Who does this apply to?
This article applies to all teachers employed under the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD). This includes:
- All teachers at maintained schools, including:
- Senior leaders, such as headteachers
- Special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs)
- Part-time teachers
- Non-agency supply teachers
- Teachers whose employment transferred from a maintained school to an academy at the point of conversion and whose contracts haven't been further negotiated
Check your teachers' contracts if you're unsure whether or not they are employed under the STPCD.
Pay ranges for 2025/26
There's a partially funded 4% increase across all pay ranges.
Mainstream schools will receive the additional funding through the new schools budget support grant (SBSG) in autumn 2025. This will cover the period from September 2025 to