Are teacher pay rise recommendations compulsary for local authority schools?

[PurpleFlower1983]

Hi everyone,

I’m a primary teacher on UPS2 on the pay scale and I was just looking for advice from anyone in the know. The government recommended a 2% pay increase this time for teachers on the upper scale but myself and my colleagues are all being paid on the previous year’s rate. I was under the impression that the government were finding at least 1% of this so assumed there would be a small rise if not the full amount.

Is anyone in the know about this?

[PurpleFlower1983]

OMG *compulsory!!

[user1471456408]

It will depend on the pay policy your governors adopt - ours have agreed to add the increase to each pay point, however I think it only has to be to the lower and upper limits of mps/ups. At our school we won’t get the rise until after the pay committee meet (which is in the next couple of weeks), it’ll then be back dated to September.

[PurpleFlower1983]

Ahh ok, thanks, I was looking at the government document that I assumed was statutory that suggested the UPS should fall between two limits. Obviously mine would fall within the guidelines but my colleagues on UPS1 are currently not getting the minimum.

[user1471456408]

I’d ask someone at school, but hopefully you’ll all get the pay rise back dated at the end of November.

[PurpleFlower1983]

Thank you both.

[husbandbloodyhusband]

A lot of LAs have only just signed off on it. You should get it at the end of October or November and it will be back-dates to September.