Explanatory note

This Order refers to a document entitled “School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 1991” published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, which is obtainable from Government book shops and through booksellers. The Order directs that the provisions set out in the Document shall have effect as regards the rates of London Area allowances and the Inner London Area supplement set out in paragraph 18, from 1st July 1990; as regards the first set of the following provisions, from 1st April 1991 and as regards the second set, from 1st December 1991:–

• the head and deputy head teachers' pay spine and ranges set out in paragraphs 4and 5; the standard scale for qualified teachers set out in paragraph 6(1) and (2); the salary or scale and allowances for unqualified teachers set out in paragraphs 8(1), 9 and 10; and the allowances payable to teachers of blind and deaf children set out in paragraph 16;

as regards the discretion to disregard the number of head teachers and deputy head teachers in ordinary schools in Group 1 set out in paragraph 5(2) of Appendix I in calculating limits relating to incentive allowances, from 1st August 1991; as regards the discretionary scale points set out in paragraph 6(3) and (4), from 1st September 1991; as regards the increases in incentive allowances set out in paragraph 7(1), from 1st December 1991; as regards all other provisions relating to remuneration, from 1st April 1991; and as regards all other provisions, from the date on which the Order comes into force.

The Order applies to all school teachers (as defined in section 7(1) of the Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1987, amended to include teachers in grant-maintained schools by paragraph 39 of Schedule 12 to the Education Reform Act 1988). By virtue of section 3(5)(a) and (6)(a) of the Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1987, the remuneration of teachers to whom the Order applies is to be determined by local education authorities, or in the case of grant-maintained schools or schools with a delegated budget by the governing body, in accordance with the scales and other provisions set out in the Document; by virtue of section 3(6)(b) of that Act the provisions of the Document relating to other conditions of employment have effect as terms of the contracts of employment of teachers to whom the Order applies.

The Order does not contain a statement that it gives effect without any material modification to recommendations of the Interim Advisory Committee on School Teachers' Pay and Conditions and consequently, under section 3(2) of the said Act of 1987, a draft of the Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

The retrospective effect of the Order as regards remuneration is authorised by section 3(5)(f) of the said Act of 1987.

The Order revokes the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 1990.