{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-teachers-pay-and-conditions-england-order-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1096",
  "legislation_title": "The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-teachers-pay-and-conditions-england-order-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EDUCATION, ENGLAND\nMade 14th October 2026\nLaid before Parliament 16th October 2026\nComing into force 6th November 2026\nThe Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1), 123 and 124 of the Education Act 2002 (“the Act”).\nThe Secretary of State has referred certain matters to the School Teachers’ Review Body (“the STRB”) under section 120(1) of the Act and in accordance with section 125(1)(a) of the Act, other than three matters not requiring such a referral. Two of these are matters which the Secretary of State thinks are subsidiary in accordance with section 125(2)(a) and (3) of the Act. The third is a matter on which the Secretary of State has consulted the chairman of the STRB on disapplying section 125(1) of the Act, in accordance with section 125(2)(b) of the Act.\nThe STRB has followed the procedure set out in section 121 of the Act and has reported to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State in accordance with section 120(3) of the Act.\nThe Prime Minister and the Secretary of State have arranged for the report of the STRB to be published in accordance with section 120(4) of the Act.\nThe Secretary of State has considered the report of the STRB in accordance with section 125(1)(b) of the Act.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted such of the persons and bodies referred to in section 126 of the Act as appeared to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 32. Section 123 was amended by S.I. 2010/1158."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 121 was amended by S.I. 2010/1158. Provision is made in respect of the School Teachers’ Review Body in section 119 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 126 was amended by S.I. 2010/1158."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1096/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:53:46.375590+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."
}