In August, the Department for Education (DfE) released the latest versions of the STPCD (external link) and its related advice (external link) – Implementing your School’s Approach to Pay. The STPCD provides a framework for teachers’ pay and conditions, and is statutory for all maintained schools, although many academies also choose to adhere to it.
The main change in this latest version is that the updated STPCD makes provision for the September 2016 pay award, which gives a 1% uplift to the statutory minima and maxima of all pay ranges, including allowances. This means that where a classroom teacher/leadership group member is paid on the minimum of their pay range, this must be uplifted to the new minimum. Schools themselves must determine how to take account of the uplift for those not currently on the minimum, in line with their own pay policy.