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Statutory guidance

School teachers' pay and conditions

Statutory guidance on pay and conditions for teachers in England.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Education
Published:
10 August 2017
Last updated:
18 July 2025
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  1. Added 'School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2025 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions'.

  2. Corrected an error in 'School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2024 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions (valid from 1 September 2024)': in Annex 4, Table 13, the figure for U6 London fringe was £35,395 and this has been amended to £35,305.

  3. Added 'School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2024 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions'.

  4. Updated 'School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2023 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions (valid from 1 September 2023)' to include annex 5 which lists administrative that teachers should not ordinarily be expected to do.

  5. Added 'School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2023 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions'.

  6. Added ‘Modification of school teachers’ pay and conditions document 2022’ which allows schools to take account of the additional bank holiday on 8 May 2023 to mark the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III.

  7. Added 'School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2022 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions'.

  8. Added 'School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2021 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions'.

  9. Added ‘Modification of School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 2020’ which allows schools to provide an additional optional inset (in service training) day in the 2020 to 2021 academic year.

  10. Updated with 'School teachers' pay and conditions document 2020 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions (valid from 1 September 2020)'.

  11. Added 'School teachers' pay and conditions document 2019 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions (valid from 1 September 2019)'.

  12. Added the Welsh version of the 'School teachers' pay and conditions document 2018', valid from 1 September 2018.

  13. Added the statutory guidance for 2018.

  14. Added the Welsh version of 'School teachers' pay and conditions document 2017 and guidance on school teachers' pay and conditions' that is valid from 1 September 2017.

  15. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2025 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions (valid from 1 September 2025)

PDF, 786 KB, 92 pages

School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2024 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions (valid from 1 September 2024)

PDF, 568 KB, 89 pages

School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2023 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions (valid from 1 September 2023)

PDF, 597 KB, 89 pages

Modification of school teachers' pay and conditions document 2022

PDF, 160 KB, 3 pages

School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2022 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions (valid from 1 September 2022)

PDF, 602 KB, 86 pages

Details

This statutory guidance is for:

  • local authorities
  • school leaders
  • school teachers
  • governing bodies and their representatives

It relates to local-authority-maintained schools in England.

Advice on developing your school’s approach to pay is also available.

Statutory guidance sets out what schools and local authorities must do to comply with the law. You should follow the guidance unless you have a very good reason not to.

Older versions are available for reference in the UK Government Web Archive.

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