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2003 No. 769
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 2003

	Made	20th March 2003
	Laid before Parliament	20th March 2003
	Coming into force	1st April 2003

Whereas the review body established under section 1 of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1991[1] ("the Act") have made a report following the reference to them of certain matters;

     And whereas the Secretary of State has consulted, in accordance with section 2(1) of the Act [2], such associations of local education authorities, such bodies representing the interests of governors of foundation, voluntary and foundation special schools and such bodies representing school teachers as appeared to him to be concerned;

     Now, therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1), (3) and (4) and 5(4) of the Act[3] hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

Application
     2. This Order applies to school teachers (as defined in section 5(1) and (2) of the Act[4]) in England and Wales.

School Teachers' Pay and Conditions
     3. The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2002[5] shall be amended with effect from 1st April 2003 as follows:

" "the Inner London Area" means the area comprising the areas of the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Brent, Camden, City of London, Ealing, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth and Westminster;";

"the Outer London Area" means Greater London, excluding the Inner London Area;";

"the Fringe Area" means:

in Berkshire: the Districts of Bracknell Forest, Slough and Windsor and Maidenhead;

in Buckinghamshire: the Districts of South Buckinghamshire and Chiltern;

in Essex: the Districts of Basildon, Brentwood, Epping Forest, Harlow and Thurrock;

in Hertfordshire: the Districts of Broxbourne, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, St Albans, Three Rivers, Watford and Welwyn Hatfield;

in Kent: the Districts of Dartford and Sevenoaks;

in Surrey: the whole County; and

in West Sussex: the District of Crawley;";

"the London Area" comprises the Inner London Area, the Outer London Area and the Fringe Area;";

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"Pay Spine from 1st April 2003

Spine point Annual Salary

Egland and Wales

Annual Salary

Inner London

Ł Ł

L1 31,416 37,359

L2 32,205 38,148

L3 33,009 38,952

L4 33,834 39,777

L5 34,677 40,620

L6 35,544 41,487

L7 36,507 42,450

L8 37,344 43,287

L9 38,277 44,220

L10 39,261 45,204

L11 40,278 46,221

L12 41,208 47,151

L13 42,240 48,183

L14 43,290 49,233

L15 44,367 50,310

L16 45,549 51,492

L17 46,599 52,542

L18 47,769 53,712

L19 48,951 54,894

L20 50,166 56,109

L21 51,408 57,351

L22 52,683 58,626

L23 53,988 59,931

L24 55,329 61,272

L25 56,700 62,643

L26 58,107 64,050

L27 59,544 65,487

L28 61,020 66,963

L29 62,535 68,478

L30 64,089 70,032

L31 65,676 71,619

L32 67,308 73,251

L33 68,979 74,922

L34 70,686 76,629

L35 72,444 78,387

L36 74,235 80,178

L37 76,083 82,026

L38 77,964 83,907

L39 79,863 85,806

L40 81,861 87,804

L41 83,904 89,847

L42 86,004 91,947

L43 88,155 94,098";

(h) paragraph 4.6 shall be deleted;

(i) the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 6.3 -

"Group Range of spine points Salary range - England and Wales Salary range - Inner London

Ł Ł

1 L6-L18 35,544 - 47,769 41,487 - 53,712

2 L8-L21 37,344 - 51,408 43,287 - 57,351

3 L11-L24 40,278 - 55,329 46,221 - 61,272

4 L14-L27 43,290 - 59,544 49,233 - 65,487

5 L18-L31 47,769 - 65,676 53,712 - 71,619

6 L21-L35 51,408 - 72,444 57,351 - 78,387

7 L24-L39 55,329 - 79,863 61,272 - 85,806

8 L28-L43 61,020 - 88,155 66,963 - 94,098;"

(j) in paragraph 15.2 for the words "From 1st September 2002" there shall be substituted the words "From 1st April 2003";

