EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) (No.2) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001. Application 2 This Order applies to school teachers (as defined in section 5(1) and (2) of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1991 in England and Wales. School Teachers' Pay and Conditions 3 The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2000 shall be amended with effect from 1st April 2001 as follows. 4 For paragraphs 4.1 to 4.3 there shall be substituted the following paragraphs— 4.1 From 1st April 2001 a head teacher shall be paid such salary based upon the leadership group pay spine set out in paragraph 4.5 as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraph 5 or 6. 4.2 From 1st April 2001 a deputy head teacher shall be paid such salary based upon the leadership group pay spine set out in paragraph 4.5 as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraph 12 or 13. 4.3 From 1st April 2001 and assistant head teacher shall be paid such salary based upon the leadership group pay spine set out in paragraph 4.5 as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraph 15. . 5 For the table in paragraph 4.5 there shall be substituted the following table— Pay Spine from 1st April 2001 Spine point Annual Salary £ L1 29,499 L2 30,237 L3 30,993 L4 31,767 L5 32,559 L6 33,375 L7 34,278 L8 35,064 L9 35,940 L10 36,864 L11 37,821 L12 38,694 L13 39,660 L14 40,647 L15 41,658 L16 42,768 L17 43,755 L18 44,853 L19 45,963 L20 47,103 L21 48,270 L22 49,467 L23 50,694 L24 51,951 L25 53,238 L26 54,558 L27 55,911 L28 57,297 L29 58,719 L30 60,177 L31 61,668 L32 63,201 L33 64,767 L34 66,372 L35 68,019 L36 69,705 L37 71,439 L38 73,206 L39 74,988 L40 76,863 L41 78,783. 6 For the table in paragraph 7.3 there shall be substituted the following table— Group Range of Spine points Salary range £ 1 L6—L16 33,375—42,768 2 L8—L19 35,064—45,953 3 L11—L22 37,821—49,467 4 L14—L25 40,647—53,238 5 L18—L29 44,853—58,719 6 L21—L33 48,270—64,767 7 L24—L37 51,951—71,439 8 L28—L41 57,297—78,783 . 7 For paragraph 17.2 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 17.2 From 1st April 2001 a classroom teacher shall be paid such salary based on the pay scale set out in paragraph 17.3 as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraphs 17.4 and 35.1 (unqualified teacher becoming qualified). . 8 For the table in paragraph 17.3 there shall be substituted the following table— Pay Scale from 1st April 2001 Scale point Annual salary £ 1 16,038 2 17,001 3 17,892 4 18,831 5 19,821 6 20,862 7 22,035 8 23,358 9 24,843 . 9 For paragraph 19.1 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 19.1 From 1st April 2001 a teacher to whom paragraph 19.2 applies (“a post-threshold teacher”) shall be paid such salary based on the pay scale set out in paragraph 19.3 as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraphs 19.4 to 19.8. . 10 For the table in paragraph 19.3 there shall be substituted the following table— Pay Scale from 1st April 2001 Scale point Annual salary £1 1 26,919 2 27,915 3 28,947 4 30,018 5 31,128 11 For paragraph 20.1 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 20.1 The relevant body may award a first, second, third, fourth or fifth management allowance to a classroom teacher in accordance with paragraphs 20.2 to 20.4. From 1st April 2001 the annual value of a management allowance shall be determined in accordance with the following table: Management allowances form 1st April 2001 Allowance Amount £ 1st 1,539 2nd 3,111 3rd 5,343 4th 7,353 5th 9,927 . 12 For paragraph 21 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 21.1 The relevant body may award a first, second, third, fourth or with effect from 1st April 2001 a fifth recruitment and retention allowance to a classroom teacher in accordance with paragraphs 21.2 to 21.7. From 1st April 2001 the annual value of a recruitment and retention allowance shall be determined in accordance with the following table: Recruitment and retention allowances from 1st April 2001 Allowance Amount £ 1st 942 2nd 1,848 3rd 2,802 4th 3,903 5th 5,085 21.2.1 The relevant body shall determine when making an award under paragraph 21.1 whether the allowance should be awarded for a fixed period of time or that it is to be retained while the classroom teacher remains in the same post. 21.2.2 The relevant body may review the award of an allowance under paragraph 21.1 and paragraph 21.2.1 at any time, but where the review takes place before the expiry of the fixed period of time for which the allowance was awarded or, as the case may be, while the classroom teacher is in the post in respect of which the allowance was awarded, they may not determine that a lower allowance should be awarded under paragraph 21.1 and paragraph 21.2.1 or that the allowance should be withdrawn. 21.2.3 Where the relevant body determines that a classroom teacher who holds a recruitment and retention allowance awarded under paragraph 21.1 and paragraph 21.2.1 while he remains in the same post should be awarded a higher recruitment and retention allowance which is awarded for a fixed period, that teacher shall retain his original recruitment and retention allowance while he remains in the same post if the higher recruitment and retention allowance is subsequently withdrawn following the expiry of the fixed period. 