The 2023 School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) has now been published. It comes in to force on 3 November 2023 when it will replace the 2022 version of the Document.

This is statutory guidance for local authority maintained schools in England although many Academies and Multi Academy Trusts also comply with it. The pay award is in line with the recommendations in the STRB’s 33rd Report. School Teachers’ Review Body report.

From 1 September 2023 a 6.5% increase will be applied to all pay and allowance ranges and advisory points, with higher increases to some parts of the Main Pay Range (MPR) to achieve a minimum starting salary of £30,000.

The new version of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) is valid from 1 September 2023. All pay uplifts will apply retrospectively from this same date. 

Most pay and allowance ranges and advisory points are increasing by 6.5%. The minimum salary on the main pay range is getting a higher increase, to achieve a minimum starting salary of £30,000.

The new annual pay ranges are as follows:-

Leadership group

	Rest of England (£)	Inner London area (£)	Outer London area (£)	Fringe area (£)
Minimum	47,185	56,100	50,929	48,484
Maximum	131,056	139,891	134,765	132,352

Refer to page 11 of the STPCD 2023.

Headteacher group

Refer to pages 12- 16 of the STPCD 2023 relating to the headteacher group pay, and information about the different headteacher groups.

Main pay range (MPR)

	Rest of England (£)	Inner London area (£)	Outer London area (£)	Fringe area (£)
Minimum	30,000	36,745	34,514	31,350
Maximum	41,333	47,666	46,001	42,689

This means that all qualified teachers will have a starting salary of at least £30,000.

Refer to page 20 of the STPCD 2023.

Upper pay range (UPR)

	Rest of England (£)	Inner London area (£)	Outer London area (£)	Fringe area (£)
Minimum	43,266	52,526	47,592	44,579
Maximum	46,525	56,959	51,179	47,839

 Refer to page 21 of the STPCD 2023.

Leading practitioner pay range

	Rest of England (£)	Inner London area (£)	Outer London area (£)	Fringe area (£)
Minimum	47,417	56,377	51,179	48,723
Maximum	72,085	81,051	75,850	73,393

Refer to page 23 of the STPCD 2023. 

Unqualified teacher pay range

	Rest of England (£)	Inner London area (£)	Outer London area (£)	Fringe area (£)
Minimum	20,598	25,831	24,415	21,933
Maximum	32,134	37,362	35,954	33,464

Refer to page 23 of the STPCD 2023. 

Increases in TLR payments and SEN Allowances;

The annual value of a teaching and learning responsibility (TLR) payment must now be:

• TLR1: between £9,272 and £15,690
• TLR2: between £3,214 and £7,847
• Individual TLR3 payments: between £639 and £3,169

Refer to page 26 of the STPCD 2023.

Annual SEN allowances paid to a classroom teacher must be between £2,539 and £5,009 (refer to pages 27 and 28).

The STPCD 2023 doesn’t set out any further changes to the working conditions of teachers, or your school’s requirements.

The total days (or hours) of the working year have returned to normal, after the addition of 2 extra bank holidays in 2022/3.

This means full-time teachers must be available to work for:

• 195 days in the school year, 190 of which must be teaching days
• A maximum of 1,265 hours of directed time

Leeds City Council and other Local Authorities will be currently working on their Model Pay Policy documentation, and this will be circulated or available on our Bywater Kent website for HR SLA Clients once received/ finalised.