(k) the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 15.3.2 -

"Pay Scale from 1st April 2003

Scale Point	Annual Salary England and Wales	Annual Salary Inner London
	Ł	Ł
M1	18,105	21,522
M2	19,536	22,977
M3	21,108	24,573
M4	22,734	26,226
M5	24,525	28,041
M6	26,460	30,000";

(l) in paragraph 17.1 for the words "From 1st April 2002" there shall be substituted the words "From 1st April 2003";

(m) the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 17.2 -

"Pay Scale from 1st April 2003

Scale Point Annual Salary

England and Wales

Annual Salary

Inner London

     Ł Ł

U1 28,668 34,002

U2 29,730 35,673

U3 30,831 36,774

U4 31,968 37,911

U5 33,150 39,093";

(n) in paragraph 23.1 for the words "From 1st April 2002" there shall be substituted the words "From 1st April 2003";

(o) the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 23.1 -

"Management Allowances

Allowance Amount

1st 1,638

2nd 3,312

3rd 5,688

4th 7,833

5th 10,572";

(p) in paragraph 24.1 the words "with effect from 1 April 2002" in the first sentence shall be deleted and in the second sentence for the words "From 1 April 2002" there shall be substituted the words "From 1st April 2003";

(q) the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 24.1 -

"Recruitment and Retention Allowances

Allowance Amount

1st 1,002

2nd 1,971

3rd 2,985

4th 4,158

5th 5,415";

(r) for paragraph 25.1 there shall be substituted the following-

" 25.1 From 1st April 2003, the annual value of a first special educational needs allowance referred to in paragraph 25 is Ł1,674, and the annual value of a second special educational needs allowance referred to in paragraph 25 is Ł3,312.";

(s) in paragraph 28.1 for the words "From 1st April 2002" there shall be substituted the words "From 1st April 2003";

(t) the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 28.1 -

"Pay Spine from 1st April 2003

Spine Point Annual Salary

England and Wales

Annual Salary

Inner London

     Ł Ł

1 29,757 35,700

2 30,288 36,231

3 30,822 36,765

4 31,347 37,290

5 31,878 37,821

6 32,415 38,358

7 32,949 38,892

8 33,480 39,423

9 34,008 39,951

10 34,536 40,479

11 35,070 41,013

12 35,781 41,724

13 36,489 42,432

14 37,194 43,137

15 37,902 43,845

16 38,613 44,556

17 39,321 45,264

18 40,032 45,975

19 40,740 46,683

20 41,448 47,391

21 42,156 48,099

22 43,038 48,981

23 43,929 49,872

24 44,811 50,754

25 45,699 51,642

26 46,581 52,524

27 47,469 53,412";

(u) in paragraph 36.1 for the words "From 1 April 2002" there shall be substituted the words "From 1st April 2003";

(v) the following table shall be substituted for the table in paragraph 36.1 -

"Pay Scale from 1st April 2003

Spine Point Annual Salary

England and Wales

Annual Salary

Inner London

     Ł Ł

1 13,266 16,683

2 13,860 17,277

3 14,439 17,856

4 15,039 18,456

5 15,645 19,062

6 16,227 19,644

7 16,824 20,241

8 18,216 21,633

9 19,794 23,211

10 20,979 24,396";

(w) for paragraph 41.1 there shall be substituted the following-

" 41.1 From 1st April 2003 a teacher serving in the Outer London Area shall receive an allowance of Ł2,247 per annum and a teacher serving in the Fringe Area shall receive an allowance of Ł870 per annum.";

(x) for paragraph 41.2 there shall be substituted the following-

" 41.2 A teacher normally serving in the London Area but temporarily employed elsewhere shall continue to be paid in accordance with the appropriate Inner London pay scale or (as the case may be) to receive the London Area allowance at the rate appropriate to his normal area of employment.";

(y) for paragraph 41.3 there shall be substituted the following -

" 41.3 A teacher who on 1st April 2003 was being paid in accordance with the appropriate Inner London pay scale or receiving a London Area allowance shall continue to be paid in accordance with the appropriate Inner London pay scale or to receive that allowance at the appropriate rate, notwithstanding that he would not otherwise be entitled to it under the provisions of this Document, for so long as he remains in the post that he held on that date.";

(z) for paragraph 41.4 there shall be substituted the following -

" 41.4.1 A teacher who moves out of the Inner London Area may continue to be paid in accordance with the appropriate Inner London pay scale at the rate being paid before he moved for so long as he continues to be employed as a teacher in a post in which his salary is paid by the same authority.

