Teachers in England to receive a 4% pay award

The government has announced that teachers will receive a four per cent pay boost from September, after the Education Secretary accepted the teachers’ pay body recommendation in full.

The government is providing additional investment of £615 million, but schools are expected to find the first 1% of the pay award.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said: "Teachers have been overstretched and undervalued for far too long but from my first day in office, I have made it my priority to back them so that teaching is restored as the highly valued profession it should be.

"This pay award for schools backed by major investment alongside funding for further education is in recognition of the crucial role teachers play in breaking the link between background and success and will support schools and colleges to invest in the workforce they need, so every young person achieves and thrives.  

"As part of our Plan for Change, we are already seeing green shoots, with two thousand more secondary school teachers training this year than last and more teachers forecasted to stay in the profession."

The government has said it will support leaders to get best value from their funding including by offering schools a suite of productivity initiatives to help them cut the costs on things like energy, banking and recruitment.