# The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/917 · made 19 March 1999

This Order amends the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 1998 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 advanced skills teachers' pay spine set out in paragraph 15 of the Document;the unqualified teachers' pay scale set out in paragraph 16 of the Document; andthe London Area allowances set out in paragraph 22 of the Document.

Made under: School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Act 1991 (Section 2, Section 5)

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## Introductory text

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 19th March 1999
Laid before Parliament 22nd March 1999
Coming into force 12th April 1999
Whereas the review body appointed under section 1(1) of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1991 (“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 him 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:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999.

## 2 Application

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.

## 3 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions

The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 1998 shall be amended with effect from 1st April 1999 as follows:
(a) for paragraph 4.1 there shall be substituted–
“4.1 From 1st April 1999 a head teacher or deputy head teacher shall be paid such salary based on the pay spine set out in paragraph 4.3 as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraph 4.4.”;
(b) the following table shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.3–
“
Pay Spine from 1st April 1999
Spine Point
Annual Salary
£
1
27,258
2
27,708
3
28,155
4
28,602
5
29,046
6
29,490
7
29,946
8
30,381
9
30,843
10
31,287
11
31,725
12
32,175
13
32,619
14
33,075
15
33,516
16
33,963
17
34,410
18
34,860
19
35,304
20
35,748
21
36,354
22
36,939
23
37,539
24
38,136
25
38,733
26
39,324
27
39,921
28
40,521
29
41,115
30
41,868
31
42,603
32
43,350
33
44,094
34
44,841
35
45,585
36
46,329
37
47,076
38
48,114
39
49,158
40
50,205
41
51,243
42
52,281
43
53,334
44
54,372
45
55,413
46
56,460
47
57,501
48
58,545
49
59,592
50
60,624
51
61,665
”;
(c) the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.4.2–
“
From 1st April 1999 Head Teachers
Group
Spine point
Range
£
1
3–15
28,155–33,516
2
1(S)
8–22
30,381–36,939
3
2(S)
15–29
33,516–41,115
4
3(S)
23–37
37,539–47,076
5
4(S)
31–44
42,603–54,372
6
38–51
48,114–61,665
Deputy head teachers
Group
Spine point
Range
£
1
1–8
27,258–30,381
2
1(S)
2–10
27,708–31,287
3
2(S)
4–13
28,602–32,619
4
3(S)
8–20
30,381–35,748
5
4(S)
15–26
33,516–39,324
6
22–34
36,939–44,841
”;
(d) for paragraph 9.1 there shall be substituted–
“9.1 From 1st April 1999 a classroom teacher shall be paid such salary based on the pay spine set out in paragraph 9.2 as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraphs 9.3, 9.4 and 20.1 (unqualified teacher becoming qualified).”;
(e) the following table shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 9.2–
“
Pay Spine from 1st April 1999
Spine point
Annual salary
£
0
13,830
0.5
14,241
1
14,658
1.5
15,093
2
15,537
2.5
15,957
3
16,383
3.5
16,821
4
17,274
4.5
17,778
5
18,303
5.5
18,846
6
19,407
6.5
19,980
7
20,571
7.5
21,180
8
21,804
8.5
22,485
9
23,193
9.5
23,904
10
24,630
10.5
25,353
11
26,097
11.5
27,120
12
28,179
12.5
29,103
13
30,057
13.5
31,236
14
32,460
14.5
33,180
15
33,915
15.5
34,674
16
35,448
16.5
36,231
17
37,041
”;
(f) the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 15.1–
“
Spine Point
Annual Salary
£
1
26,082
2
26,547
3
27,015
4
27,480
5
27,945
6
28,410
7
28,878
8
29,343
9
29,808
10
30,273
11
30,741
12
31,362
13
31,983
14
32,604
15
33,225
16
33,846
17
34,467
18
35,088
19
35,709
20
36,330
21
36,951
22
37,725
23
38,502
24
39,279
25
40,056
26
40,830
27
41,607
”;
(g) for paragraph 16.1 there shall be substituted–
“16.1 From 1st April 1999 an unqualified teacher (except one to whom paragraph 19 applies) shall be paid such salary based on the following pay scale as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraphs 16.2 to 16.7 and 18:
From 1st April 1999
Scale Point
Annual Salary
£
1
11,628
2
12,147
3
12,657
4
13,182
5
13,713
6
14,226
7
14,748
8
15,966
9
17,349
10
18,390
”; and
(h) for paragraph 22.1 there shall be substituted–
“22.1 A teacher serving in the London Area shall receive a London Area allowance of:
(a) if he is serving in the Inner London Area £2,241 per annum from 1st April 1999;
(b) if he is serving in the Outer London Area, £1,476 per annum from 1st April 1999; and
(c) if he is serving in the Fringe Area, £573 per annum from 1st April 1999.”.

## Signature

Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
19th March 1999

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 1998 by uprating the amounts of salary and certain allowances. The following are increased–
(a) the head and deputy head teachers' pay spine and ranges set out in paragraph 4 of the Document;
(b) the classroom teachers' pay spine set out in paragraph 9 of the Document;
(c) the advanced skills teachers' pay spine set out in paragraph 15 of the Document;
(d) the unqualified teachers' pay scale set out in paragraph 16 of the Document; and
(e) the London Area allowances set out in paragraph 22 of the Document.
The increases are from 1st April 1999.
The Document is published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and is obtainable from book shops of The Stationery Office Limited 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.

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