The body tasked with making recommendations on teacher pay must consider evidence on the “impact of pay rises on schools’ budgets”, Gillian Keegan has said.
Issuing the School Teachers’ Review Body with its remit letter for 2024-25, the education secretary also said it was “vital” that it consider the “historic nature” of this year’s 6.5 per cent rise – which came with extra funding.
Issuing the STRB’s remit kick-starts the pay review process each year, but Keegan had been criticised by unions – and even hit with a fresh pay dispute by one over the timing of its issue this year. Last year’s letter was issued on November 17.
In her letter, Keegan asked for “an assessment of the adjustments that should be made to the salary and allowance ranges for classroom teachers, unqualified teachers, and school leaders in 2024-25”.
