About this advice

This guidance has been revised following engagement with relevant stakeholders. There is no obligation for schools to implement these changes from September 2024. A formal process will now be followed to make necessary amendments to the School teachers’ pay and conditions document, the final version of which is likely to be published in October 2024, back-dated to 1 September 2024. Any further amendments that might be required to this guidance as a result of that process will also be made following consultation.

This advice has been produced to help schools and governance boards (for the purposes of this guidance the term governance board should be considered to include reference to governing bodies) make fair and robust decisions on teachers’ and leadership pay, allowances and terms and conditions. It should be read alongside the current version of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD).

This advice is also designed to support schools with

• meeting equalities responsibilities, so they do not discriminate against individuals or groups when making pay decisions;
• using evidence proportionately which is readily available from day to day practice in school to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy when making pay decisions;
• developing good human resource (HR) practices;
• managing pay decision appeals;
• using allowances and other pay flexibilities within the STPCD;
• implementing non-pay terms and conditions

RBWM HR will be updating all our standard policies and we will notify you once this has been completed