Teachers and school leaders have welcomed the decision to award a one per cent pay increase across the board as the best that they could have expected.
In a ministerial statement, education secretary Michael Gove said he will accept, in full, recommendations from the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) that pay rates should be increased by one per cent from September 2013. The decision is subject to a four-week consultation.
The STRB’s proposed rise applies to all elements of pay on the teaching and leadership pay scales, as well as for individual allowances.
Public sector pay has been frozen for two years, except for those earning £21,000 or less, and the government has now set out a policy of a one per cent average rise.
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