Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 755

The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 1997

(The document as of February, 2008)

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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

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(d) the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.4.2 - 

"Period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997


Head teachersGroup		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 teachersGroup		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 teachersGroup		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 teachersGroup		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

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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.

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Notes:

[1] 1991 c.49. The provisions of the Act extend to grant-maintained special schools by virtue of S.I. 1994/653.back

[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).back

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ISBN 0 11 064210 4

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