Lecturers
Principal Lecturers
Heads of Department
Management
Part-time hourly paid teachers
Deane Agreement
Lecturers
| Scale Points | Rate as at 1st Sept 2023 | Rate as at 1st Sept 2024 | Rate as at 1st Sept 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £30,000 | £31,650 | £32,600 |
| 2 | £31,530 | £33,264 | £34,262 |
| 3 | £34,088 | £35,963 | £37,042 |
| 4 | £36,836 | £38,862 | £40,028 |
| 5 | £39,495 | £41,667 | £42,917 |
| Threshold* | £3,067 | £3,236 | £3,333 |
| Deane** | £1,596 | £1,684 | £1,735 |
* Threshold payment carried from lecturer scale, if applicable. Threshold payment carried or newly acquired on the lecturer scale.
** The Deane payment is detailed below. This payment relates to staff who have been on threshold for two years or more.
Note: Pay award applied and the new rates then rounded to the nearest £1.
Principal Lecturers
| College size group | Scale | Range of Points on Scale 2023 | Range of Points on Scale 2024 | Range of Points on Scale 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E3 and Higher - 5 and 6 | 5 | £52,361 - £56,838 | £55,241 - £59,964 | £56,898 - £61,763 |
| 6 | £53,863 - £58,343 | £56,825 - £61,552 | £58,530 - £63,339 |
Note: These scales do not show the £3,236 (September 2024) or £3,333 (September 2025) payments for lecturers on the principal lecturer scale who apply for and are awarded a threshold payment or who have carried such payment from another scale.
Heads of Department
| College size group | Scale | Range of points on scale 2023 | Range of points on scale 2024 | Range of points on scale 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | £55,339 - £59,829 | £58,383 - £63,120 | £60,134 - £65,014 | |
| 14 | £56,838 - £61,330 | £59,964 - £64,703 | £61,763 - £66,644 | |
| 15 | £58,343 - £62,817 | £61,552 - £66,272 | £63,399 - £68,260 | |
| FG16 - FG21 | 16 | £59,829 - £64,296 | £63,120 - £67,832 | £65,014 - £69,867 |
| 17 | £61,330 - £65,802 | £64,703 - £69,421 | £66,644 - £71,504 | |
| 18 | £62,817 - £67,301 | £66,272 - £71,003 | £68,260 - £73,133 | |
| 19 | £64,296 - £68,796 | £67,832 - £72,580 | £69,867 - £74,757 | |
| 20 | £65,802 - £70,294 | £69,421 - £74,160 | £71,504 - £76,385 | |
| 21 | £67,301 - £71,775 | £71,003 - £75,723 | £73,133 - £77,995 |
Note: These scales do not show the £3,236 (September 2024) or £3,333 (September 2025) payments for lecturers on the principal lecturer scale who apply for and are awarded a threshold payment or who have carried such payment from another scale.
Management
| Management spine point | Salary 2023 | Salary 2024 | Salary 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £39,606 | £41,784 | £43,038 |
| 2 | £40,874 | £43,122 | £44,416 |
| 3 | £42,137 | £44,455 | £45,789 |
| 4 | £43,395 | £45,782 | £47,155 |
| 5 | £44,667 | £47,124 | £48,538 |
| 6 | £45,924 | £48,450 | £49,904 |
| 7 | £47,185 | £49,780 | £51,273 |
| 8 | £48,452 | £51,117 | £52,651 |
| 9 | £49,724 | £52,459 | £54,033 |
| 10 | £50,980 | £53,784 | £55,398 |
| 11 | £52,361 | £55,241 | £56,898 |
| 12 | £53,863 | £56,825 | £58,530 |
| 13 | £55,339 | £58,383 | £60,134 |
| 14 | £56,838 | £59,964 | £61,763 |
| 15 | £58,343 | £61,552 | £63,399 |
| 16 | £59,829 | £63,120 | £65,014 |
| 17 | £61,330 | £64,703 | £66,644 |
| 18 | £62,817 | £66,272 | £68,260 |
| 19 | £64,296 | £67,832 | £69,867 |
| 20 | £65,802 | £69,421 | £71,504 |
| 21 | £67,301 | £71,003 | £73,133 |
| 22 | £68,796 | £72,580 | £74,757 |
| 23 | £70,294 | £74,160 | £76,385 |
| 24 | £71,775 | £75,723 | £77,995 |
| 25 | £73,277 | £77,307 | £79,626 |
| 26 | £74,762 | £78,874 | £81,240 |
| 27 | £76,265 | £80,460 | £82,874 |
| 28 | £77,743 | £82,019 | £84,480 |
| 29 | £79,251 | £83,610 | £86,118 |
| 30 | £80,742 | £85,183 | £87,738 |
| 31 | £82,225 | £86,747 | £89,349 |
| 32 | £83,731 | £88,336 | £90,986 |
| 33 | £85,220 | £89,907 | £92,604 |
| 34 | £86,721 | £91,491 | £94,236 |
| 35 | £88,194 | £93,045 | £95,836 |
| 36 | £89,697 | £94,630 | £97,469 |
Note: These scales do not show the £3,236 (September 2024) or £3,333 (September 2025) payments for lecturers on the principal lecturer scale who apply for and are awarded a threshold payment or who have carried such payment from another scale.
Part-time hourly paid teachers
| Category | Standard of courses | Rate per hour 2023 | Rate per hour 2024 | Rate per hour 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| II/III | Courses above National Certificate or equivalent standard leading directly to a university degree or equivalent qualification and courses of equivalent standard but not necessarily leading to a university degree or equivalent qualification | £40.53 | £42.76 | £44.04 |
| IV | Courses above the level of the General Certificate of Secondary Education or comparable level leading directly to the National Certificate, or courses or parts of courses of a comparable standard | £34.72 | £36.63 | £37.73 |
| V | Courses other than those described above | £25.68 | £27.09 | £27.91 |
Deane Agreement
1 September 2024
All lecturers who have been on the threshold pay point for at least two years (at 1 September 2024) will receive a further award of £1,684 from 1 September 2024. This award will be consolidated and pensionable.
All lecturers who move on to the threshold point (at 1 September 2024) will receive a further award of £1,684 (or the relevant figure at that point in time) on completion of two years’ service on the threshold pay point.
1 September 2025
All lecturers who have been on the threshold pay point for at least two years (at 1 September 2025) will receive a further award of £1,735 from 1 September 2025. This award will be consolidated and pensionable.
All lecturers who move on to the threshold point (at 1 September 2025) will receive a further award of £1735 (or the relevant figure at that point in time) on completion of two years’ service on the threshold pay point.
Responsibility allowances
Under the Deane Agreement, it was agreed that a system of responsibility allowances could be introduced on a college-by-college basis, concurrent with the phasing out of the Senior Lecturer grade. Allowances are permanent or flexible. The permanent allowances are pensionable and consolidated, whilst the flexible allowances are non-consolidated. One responsibility allowance will be valued at £2,016 from 1 September 2024 and £2,076 from 1 September 2025.
Reorganisation allowance
Where a lecturer in a further education college is in receipt of a reorganisation allowance in accordance with the provisions of Department of Education Circular 1996/1, the value of that allowance should be uplifted by 5.5% from 1 September 2024 and 3% from 1 September 2025.
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