The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) (No. 2) Order 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order which is made under sections 122(1), 123 and 124 of the Education Act 2002 (“the Act”) refers to a document entitled “School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2003 and Guidance on School Teachers' Pay and Conditions” published by The Stationery Office Limited, which is obtainable from Government book shops and through booksellers. It can also be found on the internet at http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/payandperformance/pay/strb2003/

It revokes the Orders giving effect to and amending the previous School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2002.

The Order directs that the provisions set out in section 2 of the document shall have effect from 1st September 2003 save for those provisions set out in part 1 of Annex 6 which shall have effect from 1st September 2004 and those set out in part 2 of Annex 6 which shall have effect from 1st September 2005.

The Order applies to all school teachers within the meaning of section 122 of the Act in England and Wales. By virtue of section 122(2)(a) of the Act, the remuneration of school teachers to whom the Order applies is to be determined and paid to them by local education authorities in accordance with the pay scales and other provisions of section 2 of the document. By virtue of section 124(3)(b) of the Act, the provisions set out in section 2 of the document relating to the statutory conditions of employment have effect as terms of the contracts of employment of school teachers to whom the Order applies.