Policy paper

Evidence to the STRB: 2026 pay award for teachers and leaders

The Education Secretary’s evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) to support the 2026 pay award.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 30 October 2025

Applies to England

Documents

Government evidence to the STRB

PDF, 490 KB, 59 pages

Government evidence to the STRB: data annex

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 3.21 MB

Details

‘Government evidence to the STRB’ is the Secretary of State for Education’s evidence to support the STRB’s consideration of the 2026 to 2027 and 2027 to 2028 academic year pay awards for teachers and school leaders, alongside their indicative assessment for 2028 to 2029.

‘Government evidence to the STRB: data annex’ is the associated data publication.

Published 30 October 2025