Teachers in England & Wales

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Extended Schools in England
Training on the Revised Curriculum: 189-day Year for 2007-8

Advice on the Right To Discipline Pupils (England)

Behaviour

Weapons searches

New Induction Regulations for September 2008

Sick leave (teachers in England & Wales)

TUPE

Professional Standards

Standards Framework (TDA)

New online guidance: revised qualified teacher status standards and requirements for initial teacher training (May 2008)

Update on proposed changes to professional standards for teachers in England from September 2007 (January 2007) (Word)

Professional Standards (GTC Wales)

Performance Management:

Light Touch Validation: the Performance Management and Pay Checklist, 2007

A revised checklist for the Light Touch Validation Process (introduced 2005) has been published and replaces the previous version. Performance Management and Pay Checklist is designed to help schools and services ensure their performance management arrangements comply with the revised 2006 regulations, are robust, and are linked to pay decisions. The revised checklist and other information can be downloaded from Teachernet.

Revised Performance Management documents (2007)

RIG Note on Performance Management, January 2007 (pdf)

Revised Regulations Performance Management for Teachers and Head Teachers (DfES, October 2006)

Revised regulations: The Education (School Teacher Performance Management) (England) Regulations 2006 (October 2006)

Performance Management: joint statement (21/09/06)

Evidence from RIG to the STRB (21 July 2006)

RIG Note 3: Light-touch Validation of Performance Management (August 2005) (pdf)

Current and Recommended Pay Levels for Teachers in England and Wales and Notes

Current and Recommended Pay Levels for Teachers in England and Wales (September 2007 and September 2008) (Word)

Latest pay news (TeacherNet)

STRB’s 17th Report part 2 (April 2008)

School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) 2007

RIG Joint Evidence, October 2007

RIG Supplementary Note 26 June 2007: supplementary letter from Jim Knight on behalf of RIG re evidence submitted on 24 May to STRB, including changes to the RIG Evidence relating to the levels of PGCE training bursary for trainee teachers.

Rewards and Incentives Group (RIG) Note 5 (Earnings) March 2007 (pdf)

STRB report and responses, February 2007

Current & Recommended Pay Levels for Teachers in England and Wales, September 2006 and 2007 (pdf)

Confirmed Pay Scales 2004 to 2006 (TeacherNet)

‘Salary sacrifice’ vouchers

Changes to the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document from 1 June 2006 mean that teachers in maintained schools and nurseries can now participate in ‘salary sacrifice’ arrangements offered by many local authority employers. These are limited to arrangements for the purpose of providing tax break advantages for recognised activities: childcare, bicycles for work and mobile phones.

Teachers will now be able to take part of their pay as a voucher instead of cash. This part of their salary will not be liable for tax or national insurance.

Click here for guidance and further information (links to leaflet/form in Word) (or go to www.teachernet.gov.uk/pay)

31 May 2006

Advanced Skills Teachers (ASTs)

Advanced Skills Teacher guidance

Current and Recommended Pay Levels for Teachers in England and Wales (including ASTs) (September 2007 and September 2008) (Word)

From September 2006 a new 18 point AST pay spine was introduced.

Guidance on how pay of existing ASTs should assimilated onto pay spine (2006)

Further info on AST pay

December 2005: STRB Report

Model pay statements

Revised model pay statements

Model pay policy

Excellent Teacher Scheme (England and Wales)

Information and guidance about, and application forms for, the Excellent Teacher Scheme (ETS) for:

teachers who are considering applying for an Excellent Teacher (ET) post; and
schools who are thinking about creating an ET post and who are interested in the potential benefits for their school.

Excellent Teacher Scheme (TeacherNet)

Excellent Teacher Scheme guidance document