Statutory Instruments
1997 No. 755
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions) Order 1997
Made
13th March 1997
Laid before Parliament
14th March 1997
Coming into force
4th April 1997
Whereas the review body appointed under section 1(1) of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Act 1991(1) (“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 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 Act hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 4th April 1997.
Application
2. 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.
School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions
3. The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 1996(2) shall be amended with effect from 1st April 1997 as follows:
(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”;
(b)in paragraph 4.1(b), for the words “From 1st December 1996” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st December 1997”;
(c)the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.3—
“Pay Spine A—1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997
Spine point
Annual salary
£
1
25,056
2
25,464
3
25,878
4
26,289
5
26,700
6
27,105
7
27,522
8
27,927
9
28,344
10
28,755
11
29,160
12
29,571
13
29,979
14
30,399
15
30,804
16
31,215
17
31,626
18
32,037
19
32,448
20
32,859
21
33,411
22
33,951
23
34,503
24
35,049
25
35,598
26
36,141
27
36,690
28
37,239
29
37,788
30
38,481
31
39,159
32
39,840
33
40,527
34
41,214
35
41,898
36
42,582
37
43,266
38
44,223
39
45,180
40
46,143
41
47,097
42
48,054
43
49,017
44
49,974
45
50,931
46
51,891
47
52,848
48
53,811
49
54,768
50
55,719
51
56,676
Pay Spine B—From 1st December 1997
Spine point
Annual salary
£
1
25,374
2
25,791
3
26,208
4
26,625
5
27,039
6
27,450
7
27,873
8
28,281
9
28,707
10
29,121
11
29,529
12
29,949
13
30,360
14
30,786
15
31,197
16
31,614
17
32,028
18
32,448
19
32,862
20
33,276
21
33,837
22
34,383
23
34,941
24
35,496
25
36,051
26
36,603
27
37,158
28
37,716
29
38,271
30
38,970
31
39,657
32
40,350
33
41,043
34
41,739
35
42,432
36
43,125
37
43,818
38
44,787
39
45,756
40
46,731
41
47,697
42
48,666
43
49,644
44
50,610
45
51,579
46
52,554
47
53,523
48
54,495
49
55,467
50
56,430
51
57,399”;
(d)the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.4.2—
“Period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997
Head teachers
Group
Spine point
Range
£
1
3–15
25,878–30,804
2
1(S)
8–22
27,927–33,951
3
2(S)
15–29
30,804–37,788
4
3(S)
23–37
34,503–43,266
5
4(S)
31–44
39,159–49,974
6
38–51
44,223–56,676
Deputy head teachers
Group
Spine point
Range
£
1
1–8
25,056–27,927
2
1(S)
2–10
25,464–28,755
3
2(S)
4–13
26,289–29,979
4
3(S)
8–20
27,927–32,859
5
4(S)
15–26
30,804–36,141
6
22–34
33,951–41,214
From 1st December 1997
Head teachers
Group
Spine point
Range
£
1
3–15
26,208–31,197
2
1(S)
8–22
28,281–34,383
3
2(S)
15–29
31,197–38,271
4
3(S)
23–37
34,941–43,818
5
4(S)
31–44
39,657–50,610
6
38–51
44,787–57,399
Deputy head teachers
Group
Spine point
Range
£
1
1–8
25,374–28,281
2
1(S)
2–10
25,791–29,121
3
2(S)
4–13
26,625–30,360
4
3(S)
8–20
28,281–33,276
5
4(S)
15–26
31,197–36,603
6
22–34
34,383–41,739”;
(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”;
(f)in paragraph 9.1(b), for the words “From 1st December 1996” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st December 1997”;
(g)the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 9.2—
“Pay Spine A—1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997
Spine point
Annual salary
£
0
12,711
0.5
13,089
1
13,473
1.5
13,872
2
14,280
2.5
14,667
3
15,057
3.5
15,459
4
15,876
4.5
16,341
5
16,824
5.5
17,322
6
17,838
6.5
18,363
7
18,906
7.5
19,464
8
20,040
8.5
20,667
9
21,318
9.5
21,972
10
22,638
10.5
23,301
11
23,985
11.5
24,924
12
25,899
12.5
26,751
13
27,627
13.5
28,710
14
29,832
14.5
30,495
15
31,173
15.5
31,866
16
32,580
16.5
33,303
17
34,044
Pay Spine B—From 1st December 1997
Spine point
Annual salary
£
0
12,873
0.5
13,254
1
13,644
1.5
14,049
2
14,463
2.5
14,853
3
15,249
3.5
15,657
4
16,077
4.5
16,548
5
17,037
5.5
17,544
6
18,063
6.5
18,597
7
19,146
7.5
19,713
8
20,295
8.5
20,931
9
21,591
9.5
22,251
10
22,926
10.5
23,598
11
24,291
11.5
25,242
12
26,229
12.5
27,090
13
27,978
13.5
29,076
14
30,213
14.5
30,885
15
31,569
15.5
32,274
16
32,994
16.5
33,726
17
34,476”;
(h)for paragraph 15.1 there shall be substituted—
“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:
Period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997
Scale point
Annual salary
£
1
10,689
2
11,166
3
11,634
4
12,114
5
12,600
6
13,074
7
13,557
8
14,676
9
15,942
10
16,902
15.1—(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:
From 1st December 1997
Scale point
Annual salary
£
1
10,824
2
11,307
3
11,781
4
12,270
5
12,762
6
13,242
7
13,728
8
14,862
9
16,146
10
17,118”;
(i)for paragraph 21.1 there shall be substituted—
“21.1. A teacher serving in the London Area shall receive a London Area allowance of:
(a)if he is serving in the Inner London Area, £2,061 per annum until 30th November 1997 and £2,088 per annum on and after 1st December 1997;
(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;
(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.”.
Gillian Shephard
Secretary of State for Education and Employment
13th March 1997
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 1996 (“the Document”) 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 unqualified teachers’ pay scale set out in paragraph 15 of the Document;
(d)the London Area allowances set out in paragraph 21.1 of the Document.
In each case there are two increases, the first for the period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997 and the second as from 1st December 1997.
The Document is published by The Stationery Office Limited and is obtainable from Government book shops 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.
(1)
1991 c. 49. The provisions of the Act extend to grant-maintained special schools by virtue of S.I. 1994/653.
(2)
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).
