The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 2002
S.I. 2002/838 · Made 27 March 2002
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 27th March 2002
Laid before Parliament 27th March 2002
Coming into force 1st April 2002
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) of the Actf2, such associations of local education authorities, such bodies representing the interests of governors of foundation, voluntary, and foundation 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 Actf3 hereby makes the following order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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- f2
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Section 2(1) is amended by paragraphs 24 and 26(a) of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31).
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Section 2(3) and (4) is amended by paragraphs 24 and 26(c) and (d) of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and revocation
- 2Application
- 3School Teachers' Pay and Conditions
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and revocation
This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
2Application
This Order applies to school teachers (as defined in section 5(1) and (2) of the Actf1) in England and Wales.
3School Teachers' Pay and Conditions
The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2001f1 shall be amended with effect from 1st April 2002 as follows:
in paragraph 3.3(b) for “19” there shall be substituted “15” and for “18” there shall be substituted “16”;
in paragraph 4.1 for the words “From 1st April 2001” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st April 2002”;
in paragraph 4.2 for the words “From 1st April 2001” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st April 2002”;
in paragraph 4.3 for the words “From 1st April 2001” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st April 2002”;
the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 4.5—
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Pay Spine from 1st April 2002
Spine point Annual Salary £ L1 30,531 L2 31,296 L3 32,079 L4 32,880 L5 33,699 L6 34,542 L7 35,478 L8 36,291 L9 37,197 L10 38,154 L11 39,144 L12 40,047 L13 41,049 L14 42,069 L15 43,116 L16 44,265 L17 45,285 L18 46,422 L19 47,571 L20 48,753 L21 49,959 L22 51,198 L23 52,467 L24 53,769 L25 55,101 L26 56,469 L27 57,867 L28 59,301 L29 60,774 L30 62,283 L31 63,825 L32 65,412 L33 67,035 L34 68,694 L35 70,401 L36 72,144 L37 73,938 L38 75,768 L39 77,613 L40 79,554 L41 81,540; ”
the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 6.3—
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Group Range of spine points Salary range £ 1 L6–L16 34,542–44,265 2 L8–L19 36,291–47,571 3 L11–L22 39,144–51,198 4 L14–L25 42,069–55,101 5 L18–L29 46,422–60,774 6 L21–L33 49,959–67,035 7 L24–L37 53,769–73,938 8 L28–L41 59,301–81,540; ”
in paragraph 7.3(b) for “8.2” there shall be substituted “7.2”;
in paragraph 7.3(c) for “8.2” there shall be substituted “7.2”;
in paragraph 15.2 for the words “From 1st April 2001” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st April 2002”;
the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 15.3—
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Pay scale from 1st April 2002
Scale point Annual Salary £ 1 16,599 2 17,595 3 18,519 4 19,491 5 20,514 6 21,591 7 22,806 8 24,177 9 25,713; ”
in paragraph 17.1 for the words “From 1st April 2001” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st April 2002” and for “17.3” there shall be substituted “17.5”;
the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 17.5—
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Pay Scale from 1st April 2002
Scale point Annual Salary £ 1 27,861 2 28,893 3 29,961 4 31,068 5 32,217; ”
in paragraph 22.1 for the words “From 1st April 2001” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st April 2002”;
the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 22.1—
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Management Allowances
Allowance Amount £ 1st 1,593 2nd 3,219 3rd 5,529 4th 7,611 5th 10,275; ”
in paragraph 23.1 for the words “From 1st April 2001” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st April 2002” in both places;
the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 23.1—
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Recruitment and retention allowances
Allowance Amount £ 1st 975 2nd 1,914 3rd 2,901 4th 4,041 5th 5,262; ”
for paragraph 24.1 there shall be substituted the following—
