The Education (School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions) Order 1997
S.I. 1997/755 · Made 13 March 1997
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 13th March 1997
Laid before Parliament 14th March 1997
Coming into force 4th April 1997
Whereas the review body appointed under section 1(1) of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Act 1991f1 (“the Act”) have made a report following the reference to them of certain matters;
And whereas the Secretary of State has consulted, in accordance with section 2(1) and (2) of the Act, such associations of local education authorities, such bodies representing the interests of governors of voluntary, grant-maintained and grant-maintained special schools and such bodies representing school teachers as appeared to her to be concerned;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1), (3) and (4) and 5(4) of the Act hereby makes the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1991 c. 49. The provisions of the Act extend to grant-maintained special schools by virtue of S.I. 1994/653.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Application
- 3School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 4th April 1997.
2Application
This Order applies to school teachers (as defined in section 5(1) and (2) of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Act 1991) in England and Wales.
3School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions
The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 1996f1 shall be amended with effect from 1st April 1997 as follows:
in paragraph 4.1(a), for the words “A head teacher or deputy head teacher shall, until 30th November 1996,” there shall be substituted the words “During the period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997 a head teacher or deputy head teacher shall”;
in paragraph 4.1(b), for the words “From 1st December 1996” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st December 1997”;
the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.3—
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Pay Spine A—1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997
Spine point Annual salary £ 1 25,056 2 25,464 3 25,878 4 26,289 5 26,700 6 27,105 7 27,522 8 27,927 9 28,344 10 28,755 11 29,160 12 29,571 13 29,979 14 30,399 15 30,804 16 31,215 17 31,626 18 32,037 19 32,448 20 32,859 21 33,411 22 33,951 23 34,503 24 35,049 25 35,598 26 36,141 27 36,690 28 37,239 29 37,788 30 38,481 31 39,159 32 39,840 33 40,527 34 41,214 35 41,898 36 42,582 37 43,266 38 44,223 39 45,180 40 46,143 41 47,097 42 48,054 43 49,017 44 49,974 45 50,931 46 51,891 47 52,848 48 53,811 49 54,768 50 55,719 51 56,676 Pay Spine B—From 1st December 1997
Spine point Annual salary £ 1 25,374 2 25,791 3 26,208 4 26,625 5 27,039 6 27,450 7 27,873 8 28,281 9 28,707 10 29,121 11 29,529 12 29,949 13 30,360 14 30,786 15 31,197 16 31,614 17 32,028 18 32,448 19 32,862 20 33,276 21 33,837 22 34,383 23 34,941 24 35,496 25 36,051 26 36,603 27 37,158 28 37,716 29 38,271 30 38,970 31 39,657 32 40,350 33 41,043 34 41,739 35 42,432 36 43,125 37 43,818 38 44,787 39 45,756 40 46,731 41 47,697 42 48,666 43 49,644 44 50,610 45 51,579 46 52,554 47 53,523 48 54,495 49 55,467 50 56,430 51 57,399 ”;
the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.4.2—
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Period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997
Head teachers
Group Spine point Range £ 1 3–15 25,878–30,804 2 1(S) 8–22 27,927–33,951 3 2(S) 15–29 30,804–37,788 4 3(S) 23–37 34,503–43,266 5 4(S) 31–44 39,159–49,974 6 38–51 44,223–56,676 Deputy head teachers
Group Spine point Range £ 1 1–8 25,056–27,927 2 1(S) 2–10 25,464–28,755 3 2(S) 4–13 26,289–29,979 4 3(S) 8–20 27,927–32,859 5 4(S) 15–26 30,804–36,141 6 22–34 33,951–41,214 From 1st December 1997
Head teachers
Group Spine point Range £ 1 3–15 26,208–31,197 2 1(S) 8–22 28,281–34,383 3 2(S) 15–29 31,197–38,271 4 3(S) 23–37 34,941–43,818 5 4(S) 31–44 39,657–50,610 6 38–51 44,787–57,399 Deputy head teachers
