{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-pay-and-conditions-order-1997/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/755",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-pay-and-conditions-order-1997",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions",
  "text": "The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 1996 shall be amended with effect from 1st April 1997 as follows:\n(a) 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”;\n(b) in paragraph 4.1(b), for the words “From 1st December 1996” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st December 1997”;\n(c) the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.3—\n“\nPay Spine A—1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997\nSpine point\nAnnual salary\n£\n1\n25,056\n2\n25,464\n3\n25,878\n4\n26,289\n5\n26,700\n6\n27,105\n7\n27,522\n8\n27,927\n9\n28,344\n10\n28,755\n11\n29,160\n12\n29,571\n13\n29,979\n14\n30,399\n15\n30,804\n16\n31,215\n17\n31,626\n18\n32,037\n19\n32,448\n20\n32,859\n21\n33,411\n22\n33,951\n23\n34,503\n24\n35,049\n25\n35,598\n26\n36,141\n27\n36,690\n28\n37,239\n29\n37,788\n30\n38,481\n31\n39,159\n32\n39,840\n33\n40,527\n34\n41,214\n35\n41,898\n36\n42,582\n37\n43,266\n38\n44,223\n39\n45,180\n40\n46,143\n41\n47,097\n42\n48,054\n43\n49,017\n44\n49,974\n45\n50,931\n46\n51,891\n47\n52,848\n48\n53,811\n49\n54,768\n50\n55,719\n51\n56,676\nPay Spine B—From 1st December 1997\nSpine point\nAnnual salary\n£\n1\n25,374\n2\n25,791\n3\n26,208\n4\n26,625\n5\n27,039\n6\n27,450\n7\n27,873\n8\n28,281\n9\n28,707\n10\n29,121\n11\n29,529\n12\n29,949\n13\n30,360\n14\n30,786\n15\n31,197\n16\n31,614\n17\n32,028\n18\n32,448\n19\n32,862\n20\n33,276\n21\n33,837\n22\n34,383\n23\n34,941\n24\n35,496\n25\n36,051\n26\n36,603\n27\n37,158\n28\n37,716\n29\n38,271\n30\n38,970\n31\n39,657\n32\n40,350\n33\n41,043\n34\n41,739\n35\n42,432\n36\n43,125\n37\n43,818\n38\n44,787\n39\n45,756\n40\n46,731\n41\n47,697\n42\n48,666\n43\n49,644\n44\n50,610\n45\n51,579\n46\n52,554\n47\n53,523\n48\n54,495\n49\n55,467\n50\n56,430\n51\n57,399\n”;\n(d) the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.4.2—\n“\nPeriod 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997\nHead teachers\nGroup\nSpine point\nRange\n£\n1\n3–15\n25,878–30,804\n2\n1(S)\n8–22\n27,927–33,951\n3\n2(S)\n15–29\n30,804–37,788\n4\n3(S)\n23–37\n34,503–43,266\n5\n4(S)\n31–44\n39,159–49,974\n6\n38–51\n44,223–56,676\nDeputy head teachers\nGroup\nSpine point\nRange\n£\n1\n1–8\n25,056–27,927\n2\n1(S)\n2–10\n25,464–28,755\n3\n2(S)\n4–13\n26,289–29,979\n4\n3(S)\n8–20\n27,927–32,859\n5\n4(S)\n15–26\n30,804–36,141\n6\n22–34\n33,951–41,214\nFrom 1st December 1997\nHead teachers\nGroup\nSpine point\nRange\n£\n1\n3–15\n26,208–31,197\n2\n1(S)\n8–22\n28,281–34,383\n3\n2(S)\n15–29\n31,197–38,271\n4\n3(S)\n23–37\n34,941–43,818\n5\n4(S)\n31–44\n39,657–50,610\n6\n38–51\n44,787–57,399\nDeputy head teachers\nGroup\nSpine point\nRange\n£\n1\n1–8\n25,374–28,281\n2\n1(S)\n2–10\n25,791–29,121\n3\n2(S)\n4–13\n26,625–30,360\n4\n3(S)\n8–20\n28,281–33,276\n5\n4(S)\n15–26\n31,197–36,603\n6\n22–34\n34,383–41,739\n”;\n(e) 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”;\n(f) in paragraph 9.1(b), for the words “From 1st December 1996” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st December 1997”;\n(g) the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 9.2—\n“\nPay Spine A—1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997\nSpine point\nAnnual salary\n£\n0\n12,711\n0.5\n13,089\n1\n13,473\n1.5\n13,872\n2\n14,280\n2.5\n14,667\n3\n15,057\n3.5\n15,459\n4\n15,876\n4.5\n16,341\n5\n16,824\n5.5\n17,322\n6\n17,838\n6.5\n18,363\n7\n18,906\n7.5\n19,464\n8\n20,040\n8.5\n20,667\n9\n21,318\n9.5\n21,972\n10\n22,638\n10.5\n23,301\n11\n23,985\n11.5\n24,924\n12\n25,899\n12.5\n26,751\n13\n27,627\n13.5\n28,710\n14\n29,832\n14.5\n30,495\n15\n31,173\n15.5\n31,866\n16\n32,580\n16.5\n33,303\n17\n34,044\nPay Spine B—From 1st December 1997\nSpine point\nAnnual salary\n£\n0\n12,873\n0.5\n13,254\n1\n13,644\n1.5\n14,049\n2\n14,463\n2.5\n14,853\n3\n15,249\n3.5\n15,657\n4\n16,077\n4.5\n16,548\n5\n17,037\n5.5\n17,544\n6\n18,063\n6.5\n18,597\n7\n19,146\n7.5\n19,713\n8\n20,295\n8.5\n20,931\n9\n21,591\n9.5\n22,251\n10\n22,926\n10.5\n23,598\n11\n24,291\n11.5\n25,242\n12\n26,229\n12.5\n27,090\n13\n27,978\n13.5\n29,076\n14\n30,213\n14.5\n30,885\n15\n31,569\n15.5\n32,274\n16\n32,994\n16.5\n33,726\n17\n34,476\n”;\n(h) for paragraph 15.1 there shall be substituted—\n“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:\nPeriod 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997\nScale point\nAnnual salary\n£\n1\n10,689\n2\n11,166\n3\n11,634\n4\n12,114\n5\n12,600\n6\n13,074\n7\n13,557\n8\n14,676\n9\n15,942\n10\n16,902\n15.1 (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:\nFrom 1st December 1997\nScale point\nAnnual salary\n£\n1\n10,824\n2\n11,307\n3\n11,781\n4\n12,270\n5\n12,762\n6\n13,242\n7\n13,728\n8\n14,862\n9\n16,146\n10\n17,118\n”;\n(i) for paragraph 21.1 there shall be substituted—\n“21.1 A teacher serving in the London Area shall receive a London Area allowance of:\n(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;\n(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;\n(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.”.",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "ISBN 0 11 270952 4; the Document was given effect by the Education (School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions) (No. 2) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1816)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/755/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:28.207738+00:00"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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