What to do about payrise

[Payrisen]

Today, I took a pack of information to my boss to ask for a pay rise.
It had my salary/role details (point 3 of Payband 5 level) plus:

1. Details of a more junior level role recently advertised (on my pay band - PayBand 5 - though I am now on 3rd point which is £800 higher)
2. Details of a nearly equivalent role recently advertised - but some key/high level responsibilities are not there. Salary advertised PayBand 6 - starting pay £1400 above mine
3. Details of a spot on equivalent role very recently advertised (on PayBand 7 - starting pay £3800 above mine).

I put the neatly prepared pack on her desk and she immediately gave it back to me (not rudely) and explained that she had already raised the issue of a pay rise, it was currently being signed off so to hold fire, so as not to muddy the waters.

A couple of hours later she told me, yep, now on Payband6 as of today.

So I have just got a £1400 payrise - without asking. Obviously feeling valued and appreciated.

But actually, I was aiming for 2,500 - 3,500 payrise. The Payband7 role advertised is 100% a match for responsibility levels. How do I go about asking for this - as it seems really ungrateful to my boss - who went into bat for me. In education (no money).

Should i just wait til I get the paperwork through and then ask for more? Suck it up?

Arghhh. (I know, not a bad dilemma.) Help please.

(Oh and don't want to go for the Payband7 role as love current team/school/my kids are here/it is a breeze of a commute)

Either apply for band 7 role elsewhere and if you get it use it as a bargaining chip or speak to your manager now - before the p/w -about your expectations.

Simpler to raise it now!

I spoke to boss today. With my evidence. I think she is pissed off. I did say I was very grateful. But it does mean she has to go back and talk to people with the budgets. And I also know there are issues with odd banding going on everywhere.

So feel like an ungrateful cow. Trying to think like a man and DH has agreed:

1. If my boss had told me she was going to ask for a pay rise for me, maybe she should have spoken to me first.
2. Other people's messed up pay is not my issue - the powers that be need to sort that out - not my issue
3. I am not about to resign over it. I have asked. If they say no...then so be it...I will rethink my options once the pull of being there are no longer a factor - which is a couple of years time when DC have finished school.

But to be honest, although I feel very urghhhh about having had the discussion (why do we find it so hard!?!) at least I will not have to wonder "what if I had asked for more."