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School leadership pay put under review

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Headteachers have called for school business managers to be recognised on the leadership pay spine.

Education secretary Michael Gove has asked the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) to make recommendations on how to provide a “simplified and flexible framework” for school leaders’ pay.

In a letter to STRB chair, Dame Patricia Hodgson, Mr Gove asked the STRB to advise on a pay framework that is “sufficiently flexible to support a range of leadership models, including leadership of multiple schools”.

Both the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has urged the STRB to include business mangers in its recommendations. The NAHT described the role as “essential” to schools while ASCL said the “anomaly” had to be addressed.

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