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I can announce today there will be an uplift of pay for our highly skilled and hardworking teachers in Wales.


On 21 July, subject to consultation with key stakeholders, I agreed in principle to accept all of the Independent Welsh Pay Review Body’s recommendations for 2022/23 including an uplift of 5% to all statutory salary points on all pay scales and for all allowances from September 2022\.  I can confirm today that we will be accepting the Review Body’s recommendations.


The new starting salary for teachers will therefore be £28,866 and the salaries of more experienced classroom teachers will increase by £2,117 to £44,450\. Additionally, all allowances will also be uprated by 5%.


I accept that some may be disappointed that a higher award could not be provided and recognise the legitimate right of all workers to seek a fair and decent pay rise during this challenging time of inflation and cost of living rises.


However, as additional funding has not been made available by the UK Government, we are not in a position to further address these issues over and above what has previously been considered. The Welsh Government’s budget will be worth £4bn less over the three years of the current settlement – £1\.5bn lower next year. This is before the much touted further budgetary cuts the UK Government claims it will make imminently. Within this context, it is simply unaffordable, and would be irresponsible, to propose higher pay rises. We repeat our calls for the UK Government to finally do the right thing and act urgently to restore Wales’s budget so that we can support our public services.


Members will recognise that there is a huge amount of ongoing financial uncertainty.


In relation to future pay awards from September 2023, no compelling evidence was provided to alter my earlier proposal for the IWPRB recommendations to be kept under review and be used as a planning assumption, subject to such a review. 


I also welcomed the IWPRBs recommendations on improvements to some key terms and conditions of teachers, notably in relation to remuneration of part\-time teachers for TLR allowances; and the need to review the remuneration of ALNCos. I thank both employers and teacher unions for working alongside us on these matters to further improve terms and conditions for teachers in Wales. In particular, I welcome the agreed revisions to the required methodology for calculating TLR allowances for part time teachers which will improve the transparency and fairness for those part time teachers carrying out these roles from now on.


Consequently, I will today make the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Order 2022 which gives effect to the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Document 2022\.


The pay award will be backdated to 1 September 2022\. Timing of the implementation of the award will be a matter for employers. Initial discussions with local authorities have been positive, with the aim to arrange for back pay to be passed on as soon as possible, hopefully before the end of December.


Moving forward, I welcome the opportunity to continue to work together with stakeholders on a comprehensive review of the structure of teachers’ and leaders’ pay and conditions. This will provide us with further opportunities to improve and enhance the system and, where we can, make it fairer and more transparent for all teachers. Such partnership working will also help to promote teaching as a profession of choice for graduates and career changers.







Translation:


 
Gallaf gyhoeddi heddiw y bydd codiad cyflog i’n hathrawon hynod fedrus a gweithgar yng Nghymru.


Ar 21 Gorffennaf cytunais mewn egwyddor, yn ddibynnol ar ymgynghoriad â rhanddeiliaid allweddol, i dderbyn holl argymhellion Corff Adolygu Cyflogau Annibynnol Cymru ar gyfer 2022/23 yn cynnwys codiad cyflog o 5% i bob pwynt cyflog statudol ar bob graddfa gyflog ac ar gyfer pob lwfans o fis Medi 2022 ymlaen. Heddiw gallaf gadarnhau y byddwn yn derbyn argymhellion y Corff Adolygu.


Felly y cyflog cychwynnol newydd ar gyfer athrawon fydd £28,866, a bydd cyflogau athrawon dosbarth mwy profiadol yn cynyddu £2,117 i £44,450\. Yn ogystal â hyn, bydd yr holl lwfansau yn cael eu cynyddu 5%.


Rwy’n derbyn y gallai rhai pobl fod yn siomedig na ellir darparu cynnydd uwch ac yn cydnabod hawl gyfreithiol pob gweithiwr i geisio codiad cyflog teg a gweddus yn ystod y cyfnod heriol hwn o chwyddiant a chynnydd mewn costau byw.


