Inflationary Pay Rise

[GinJeanie]

Just checking - are teachers/support staff getting any inflationary increase in pay this year or are we frozen? Just freaking out about my potential fuel bills and trying to balance the household books. Many thanks

Pay rises are announced in September, there was nothing September 21 except moving up spinal points, if not already at top of grade

@Takeachance18 - thank you

Nothing for most of us sadly - I've been worrying about the same thing too. I think there was a one off payment for those low down on the pay scale though.

Just looked this up. It seems that teachers earning under £24000 got a pay award of £250.

I thought something was happening in April?

The pay review body that recommend increase payable from September (ie. 2022) have just received their remit.

In short their task as set by the government is to raise (over several years) the starting salary (M1) to £30k and flatten the pay structure. Oh, and to do this whilst maintaining "affordability" - so no doubt the overall wage bill won't exceed inflation, imo!

Teachers pay and support staff pay are calculated very differently, so it depends if you are a teacher or support staff.

If you're a teacher, everything above 25k is frozen for 21/22 academic year. Teachers eligible to move up a scale point as part of the performance management process would have done so from Sept 21.

If you're support staff, most schools follow the National Joint Council (NJC) terms & conditions. The unions are still negotiating an inflationary rise to all scale points, which, if agreed will be backdated to April 21. The latest figure they rejected was 1.75%, and I believe they are now balloting members on strike action.