314
L9	£52,568	£52,568
L10	£53,888	£53,888
L11	£55,254	£55,254
L12	£56,506	£56,506
L13	£57,890	£57,890
L14	£59,302	£59,302
L15	£60,744	£60,744
L16	£62,333	£62,333
L17	£63,746	£63,746
L18	£65,310	£65,310
L19	£66,900	£66,900
L20	£68,536	£68,536
L21	£70,204	£70,204
L22	£71,914	£71,914
L23	£73,661	£73,661
L24	£75,466	£75,466
L25	£77,307	£77,307
L26	£79,195	£79,195
L27	£81,124	£81,124
L28	£83,105	£83,105
L29	£85,139	£85,139
L30	£87,221	£87,221
L31	£89,357	£89,357
L32	£91,549	£91,549
L33	£93,795	£93,795
L34	£96,083	£96,083
L35	£98,443	£98,443
L36	£100,848	£100,848
L37	£103,327	£103,327
L38	£105,855	£105,855
L39	£108,402	£108,402
L40	£111,086	£111,086
L41	£113,828	£113,828
L42	£116,653	£116,653
L43	£118,356	£118,356

Leadership Group Pay Range for Outer London

Spine point	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
L1	£45,542	£45,542
L2	£46,601	£46,601
L3	£47,676	£47,676
L4	£48,785	£48,785
L5	£49,919	£49,919
L6	£51,082	£51,082
L7	£52,371	£52,371
L8	£53,499	£53,499
L9	£54,750	£54,750
L10	£56,072	£56,072
L11	£57,436	£57,436
L12	£58,688	£58,688
L13	£60,073	£60,073
L14	£61,479	£61,479
L15	£62,926	£62,926
L16	£64,514	£64,514
L17	£65,921	£65,921
L18	£67,496	£67,496
L19	£69,087	£69,087
L20	£70,713	£70,713
L21	£72,383	£72,383
L22	£74,090	£74,090
L23	£75,842	£75,842
L24	£77,643	£77,643
L25	£79,489	£79,489
L26	£81,372	£81,372
L27	£83,305	£83,305
L28	£85,290	£85,290
L29	£87,316	£87,316
L30	£89,406	£89,406
L31	£91,539	£91,539
L32	£93,724	£93,724
L33	£95,975	£95,975
L34	£98,263	£98,263
L35	£100,620	£100,620
L36	£103,026	£103,026
L37	£105,509	£105,509
L38	£108,037	£108,037
L39	£110,584	£110,584
L40	£113,266	£113,266
L41	£116,010	£116,010
L42	£118,828	£118,828
L43	£120,513	£120,513

Leadership Group Pay Range for Inner London

Spine point	1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
L1	£50,167	£50,167
L2	£51,229	£51,229
L3	£52,313	£52,313
L4	£53,414	£53,414
L5	£54,552	£54,552
L6	£55,715	£55,715
L7	£57,003	£57,003
L8	£58,132	£58,132
L9	£59,380	£59,380
L10	£60,701	£60,701
L11	£62,066	£62,066
L12	£63,319	£63,319
L13	£64,700	£64,700
L14	£66,114	£66,114
L15	£67,556	£67,556
L16	£69,146	£69,146
L17	£70,552	£70,552
L18	£72,125	£72,125
L19	£73,715	£73,715
L20	£75,345	£75,345
L21	£77,011	£77,011
L22	£78,725	£78,725
L23	£80,472	£80,472
L24	£82,277	£82,277
L25	£84,119	£84,119
L26	£86,001	£86,001
L27	£87,933	£87,933
L28	£89,919	£89,919
L29	£91,953	£91,953
L30	£94,039	£94,039
L31	£96,168	£96,168
L32	£98,355	£98,355
L33	£100,604	£100,604
L34	£102,894	£102,894
L35	£105,253	£105,253
L36	£107,658	£107,658
L37	£110,142	£110,142
L38	£112,664	£112,664
L39	£115,215	£115,215
L40	£117,898	£117,898
L41	£120,645	£120,645
L42	£123,461	£123,461
L43	£125,098	£125,098

 

Ranges for Headteachers in the Fringe

Group	Range of spine points	Salary range 1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	Salary range 1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
1	L6-L18	£48,901 - £64,663	£48,901 - £64,663
2	L8-L21	£51,314 - £69,509	£51,314 - £69,509
3	L11-L24	£55,254 - £74,718	£55,254 - £74,718
4	L14-L27	£59,302 - £80,320	£59,302 - £80,320
5	L18-L31	£65,310 - £88,472	£65,310 - £88,472
6	L21-L35	£70,204 - £97,468	£70,204 - £97,468
7	L24-L39	£75,466 - £107,328	£75,466 - £107,328
8	L28-L43	£83,105 - £118,356	£83,105 - £118,356

Ranges for Headteachers in Outer London

Group	Range of spine points	Salary range 1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	Salary range 1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
1	L6-L18	£51,082 - £66,827	£51,082 - £66,827
2	L8-L21	£53,499 - £71,666	£53,499 - £71,666
3	L11-L24	£57,436 - £76,874	£57,436 - £76,874
4	L14-L27	£61,479 - £82,480	£61,479 - £82,480
5	L18-L31	£67,496 - £90,632	£67,496 - £90,632
6	L21-L35	£72,383 - £99,624	£72,383 - £99,624
7	L24-L39	£77,643 - £109,489	£77,643 - £109,489
8	L28-L43	£85,290 - £120,513	£85,290 - £120,513

Ranges for Headteachers in Inner London

Group	Range of spine points	Salary range 1 Sept 2020 to 31 Aug 2021	Salary range 1 Sept 2021 to 31 Aug 2022
1	L6-L18	£55,715 - £71,411	£55,715 - £71,411
2	L8-L21	£58,132 - £76,249	£58,132 - £76,249
3	L11-L24	£62,066 - £81,461	£62,066 - £81,461
4	L14-L27	£66,114 - £87,062	£66,114 - £87,062
5	L18-L31	£72,125 - £95,216	£72,125 - £95,216
6	L21-L35	£77,011 - £104,211	£77,011 - £104,211
7	L24-L39	£82,277 - £114,074	£82,277 - £114,074
8	L28-L43	£89,919 - £125,098	£89,919 - £125,098

The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) recommended that no pay uplift be applied to the maximum values on the Leadership Group Pay Range (LGPR) or to maximum values on any of the eight head teacher group pay ranges in 2015.

This restriction was applied to the maximum of each the eight head teacher group pay ranges only. It does not apply where a head/deputy/assistant head teacher is not earning the maximum on a head teacher group pay range, but is placed on one of the corresponding points on the LGPR - L18, L21, L24, L27, L31, L35 or L39, which have all increased by 1% in each year between 2014 and 2017, by 1.5% in 2018, by 2.75% in 2019, and by 2.75% in 2020.

The NASUWT salary scales are completely consistent with the DfE's national advisory pay points.

 

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