Fodd bynnag, gan na chafwyd cyllid ychwanegol gan Lywodraeth y DU, nid ydym mewn sefyllfa i fynd i’r afael ymhellach â’r materion hyn y tu hwnt i’r hyn sydd eisoes wedi ei ystyried. Bydd cyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru werth £4 biliwn yn llai dros dair blynedd y setliad cyfredol \- £1\.5 biliwn yn is y flwyddyn nesaf. Mae hyn cyn ystyried y toriadau pellach i gyllidebau y bu cymaint o sôn amdanynt ac y disgwylir i Lywodraeth y DU eu cyflwyno cyn hir. O fewn y cyd\-destun hwn, yn syml ni ellir fforddio cynnig cynnydd uwch mewn cyflogau, a byddai’n anghyfrifol gwneud hynny. Rydym yn galw eto ar Lywodraeth y DU i wneud y peth iawn o’r diwedd ac i weithredu ar unwaith i adfer cyllideb Cymru fel y gallwn gefnogi ein gwasanaethau cyhoeddus.


Bydd yr Aelodau’n cydnabod bod ansicrwydd ariannol sylweddol o hyd. Mewn perthynas â dyfarniadau cyflog yn y dyfodol o fis Medi 2023 ymlaen, ni ddarparwyd tystiolaeth gymhellol i addasu fy nghynnig blaenorol i adolygu argymhellion Corff Adolygu Cyflogau Annibynnol Cymru yn barhaus a’u defnyddio fel rhagdybiaeth cynllunio, yn ddibynnol ar adolygiad o’r fath.


Fe wnes i hefyd groesawu argymhellion Corff Adolygu Cyflogau Annibynnol Cymru ar welliannau i rai o delerau ac amodau allweddol athrawon, yn benodol mewn perthynas â thaliadau cydnabyddiaeth athrawon rhan\-amser am lwfansau cyfrifoldeb addysgu ac arweinyddiaeth (CAD); a’r angen i adolygu taliadau cydnabyddiaeth cydlynwyr anghenion dysgu ychwanegol. Hoffwn ddiolch i gyflogwyr ac i undebau athrawon am gydweithio â ni ar y materion hyn er mwyn gwella telerau ac amodau ymhellach i athrawon yng Nghymru. Yn benodol, rwy’n croesawu’r diwygiadau y cytunwyd arnynt i’r fethodoleg angenrheidiol ar gyfer cyfrifo lwfansau CAD ar gyfer athrawon rhan\-amser, a fydd yn gwella tryloywder a thegwch i’r athrawon rhan\-amser hynny sydd yn cyflawni’r rolau hynny o hyn ymlaen.


O ganlyniad, byddaf heddiw yn gwneud Gorchymyn Cyflog ac Amodau Athrawon Ysgol (Cymru) 2022 sy’n rhoi effaith i Ddogfen Cyflog ac Amodau Athrawon Ysgol (Cymru) 2022\.


Bydd y dyfarniad cyflog yn cael ei ôl\-ddyddio i 1 Medi 2022\. Mater i gyflogwyr fydd amseru’r dyfarniad. Mae trafodaethau cychwynnol ag awdurdodau lleol wedi bod yn gadarnhaol, gyda’r nod o drefnu bod ôl\-daliadau’n cael eu gwneud cyn gynted â phosibl, cyn diwedd mis Rhagfyr gobeithio.


Wrth symud ymlaen, rwy’n croesawu’r cyfle hwn i barhau i gydweithio â rhanddeiliaid ar adolygiad cynhwysfawr o strwythur cyflog ac amodau athrawon ac arweinyddion. Bydd hyn yn rhoi cyfleoedd pellach inni wella’r system, a’i gwneud yn decach ac yn fwy tryloyw i bob athro, ble bo’n bosibl. Bydd gweithio mewn partneriaeth yn y fath fodd hefyd o gymorth i hyrwyddo addysgu fel gyrfa o ddewis i raddedigion a phobl sydd am newid gyrfa.