{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-pay-and-conditions-order-1999/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/917",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-pay-and-conditions-order-1999",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "School Teachers' Pay and Conditions",
  "text": "The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 1998 shall be amended with effect from 1st April 1999 as follows:\n(a) for paragraph 4.1 there shall be substituted–\n“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.”;\n(b) the following table shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.3–\n“\nPay Spine from 1st April 1999\nSpine Point\nAnnual Salary\n£\n1\n27,258\n2\n27,708\n3\n28,155\n4\n28,602\n5\n29,046\n6\n29,490\n7\n29,946\n8\n30,381\n9\n30,843\n10\n31,287\n11\n31,725\n12\n32,175\n13\n32,619\n14\n33,075\n15\n33,516\n16\n33,963\n17\n34,410\n18\n34,860\n19\n35,304\n20\n35,748\n21\n36,354\n22\n36,939\n23\n37,539\n24\n38,136\n25\n38,733\n26\n39,324\n27\n39,921\n28\n40,521\n29\n41,115\n30\n41,868\n31\n42,603\n32\n43,350\n33\n44,094\n34\n44,841\n35\n45,585\n36\n46,329\n37\n47,076\n38\n48,114\n39\n49,158\n40\n50,205\n41\n51,243\n42\n52,281\n43\n53,334\n44\n54,372\n45\n55,413\n46\n56,460\n47\n57,501\n48\n58,545\n49\n59,592\n50\n60,624\n51\n61,665\n”;\n(c) the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.4.2–\n“\nFrom 1st April 1999 Head Teachers\nGroup\nSpine point\nRange\n£\n1\n3–15\n28,155–33,516\n2\n1(S)\n8–22\n30,381–36,939\n3\n2(S)\n15–29\n33,516–41,115\n4\n3(S)\n23–37\n37,539–47,076\n5\n4(S)\n31–44\n42,603–54,372\n6\n38–51\n48,114–61,665\nDeputy head teachers\nGroup\nSpine point\nRange\n£\n1\n1–8\n27,258–30,381\n2\n1(S)\n2–10\n27,708–31,287\n3\n2(S)\n4–13\n28,602–32,619\n4\n3(S)\n8–20\n30,381–35,748\n5\n4(S)\n15–26\n33,516–39,324\n6\n22–34\n36,939–44,841\n”;\n(d) for paragraph 9.1 there shall be substituted–\n“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).”;\n(e) the following table shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 9.2–\n“\nPay Spine from 1st April 1999\nSpine point\nAnnual salary\n£\n0\n13,830\n0.5\n14,241\n1\n14,658\n1.5\n15,093\n2\n15,537\n2.5\n15,957\n3\n16,383\n3.5\n16,821\n4\n17,274\n4.5\n17,778\n5\n18,303\n5.5\n18,846\n6\n19,407\n6.5\n19,980\n7\n20,571\n7.5\n21,180\n8\n21,804\n8.5\n22,485\n9\n23,193\n9.5\n23,904\n10\n24,630\n10.5\n25,353\n11\n26,097\n11.5\n27,120\n12\n28,179\n12.5\n29,103\n13\n30,057\n13.5\n31,236\n14\n32,460\n14.5\n33,180\n15\n33,915\n15.5\n34,674\n16\n35,448\n16.5\n36,231\n17\n37,041\n”;\n(f) the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 15.1–\n“\nSpine Point\nAnnual Salary\n£\n1\n26,082\n2\n26,547\n3\n27,015\n4\n27,480\n5\n27,945\n6\n28,410\n7\n28,878\n8\n29,343\n9\n29,808\n10\n30,273\n11\n30,741\n12\n31,362\n13\n31,983\n14\n32,604\n15\n33,225\n16\n33,846\n17\n34,467\n18\n35,088\n19\n35,709\n20\n36,330\n21\n36,951\n22\n37,725\n23\n38,502\n24\n39,279\n25\n40,056\n26\n40,830\n27\n41,607\n”;\n(g) for paragraph 16.1 there shall be substituted–\n“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:\nFrom 1st April 1999\nScale Point\nAnnual Salary\n£\n1\n11,628\n2\n12,147\n3\n12,657\n4\n13,182\n5\n13,713\n6\n14,226\n7\n14,748\n8\n15,966\n9\n17,349\n10\n18,390\n”; and\n(h) for paragraph 22.1 there shall be substituted–\n“22.1 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 £2,241 per annum from 1st April 1999;\n(b) if he is serving in the Outer London Area, £1,476 per annum from 1st April 1999; and\n(c) if he is serving in the Fringe Area, £573 per annum from 1st April 1999.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "ISBN 0 11 271038 7; the Document was given effect by the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) (No. 2) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1884)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/917/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:53:59.807061+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}