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Rises in private school fees outstrip staff pay increases

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Increases in independent school fees continue to outstrip pay rises for staff, according to research by one education union.

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) also claims that many of these teachers are working up to 60 hours a week.

Its survey of 1,243 teaching staff working in independent schools found that 81 per cent are due to receive a below-inflation pay rise this academic year. Its calculations are based on an RPI inflation rate of 2.3 per cent.

The figure includes: 26.5 per cent who say they received a between 1.1 and 2 per cent rise this year, 32.6 per cent who got exactly 1 per cent, 4.8 per cent who got a less than one per cent rise, and 16.8 per cent who got nothing.

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