Due to the government’s full acceptance of the compensation proposals made by the independent School Teachers’ Review Body for the upcoming academic year, teachers nationwide will start seeing pay rises of between 5 and 8.9 percent in September.
Outside of London, teachers’ beginning pay will increase by 8.9%, reaching £28,000 in the academic year 2022–2023.
This indicates that the Government is on track to fulfil its campaign pledge to raise the starting salary for teachers to £30,000. Beginning in September, a new teacher will receive more than £2,000 than they did this year.
The competitive new beginning pay will assist the teaching profession gain more respect by luring top personnel.
Significant raises of between 5% and 8%, depending on experience, will also assist those who are just starting their professions.
In the upcoming academic year, pay for teachers with more than five years of experience will increase by 5%, up from the government’s initial request of 3%, which was made in acknowledgement of the overall economic climate and the STRB’s recommendations.
The increase equates to a nearly £2,100 increase in the average wage for this year, which is £42,400.
James Cleverly, the education secretary, remarked
Our educational system depends on teachers, whose commitment and expertise guarantee that students graduate from school with the skills and opportunities they need to succeed in life.
Despite the current economic difficulties, we are delivering huge pay rises for all teachers. Starting salaries for teachers are now approaching the £30,000 mark, and experienced teachers are receiving the largest pay increases in a generation.
This will help to recognise instructors for their efforts and draw in even more talent of the highest calibre to inspire children and young people.
The government is working to place excellent teachers in every classroom nationwide so that every child receives the education and opportunities they deserve, regardless of where they live.
This pay award is one step in that direction, along with a suite of high-quality, free training courses for teachers.
In order to boost recruiting and retention efforts, the government is focusing on early career teacher pay with the biggest percentage increases.
Pay increases for those in their first five years of employment will range from 5% to 8.9%, assisting teachers on the lowest salaries who are most affected by cost of living pressures.
This year’s compensation decisions strike a careful balance between recognising the critical role played by public sector employees, providing value to the taxpayer, and managing the broader economic environment.
The experienced teachers’ wage increase of 5% is meant to be a sensible response to helping instructors with living expenses and good fiscal management of school budgets.
In contrast, double digit wage increases for public sector employees would result in consistently higher inflation rates.
In the long run, this would have a much greater effect on people’s real earnings than the proportionate and balanced pay increases suggested by the current independent Pay Review Bodies.
Instead of the two years that were originally proposed, the Government has determined that it is fair to confirm teachers’ salaries for the upcoming academic year alone.
The pay setting process for 2023–2024 will then proceed as usual.
As usual, academies are free to determine their own wage practises.
The wage increases coincide with the release of preliminary school funding statistics today for the 2023–24 fiscal year, which show that the core schools budget will increase by £1.5 billion.
This additional funding adds to the £4 billion increase from this year, which has already benefited schools.
Accordingly, primary school students will get an average of £5,023 and secondary school students would receive an average of £6,473 during the 2023–24 fiscal year.
The financing through the schools NFF will be 7.9 percent greater per pupil in 2023–2024 compared to 2021–2022 when the funding increases from this year are added together.