Statutory Instruments
1998 No. 903
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 1998
Made
30th March 1998
Laid before Parliament
30th March 1998
Coming into force
20th April 1998
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 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:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 20th April 1998.
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 1997(2) shall be amended with effect from 1st April 1998 as follows:
(a)in paragraph 4.1(a), for the words “A head teacher or deputy head teacher shall, until 30th November 1997,” there shall be substituted the words “During the period 1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998 a head teacher or deputy head teacher shall”;
(b)in paragraph 4.1(b), for the words “From 1st December 1997” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st December 1998”;
(c)the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.3—
“Pay Spine A—1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998
Spine point
Annual salary
£
1
25,881
2
26,307
3
26,733
4
27,159
5
27,579
6
27,999
7
28,431
8
28,848
9
29,280
10
29,703
11
30,120
12
30,549
13
30,966
14
31,401
15
31,821
16
32,247
17
32,670
18
33,096
19
33,519
20
33,942
21
34,515
22
35,070
23
35,640
24
36,207
25
36,771
26
37,335
27
37,902
28
38,469
29
39,036
30
39,750
31
40,449
32
41,157
33
41,865
34
42,573
35
43,281
36
43,989
37
44,694
38
45,684
39
46,671
40
47,667
41
48,651
42
49,638
43
50,637
44
51,621
45
52,611
46
53,604
47
54,594
48
55,584
49
56,577
50
57,558
51
58,548
Pay Spine B—From 1st December 1998
Spine point
Annual salary
£
1
26,337
2
26,772
3
27,204
4
27,636
5
28,065
6
28,494
7
28,932
8
29,355
9
29,799
10
30,228
11
30,651
12
31,086
13
31,515
14
31,956
15
32,382
16
32,814
17
33,246
18
33,681
19
34,110
20
34,539
21
35,124
22
35,691
23
36,270
24
36,846
25
37,422
26
37,995
27
38,571
28
39,150
29
39,726
30
40,452
31
41,163
32
41,883
33
42,603
34
43,326
35
44,043
36
44,763
37
45,483
38
46,488
39
47,496
40
48,507
41
49,509
42
50,514
43
51,531
44
52,533
45
53,538
46
54,552
47
55,557
48
56,565
49
57,576
50
58,575
51
59,580”;
(d)the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.4.2—
“Period 1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998
Head teachers Group
Spine point
Range
£
1
3–15
26,733–31,821
2 1(S)
8–22
28,848–35,070
3 2(S)
15–29
31,821–39,036
4 3(S)
23–37
35,640–44,694
5 4(S)
31–44
40,449–51,621
6
38–51
45,684–58,548
Deputy head teachers Group
Spine point
Range
£
1
1–8
25,881–28,848
2 1(S)
2–10
26,307–29,703
3 2(S)
4–13
27,159–30,966
4 3(S)
8–20
28,848–33,942
5 4(S)
15–26
31,821–37,335
6
22–34
35,070–42,573
From 1st December 1998
Head teachers Group
Spine point
Range
£
1
3–15
27,204–32,382
2 1(S)
8–22
29,355–35,691
3 2(S)
15–29
32,382–39,726
4 3(S)
23–37
36,270–45,483
5 4(S)
31–44
41,163–52,533
6
38–51
46,488–59,580
Deputy head teachers Group
Spine point
Range
£
1
1–8
26,337–29,355
2 1(S)
2–10
26,772–30,228
3 2(S)
4–13
27,636–31,515
4 3(S)
8–20
29,355–34,539
5 4(S)
15–26
32,382–37,995
6
22–34
35,691–43,326”;
(e)in paragraph 9.1(a), for the words “A classroom teacher shall, until 30th November 1997,” there shall be substituted the words “During the period 1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998 a classroom teacher shall”;
(f)in paragraph 9.1(b), for the words “From 1st December 1997” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st December 1998”;
(g)the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 9.2—
“Pay Spine A—1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998
Spine point
Annual salary
£
0
13,131
0.5
13,518
1
13,917
1.5
14,331
2
14,751
2.5
15,150
3
15,555
3.5
15,969
4
16,398
4.5
16,878
5
17,379
5.5
17,895
6
18,423
6.5
18,969
7
19,530
7.5
20,106
8
20,700
8.5
21,351
9
22,023
9.5
22,695
10
23,385
10.5
24,069
11
24,777
11.5
25,746
12
26,754
12.5
27,633
13
28,539
13.5
29,658
14
30,816
14.5
31,503
15
32,199
15.5
32,919
16
33,654
16.5
34,401
17
35,166
Pay Spine B—From 1st December 1998
Spine point
Annual salary
£
0
13,362
0.5
13,758
1
14,163
1.5
14,583
2
15,012
2.5
15,417
3
15,828
3.5
16,251
4
16,689
4.5
17,178
5
17,685
5.5
18,210
6
18,750
6.5
19,305
7
19,875
7.5
20,463
8
21,066
8.5
21,726
9
22,410
9.5
23,097
10
23,796
10.5
24,495
11
25,215
11.5
26,202
12
27,225
12.5
28,119
13
29,040
13.5
30,180
14
31,362
14.5
32,058
15
32,769
15.5
33,501
16
34,248
16.5
35,007
17
35,787”;
(h)for paragraph 15.1 there shall be substituted—
“15.1—(a) During the period 1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998 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 15.7 and 17:
Period 1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998
Scale point
Annual salary
£
1
11,040
2
11,532
3
12,018
4
12,516
5
13,017
6
13,506
7
14,004
8
15,159
9
16,470
10
17,460
15.1—(b) From 1st December 1998 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 15.7 and 17:
From 1st December 1998
Scale point
Annual salary
£
1
11,235
2
11,736
3
12,228
4
12,735
5
13,248
6
13,746
7
14,250
8
15,426
9
16,761
10
17,769”;
(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, £2,130 per annum until 30th November 1998 and £2,166 per annum on and after 1st December 1998;
(b)if he is serving in the Outer London Area, £1,401 per annum until 30th November 1998 and £1,425 per annum on and after 1st December 1998;
(c)if he is serving in the Fringe Area, £546 per annum until 30th November 1998 and £555 per annum on and after 1st December 1998.”.
Stephen Byers
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
30th March 1998
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 1997 (“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 1998 to 30th November 1998 and the second as from 1st December 1998.
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.
(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 271012 3; the Document was given effect by the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions (No. 2) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1789).