Group Spine point Range £ 1 1–8 25,374–28,281 2 1(S) 2–10 25,791–29,121 3 2(S) 4–13 26,625–30,360 4 3(S) 8–20 28,281–33,276 5 4(S) 15–26 31,197–36,603 6 22–34 34,383–41,739 ”;
in paragraph 9.1(a), for the words “During the period 1st September 1996 to 30th November 1996” there shall be substituted the words “During the period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997”;
in paragraph 9.1(b), for the words “From 1st December 1996” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st December 1997”;
the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 9.2—
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Pay Spine A—1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997
Spine point Annual salary £ 0 12,711 0.5 13,089 1 13,473 1.5 13,872 2 14,280 2.5 14,667 3 15,057 3.5 15,459 4 15,876 4.5 16,341 5 16,824 5.5 17,322 6 17,838 6.5 18,363 7 18,906 7.5 19,464 8 20,040 8.5 20,667 9 21,318 9.5 21,972 10 22,638 10.5 23,301 11 23,985 11.5 24,924 12 25,899 12.5 26,751 13 27,627 13.5 28,710 14 29,832 14.5 30,495 15 31,173 15.5 31,866 16 32,580 16.5 33,303 17 34,044 Pay Spine B—From 1st December 1997
Spine point Annual salary £ 0 12,873 0.5 13,254 1 13,644 1.5 14,049 2 14,463 2.5 14,853 3 15,249 3.5 15,657 4 16,077 4.5 16,548 5 17,037 5.5 17,544 6 18,063 6.5 18,597 7 19,146 7.5 19,713 8 20,295 8.5 20,931 9 21,591 9.5 22,251 10 22,926 10.5 23,598 11 24,291 11.5 25,242 12 26,229 12.5 27,090 13 27,978 13.5 29,076 14 30,213 14.5 30,885 15 31,569 15.5 32,274 16 32,994 16.5 33,726 17 34,476 ”;
for paragraph 15.1 there shall be substituted—
“15.1(a)During the period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997 an unqualified teacher (except one to whom paragraph 18 applies) shall be paid such salary based on the following pay scale as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraphs 15.2 to 15.6 and 17:
Period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997
Scale point Annual salary £ 1 10,689 2 11,166 3 11,634 4 12,114 5 12,600 6 13,074 7 13,557 8 14,676 9 15,942 10 16,902 15.1(b)From 1st December 1997 an unqualified teacher (except one to whom paragraph 18 applies) shall be paid such salary based on the following pay scale as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraphs 15.2 to 15.6 and 17:
From 1st December 1997
Scale point Annual salary £ 1 10,824 2 11,307 3 11,781 4 12,270 5 12,762 6 13,242 7 13,728 8 14,862 9 16,146 10 17,118 ”;
for paragraph 21.1 there shall be substituted—
“21.1A teacher serving in the London Area shall receive a London Area allowance of:
(a)if he is serving in the Inner London Area, £2,061 per annum until 30th November 1997 and £2,088 per annum on and after 1st December 1997;
(b)if he is serving in the Outer London Area, £1,356 per annum until 30th November 1997 and £1,374 per annum on and after 1st December 1997;
(c)if he is serving in the Fringe Area, £525 per annum until 30th November 1997 and £534 per annum on and after 1st December 1997.”.
Signature
Gillian Shephard
Secretary of State for Education and Employment
13th March 1997
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 1996 (“the Document”) by uprating the amounts of salary and certain allowances. The following are increased:
the head and deputy head teachers’ pay spine and ranges set out in paragraph 4 of the Document;
the classroom teachers’ pay spine set out in paragraph 9 of the Document;
the unqualified teachers’ pay scale set out in paragraph 15 of the Document;
the London Area allowances set out in paragraph 21.1 of the Document.
In each case there are two increases, the first for the period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997 and the second as from 1st December 1997.
The Document is published by The Stationery Office Limited and is obtainable from Government book shops and through booksellers.
The retrospective effect of these changes is authorised by section 2(4)(f) of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Act 1991.