General article http://www.education.gov.uk/a00203870/strb-21st-report 2013-06-18T17:32:32 School Teachers' Review Body: 21st report - 2012 and draft STPCD 2013 STRB: 21st report - 2012 and draft STPCD 2013 Information and advice about the implementation of the recommendations of the STRB’s 21st report on teachers' pay. This page also includes the draft 2013 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD). <![CDATA[<p> On 17 April 2013, the Secretary of State issued another<a target="_blank" href="//media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/s/strb remit letter 17 april 2013_001.pdf"> remit letter to the STRB</a>.The Secretary of State has asked the review body to put forward its recommendations on leadership pay, teachers’ non-pay conditions of service, allowances and salary safeguarding. They have been asked to submit their report and recommendations by 10 January 2014.  The Department submitted its <a rubix-type="internal" target="_blank" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evidence-to-the-strb-leadership-pay-non-pay-conditions-of-service-allowances-and-safeguarding">evidence</a> to the STRB on 18 June 2013.</p> <p> The Secretary of State <a target="_blank" href="//media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/l/130515 sos ltr_schools-ocr - final.pdf">wrote a letter</a> to schools on 15 May 2013 following circulation of a NUT/NASUWT pay policy checklist into schools. The Secretary of State enclosed <a target="_blank" href="//media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/n/information for schools on the nut and nasuwt checklist.pdf">information to schools</a> about where he considers the NASUWT/NUT checklist fails to meet statutory requirements.</p> <p> Following the acceptance of the recommendations in the STRB's 21st report of 5 December 2012, the government has now published the <a target="_blank" href="//media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/d/130423 draft 2013 stpcd for website final updated.pdf">draft School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 2013 (STPCD)</a> together with <a rubix-type="internal" target="_blank" href="/aboutdfe/advice/f00224072/review-teacher-pay">departmental advice</a>, which has been produced to assist schools in reviewing and revising their approach to teachers’ pay.</p> <p> The STPCD 2013 will come into effect from 1 September 2013. This version is being issued now to give schools and employers advance notice of the changes to the system that will come into effect so that they can review and revise their pay policies during the summer term. We will be revising the document at a later stage to reflect the outcomes of the STRB’s 22nd remit relating to the 2013 pay award. Following publication of the 22nd report, the department will lay a pay order before Parliament that will give the 2013 STPCD statutory force.</p> <p> Following the publication of the recommendations of the STRB’s 22nd report regarding the application of the 1% pay uplift for 2013, the STPCD 2013 will be updated to reflect the pay award for September 2013 and formally published with statutory force.</p> <p> You can find the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/AllPublicationsNoRsg/Page1/CM%208487">21st report in our publications section</a>. You can read the <a target="_blank" href="//media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/s/secretary of state letter to dame patricia hodgson.pdf">remit letter</a> and the<a target="_blank" href="//media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/g/government response.pdf"> government’s response to the 21st report</a> and find a link to the <a rubix-type="internal" target="_blank" href="/schools/careers/payandpensions/teacherspayandconditionsdocument/a00218073/q-and-a-21st-report-2012">Q&A about the 21st report and STPCD 2013</a> on this page. You can also read a<a target="_blank" href="//media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/t/teacher fact sheet_001.pdf"> fact sheet setting out what this means for teachers</a>. We have also produced a <a target="_blank" href="//media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/n/130514 myths and facts final.pdf">myths and facts document</a> that responds to several issues that have been raised with us in correspondence.</p> <p> The key recommendations in the STRB’s 21st report were:</p> <ul> <li> replacement of increments based on length of service by differentiated progression through the main pay scale to reward excellence and performance improvement</li> <li> extension to all teachers of pay progression linked to annual appraisal (which is already established for more senior teachers). Appraisal should be against a single set of teaching standards, and individual objectives, with a strong emphasis on professional development</li> <li> abolition of mandatory pay points within the pay scales for classroom teachers, to enable individual pay decisions, but with retention at present of points for reference only in the main pay scale, to guide career expectations for entrants to the profession</li> <li> retention of a broad national framework, including the higher pay bands for London and fringe areas and an upper pay scale as a career path for experienced teachers who make a wider contribution to the school</li> <li> replacement of the unnecessarily detailed threshold test for progression from the main to the upper pay scale, with simple criteria based on one set of teacher standards. This will create a consistent progression path from graduate entry to the top of the upper pay scale and allow schools to promote the best teachers more rapidly</li> <li> local flexibility for schools to create posts paying salaries above the upper pay scale, enabling some of the very best teachers to remain in the classroom and lead the improvement of teaching skills</li> <li> more discretion for schools in the use of allowances for recruitment and retention and freedom to pay fixed-term responsibility allowances of up to £2,500 a year for time-limited projects</li> <li> reinforcement of the responsibility of headteachers to manage staff and resources and of governing bodies to hold school leaders to account for managing and rewarding the performance of teachers in the interests of pupils</li> <li> on the basis of the above, a much simplified School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document, including a brief guide to the national framework and the flexibilities open to schools</li> </ul> <p> The Secretary of State invited consultees who contributed to the STRB process to comment on the STRB's report and the proposed government response by 4 January 2013. He then considered consultees' comments prior to confirming the government's response in a letter to the Chair of the STRB.</p> <p> On 17 January 2013 the Secretary of State issued a further <a target="_blank" href="//media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/r/130117 strb remit ltr jan13.pdf">remit letter to the STRB</a> regarding the application of the 1% pay uplift for 2013. The Department submitted its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationDetail/Page1/DFE-00019-2013">evidence</a> to the STRB on Monday, 18 February.</p> ]]> false Bursar Governor Headteacher Local authority Newly qualified teacher Teacher Department for Education English National Archive

