On 19 July the government announced ‘landmark rises to teacher salaries’. The long-awaited 32nd report of the School Teacher Review Body (STRB) and the government’s own evidence towards this settlement talked of an aspiration to raise teacher starting salaries to £30,000 by September 2023.
School business professionals had welcomed the government’s evidence to the STRB when it was was published in March. There was a proposed pay structure for a multi-year pay deal, with salaries increasing by 8.9 per cent for a teacher on the first main pay point and larger increases for those on the second to fourth main pay points, as well as a 3 per cent rise for all other pay grades.
