Decision details

Agreed:-

(1)     That the September 2022 Pay Award be agreed as set out below and is applied to local authority Community Schools:

• A five per cent increase on all pay ranges and allowances and advisory points, with higher increases for early career teachers as part of the process to move starting pay to £30,000 by 2023. The highest increase is 8.9 per cent on the bottom point of the Main Pay Range in England (equating to a starting salary of £28,000).

• All pay uplifts will be back dated to 1 September 2022.

(2)     that the Unattached Teachers’ Pay Policy 2022/23, now submitted as Appendix 1, be approved and implemented by the Council with effect from 1 September 2022;

(3)     the Model Schools’ Pay Policy 2022/23, now submitted as Appendix 2, be approved and recommended to the Governing Bodies of Schools in Sandwell for adoption and implementation with effect from 1 September 2022.