“24.1From 1st April 2002, the annual value of a first special educational needs allowance referred to in paragraph 24 is £1,626, and the annual value of a second special educational needs allowance referred to in paragraph 24 is £3,219.”;
in paragraph 26.4 for “17.3” there shall be substituted “17.5”;
in paragraph 27.1 for the words “From 1st April 2001” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st April 2002”;
the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 27.1—
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Pay Spine from 1st April 2002
Spine point Annual Salary £ 1 28,917 2 29,433 3 29,952 4 30,465 5 30,981 6 31,500 7 32,019 8 32,535 9 33,051 10 33,564 11 34,083 12 34,773 13 35,460 14 36,147 15 36,834 16 37,524 17 38,214 18 38,904 19 39,591 20 40,281 21 40,968 22 41,826 23 42,690 24 43,548 25 44,412 26 45,267 27 46,131; ”
in paragraph 29.2 for “29.11” there shall be substituted “29.10”;
paragraph 29.11 shall be deleted;
in paragraph 31.1 for the words “From 1st April 2001” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st April 2002”;
the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 31.1—
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Pay Scale from 1st April 2002
Scale point Annual Salary £ 1 12,891 2 13,470 3 14,031 4 14,616 5 15,204 6 15,771 7 16,350 8 17,703 9 19,236 10 20,388; ”
for paragraph 36.1 there shall be substituted the following:
“36.1A teacher serving in the London Area shall receive a London Area allowance of:
(a)if he is serving in the Inner London Area, £3,105 per annum from 1st April 2002;
(b)if he is serving in the Outer London Area, £2,043 per annum from 1st April 2002; and
(c)if he is serving in the Fringe Area, £792 per annum from 1st April 2002.”;
in paragraph 39.5(c) for “22” there shall be substituted “23”;
after paragraph 46A there shall be inserted the following paragraph:
“General Teaching Councils' Fee Allowance
46B.1The relevant body in relation to a teacher liable to pay a fee in respect of their registration with the General Teaching Council for England or the General Teaching Council for Wales shall, in respect of the fee due in the year 1st April 2002 to 31st March 2003, determine that a single payment of £33 shall be paid to that teacher.
46B.2Before making a determination under paragraph 46B.1 the relevant body shall take reasonable steps to satisfy itself that the teacher has not received a payment under paragraph 46B.1 from any other relevant body.
46B.3A local education authority shall upon request take reasonable steps to provide a relevant body with information as to whether or not a teacher who is or has been employed at a school or as an unattached teacher within that authority has received a payment under paragraph 46B.1.
46B.4Paragraph 40 of this Document shall not apply to this allowance.”; and
in paragraph 47.1 after “advanced skills teachers” there shall be inserted “and fast track teachers”.
Signature
Stephen Timms
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
27th March 2002
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2001 (the Document) by uprating the amounts of salary and certain allowances. The following are increased—
the leadership group pay spine set out in paragraph 4.5 of the Document;
the head teacher groups' pay ranges set out in paragraph 6.3 of the Document;
the pay scale for classroom teachers set out at paragraph 15.3 of the Document;
the pay scale for post-threshold teachers set out at paragraph 17.5 of the Document;
the management allowances set out at paragraph 22.1 of the Document;
the recruitment and retention allowances set out at paragraph 23.1 of the Document;
the special educational needs allowance set out at paragraph 24.1 of the Document;
the pay spine for advanced skills teachers set out at paragraph 27.1 of the Document;
the pay scale for unqualified teachers set out at paragraph 31.1 of the Document; and
the London area allowances set out at paragraph 36.1 of the Document.
The increases take effect from 1st April 2002.
The Order also removes the requirement which was due to take effect from 1st April 2002 that applicants for a certificate of eligibility for appointment as an advanced skills teacher must have passed the threshold.
The Order makes provision for a freestanding allowance to be paid to all teachers who are required to pay a fee in respect of registration with the General Teaching Council for England or the General Teaching Council for Wales.
The Order corrects some minor typographical errors in the Document.
The Document is published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and is obtainable from book shops of The Stationery Office Limited and through booksellers.