41.4.2 A teacher who moves out of the Outer London Area to anywhere but to the Inner London Area may continue to be paid an Outer London Area allowance at the rate being paid before he moved for so long as he continues to be employed as a teacher in a post in which his salary is paid by the same authority.

41.4.3 A teacher who moves out of the Fringe Area to anywhere but to the Inner London Area or the Outer London Area may continue to be paid a Fringe Area allowance at the rate being paid before he moved for so long as he continues to be employed as a teacher in a post in which his salary is paid by the same authority.";

(aa) for paragraph 41.5 (d) there shall be substituted the following -

     " in the case of a classroom teacher the relevant body determine the point on the pay scale in paragraph 15.3 and allowances under paragraph 23, 24 or 25 which immediately after the change occurs and when any additional points awarded after 31st August 2002 under paragraphs 16.1 or 16.2 or an increase in salary caused by the teacher having moved to the Inner London pay scale or having become entitled to be paid as a post-threshold teacher are ignored, takes that teacher's remuneration above that to which he was entitled on 31st August 2002.";

(bb) paragraph 41.6 shall be deleted;

(cc) in paragraph 49(c) for "67.4" there shall be substituted "67.3";

(dd) in paragraph 53.1 for the words "1st April 2002 to 31st March 2003" there shall be substituted the words "1st April 2003 to 31st March 2004".

Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills

20th March 2003

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2002 (the Document) by uprating the amounts of salary and certain allowances and by removing the Inner London allowance and replacing it with a new set of Inner London pay scales. The following are increased and a new scale is added for the Inner London area -

(a) the leadership group pay spine set out in paragraph 4.5 of the Document;

(b) the head teacher groups' pay ranges set out in paragraph 6.3 of the Document;

(c) the pay scale for classroom teachers set out in paragraph 15.3.2 of the Document;

(d) the pay scale for post-threshold teachers set out in paragraph 17.2 of the Document;

(e) the pay spine for advanced skills teachers set out in paragraph 28.1 of the Document; and

(f) the pay scale for unqualified teachers set out in paragraph 36.1 of the Document.

The following allowances are increased -

(a) the management allowances set out in paragraph 23.1 of the Document;

(b) the recruitment and retention allowances set out in paragraph 24.1 of the Document;

(c) the special educational needs allowance set out in paragraph 25.1 of the Document; and

(d) the Outer London and Fringe Area allowances set out in paragraph 41.1 of the Document.

The increases take effect from 1st April 2003.

The Order makes various safeguarding provisions in respect of the new Inner London pay scales and includes in the definition of "Induction Regulations" induction regulations which apply to Wales.

Notes:

[1] 1991 c. 49. Section 1 was repealed by section 215(2) of and Part 1 of Schedule 22 to the Education Act 2002 (c. 32.) but the review body continues to exist by virtue of section 119(1) of that Act.back
[2] Section 2(1) is amended by paragraphs 24 and 26 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31.).back
[3] Section 2(3) is amended by paragraphs 24 and 26(c) and (d) of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.back
[4] The definition of "school teacher" in section 5(1) is amended by paragraphs 24 and 28(a) of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.back
[5] ISBN 011 2711294; the Document was given effect by the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) (No. 2) Order 2002 (S.I.2002/2223).back
[6] S.I. 2001/2897.back
[7] S.I. 2003/543(W.77.).back

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