External link http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120502162528/http://education.gov.uk/schools/careers/payandpensions/strb School Teachers' Review Body - 21st Report 2012

External link https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/AllPublicationsNoRsg/Page1/CM%208487 Evidence to the STRB the 2013 pay award

External link https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationDetail/Page1/DFE-00019-2013 New - Information to schools on the NUT and NASUWT's pay policy checklist

PDF, 30 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/n/information for schools on the nut and nasuwt checklist.pdf Letter to schools re NUT/NASUWT checklist

PDF, 56 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/l/130515 sos ltr_schools-ocr - final.pdf Draft 2013 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD)

PDF, 1,006 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/d/130423 draft 2013 stpcd for website final updated.pdf Drafft Dogfen Cyflog ac Amodau Athrawon Ysgol 2013 a Chanllawiau i Gyflog ac Amodau Athrawon Ysgol

Draft 2013 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) - Welsh version

PDF, 990 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/d/130517 draft 2013 stpcd welsh translation for website final.pdf Government response to the STRB's 21st report

PDF, 230 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/g/government response.pdf Secretary of State letter to Dame Patricia Hodgson

21 February 2012.

PDF, 774 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/s/secretary of state letter to dame patricia hodgson.pdf Evidence to the STRB: The case for change

The Secretary of State's evidence to the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB) on 16 May 2012.

PDF, 1 Mb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/e/evidence to the strb the case for change.pdf Teacher pay fact sheet

PDF, 147 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/t/teacher fact sheet_001.pdf Letter to Dame Patricia Hodgson

Letter confirming the Government’s response to the STRB’s Twenty-First Report.

PDF, 220 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/l/130115 dame hodgson ltr re acceptance.pdf Remit letter - 17 January 2013

Information about the Secretary of State’s remit to the STRB regarding the application of the 1 per cent pay uplift for 2013.

PDF, 82 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/r/130117 strb remit ltr jan13.pdf New arrangements for the STRB - Common myths

PDF, 33 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/n/130514 myths and facts final.pdf STRB remit letter - 17 April 2013

PDF, 127 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/s/strb remit letter 17 april 2013_001.pdf Model Pay Policy 2013

Word 2007 / Office Open XML, 60 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/docx/m/model pay policy 2013.docx Polisi Cyflog Enghreifftiol (Model Pay Policy) 2013

Word 2007 / Office Open XML, 59 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/docx/p/polisi cyflog enghreifftiol model pay policy 2013.docx Information to schools re NASUWTNUT checklist - welsh version

Cyngor i ysgolion ar restr wirio polisi cyflog Undeb Cenedlaethol yr Athrawon (NUT) a Chymdeithas Genedlaethol yr Ysgolfeistri ac Undeb yr Athrawesau (NASUWT)

PDF, 158 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/i/130517 advice to schools on the nut and nasuwt_welsh.pdf Cyflog Athrawon

Welsh version of letter sent to schools.

PDF, 9 Kb //media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/c/130517 txt of sos ltr to schools_nasuwt_nut checklist welsh.pdf

209099 Reforming teachers’ pay: government sets out case

Details on the case put by Michael Gove for reform of teachers' pay.

Press notice http://www.education.gov.uk/a00209099/government-sets-out-case-for-reforming-teachers-pay

218079 All schools to get freedom to pay good teachers more

Details on recommendations made by the School Teachers' Review Body regarding performance-related pay.

Press notice http://www.education.gov.uk/a00218079/all-schools-to-get-freedom-to-pay-good-teachers-more

218073 Q&A about the draft STPCD 2013 and STRB's 21st report 2012

Questions and answers about the School Teacher's Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) 2013 and the School Teachers' Review Body's (STRB's) 21st report 2012.

FAQ http://www.education.gov.uk/a00218073/q-and-a-21st-report-2012

212386 How teachers’ pay is determined and reviewed

Information about what mechanisms are in place to review teachers' pay and how often this is done.

General article http://www.education.gov.uk/a00212386/teachers'-pay-reviewed

224072 Departmental advice on reviewing and revising your school’s approach to teachers’ pay

Departmental advice set out to help schools to review and revise teachers pay in relation to the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) 2013.

Departmental advice http://www.education.gov.uk/f00224072/review-teacher-pay

225963 Evidence to the STRB: leadership pay, non-pay conditions of service allowances and safeguarding

http://www.education.gov.uk/a00225963/evidence-to-the-strb-leadership-pay-non-pay-conditions-of-service-allowances-and-safeguarding