School Teachers' Review Body Report

Download or read book School Teachers' Review Body Report written by Great Britain. School Teachers' Review Body and published by . This book was released on 2002-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report from the School Teachers' Review Body contains recommendations for the level of teachers' pay and related matters. It recommends a general increase of 3.5 per cent to teachers' pay scales and allowances, to be implemented in full and without staging from April 2002. This will mean a new teacher's starting salary will be increased to £17,628. Other recommendations include: a restructured six-point main pay scale that allows all newly-qualified entrants to teaching to apply for the threshold after five years; and greater flexibility for school governing bodies in setting pay levels for headteachers. The report notes that the basic pay structure has to be sufficiently attractive to ensure high quality teachers are recruited and retained within the profession, and states its intention to keep the balance between basic and discretionary pay under review. A further review is being undertaken which will focus on teachers' workload.