2006 No. 1274

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 2006

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Education and Skills has consulted the Chairman of the School Teachers' Review Body1 in accordance with section 125(2)(b) of the Education Act 20022 about disapplying section 125(1) of that Act; and has consulted, in accordance with section 126 of that Act, such associations of local education authorities, such bodies representing the interests of governing bodies of schools and such bodies representing the interests of teachers as appeared to her to be appropriate to consult having regard to the content of this Order.

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 122(1), 123, 124 and 210(7) of that Act, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st June 2006.

Amendments to the Document

2

1

The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 20053 is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

2

After paragraph 55.4 insert the following—

Salary sacrifice arrangements

55A

For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “salary sacrifice arrangement” means any arrangement under which the teacher gives up the right to receive part of his gross salary in return for the employer’s agreement to provide him with a benefit-in-kind under any of the following schemes—

a

a child care voucher or other child care benefit scheme;

b

a cycle or cyclist’s safety equipment scheme; or

c

a mobile telephone scheme; and

that benefit in-kind is exempt from income tax 4.

55A.2

Where the employer operates a salary sacrifice arrangement, the teacher may participate in any such arrangement and his gross salary may be reduced accordingly for the duration of his participation in it.

55A.3

Participation in any salary sacrifice arrangement shall have no effect upon the determination of any safeguarded sum to which the teacher may be entitled under any provision of the Document.

3

After Annex 6 of the Document (Changes taking effect from 1st January 2006) insert the following Annex—

ANNEX 7

PART 1 – CHANGES TAKING EFFECT FROM 1st SEPTEMBER 2006

In paragraph 30.1—

a

insert the following heading above the pay spine—

“Previous Pay Spine - Effective until 31 August 2006

 ”;

and

b

insert the following table after the pay spine—

New Pay Spine - Effective from 1 September 2006

Spine Point

Annual Salary England and Wales (excluding the London Area)

Annual Salary Inner London Area

Annual Salary Outer London Area

Annual Salary Fringe Area

AST1

34,083

40,527

36,789

35,025

AST2

34,938

41,385

37,644

35,880

AST3

35,811

42,258

38,514

36,750

AST4

36,705

43,149

39,411

37,647

AST5

37,617

44,067

40,323

38,562

AST6

38,559

45,006

41,265

39,501

AST7

39,600

46,050

42,306

40,545

AST8

40,512

46,959

43,218

41,451

AST9

41,523

47,970

44,229

42,468

AST10

42,591

49,038

45,297

43,533

AST11

43,695

50,139

46,398

44,637

AST12

44,703

51,150

47,409

45,648

AST13

45,822

52,269

48,528

46,767

AST14

46,962

53,409

49,665

47,904

AST15

48,132

54,576

50,835

49,071

AST16

49,413

55,860

52,116

50,355

AST17

50,547

56,997

53,253

51,495

AST18

51,819

58,266

54,525

52,761

2

After paragraph 30.8 insert the following sub-paragraphs—

30.9

Subject to paragraphs 30.9A and 30.9B, the relevant body shall transfer its advanced skills teachers from the previous pay spine to the new pay spine with effect from 1st September 2006, in accordance with the following table—

Previous Spine Point

New Spine Point

(All Regions)

1

AST1

2

AST1

3

AST1

4

AST1

5

AST2

6

AST3

7

AST3

8

AST4

9

AST5

10

AST5

11

AST6

12

AST7

13

AST7

14

AST8

15

AST9

16

AST10

17

AST11

18

AST11

19

AST12

20

AST13

21

AST13

22

AST14

23

AST15

24

AST16

25

AST17

26

AST17

27

AST18

30.9A

Where the relevant body determines that an advanced skills teacher shall move up the pay spine in accordance with paragraph 30.7, it shall make and give effect to that determination using the previous pay spine and before the teacher is assimilated onto the new pay spine in accordance with paragraph 30.9.

30.9B

Where it is not possible to make and give effect to the determination referred to in paragraph 30.9A in accordance with paragraph 30.7 before the advanced skills teacher is assimilated onto the new pay spine in accordance with paragraph 30.9, the relevant body shall make the determination using the previous pay spine, as though assimilation had not taken place, and re-assimilate him onto the new pay spine thereafter in accordance with paragraph 30.9.

PART 2 – CHANGES TAKING EFFECT FROM 1st SEPTEMBER 2007

2

In paragraph 30.1 substitute the pay spines with the following pay spine—

Spine Point

Annual Salary England and Wales (excluding the London Area)

Annual Salary Inner London Area

Annual Salary Outer London Area

Annual Salary Fringe Area

AST1

34,938

41,541

37,710

35,901

AST2

35,814

42,420

38,586

36,777

AST3

36,708

43,317

39,477

37,671

AST4

37,623

44,229

40,398

38,589

AST5

38,559

45,171

41,334

39,528

AST6

39,525

46,134

42,297

40,491

AST7

40,590

47,202

43,365

41,559

AST8

41,526

48,135

44,301

42,489

AST9

42,564

49,170

45,336

43,530

AST10

43,656

50,265

46,431

44,622

AST11

44,790

51,393

47,559

45,753

AST12

45,822

52,431

48,597

46,791

AST13

46,968

53,577

49,743

47,937

AST14

48,138

54,747

50,907

49,104

AST15

49,338

55,941

52,107

50,298

AST16

50,649

57,258

53,421

51,615

AST17

51,813

58,422

54,585

52,785

AST18

53,115

59,724

55,890

54,081

Jim KnightMinister of StateDepartment for Education and Skills

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2005 (“the Document”) in order to allow teachers to participate voluntarily in certain salary sacrifice arrangements and in order to ensure that where a teacher is entitled to a safeguarded sum under the Document participation in a salary sacrifice arrangement does not affect the determination of that safeguarded sum with effect from 1st June 2006.

This Order also amends the Document to make provision for the assimilation of Advanced Skills Teachers onto a new pay spine with effect from 1st September 2006. These changes result from a recommendation made by the School Teachers' Review Body in Part 2 of their 13th Report in 2004.