Conditions of service for school support staff

Understand who's responsible for setting the conditions of service for school support staff in different types of schools and how pay arrangements are determined.

Last reviewed on 29 August 2023
School types: All · School phases: All
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Contents
  1. Who sets the conditions of service?
  2. How is pay for support staff decided?
  3. What does The Green Book cover?

This article is about support staff. See our article on the conditions of service for teachers for information about teaching staff.

Who sets the conditions of service?

Community and voluntary controlled (VC) schools

  • As your employer, your local authority (LA) sets the conditions of service for support staff
  • However, it can delegate this job to your governing board
  • Most LAs use The Green Book (National Agreement on Conditions of Pay and Service) to set conditions of service for support staff (see section 3)

Academies As your employer, your academy trust sets the conditions of service for support staff Support staff who were employed at the time of transition to an academy may be subject