21.2.4 Where in accordance with paragraph 21.4 of the 2000 Document the relevant body first review the award of a recruitment and retention allowance which was made under paragraph 21 of that Document, they may determine to withdraw the allowance or to replace it with an allowance or allowances under this paragraph. 21.3 The relevant body may for the current or previous pay year award a recruitment and retention allowance, or part of such allowance, in the form of a lump sum. 21.4.1 With effect from 1st April 2001, the relevant body may award a classroom teacher a recruitment and retention allowance, or part of such allowance, in the form of a lump sum payable at the end of a period of unbroken employment at the same school or in the case of an unattached teacher with the same authority. 21.4.2 The period of unbroken employment referred to in paragraph 21.4.1 shall not— a start before the beginning of the school term in which the award is made, or b exceed three years. 21.4.3 An award under paragraph 21.4.1 may if the teacher agrees replace in whole or in part an existing award of a recruitment and retention allowance. 21.5 The value of a classroom teacher’s total recruitment and retention allowance in a pay year including recruitment and retention allowance payments made otherwise than pursuant to an award under paragraph 21.4.1 shall not exceed the annual value in that pay year of the fifth recruitment and retention allowance. 21.6.1 Subject to paragraph 21.6.2 the relevant body shall determine the terms and conditions of any award under paragraph 21.4.1. 21.6.2 The terms and conditions shall provide that, in the event of the teacher’s death or (as the case may be) early retirement on grounds of ill-health before the end of the period covered by the award, he shall be entitled to the proportion of the award that the period before his death or early retirement bears to the period covered by the award. 21.7 The relevant body shall not award a recruitment and retention allowance under paragraph 21.3 where they consider that the classroom teacher’s service in the previous pay year has not been satisfactory, or make a payment pursuant to an award under paragraph 21.4.1 in respect of a period during which they consider that the teacher’s service has not been satisfactory. . 13 For paragraph 22.1 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 22.1 From 1st April 2001, the annual value of a first special educational needs allowance referred to in paragraph 22 is £1,572, and the annual value of a second special educational needs allowance referred to in paragraph 22 is £3,111. . 14 1 In paragraph 29.3.3— a at the beginning of the paragraph there shall be inserted “with effect from 1st April 2001”; and b for “£500” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted “£250”. 2 After paragraph 29.3.4 there shall be inserted the following paragraph— 29.3.5 In paragraph 29.3 “increase” includes the payment of an allowance pursuant to an award under paragraph 21.4.1 but excludes the award of such an allowance or the determination or redetermination of a teacher’s salary with the effect from 1st September 2000. . 15 For paragraph 31.1 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 31.1 From 1st April 2001 an advanced skills teacher shall be paid such salary based on the following pay spine as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraphs 31.2 to 31.8. Pay spine from 1st April 2001 Spine Point Annual Salary £ 1 27,939 2 28,437 3 28,938 4 29,436 5 29,934 6 30,435 7 30,936 8 31,434 9 31,932 10 32,430 11 32,931 12 33,597 13 34,260 14 34,926 15 35,589 16 36,255 17 36,921 18 37,587 19 38,253 20 38,919 21 39,582 22 40,413 23 41,247 24 42,075 25 42,909 26 43,737 27 44,571 . 16 For paragraph 32.1 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 32.1 From 1st April 2001 an unqualified teacher shall be paid such salary based on the following pay scale as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraphs 32.2 to 32.7 and 34— Pay scale from 1st April 2001 Scale point Annual Salary £ 1 12,456 2 13,014 3 13,557 4 14,121 5 14,691 6 15,237 7 15,798 8 17,103 9 18,585 10 19,698 . 17 For paragraph 37.1 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 37.1 A teacher serving in the London Area shall receive a London Area allowance of: a if he is serving in the Inner London Area, £3,000 per annum from 1st April 2001; b if he is serving in the Outer London Area, £1,974 per annum from 1st April 2001; and c if he is serving in the Fringe Area, £765 per annum from 1st April 2001. . 18 1 In paragraph 40.4 (a) (ii) after “paragraphs 20 to 22” there shall be inserted “except for an allowance payable pursuant to an award under paragraph 21.4.1”. 2 In paragraph 40.4 (b) (ii) after “paragraphs 20 to 22” there shall be inserted “except for an allowance payable pursuant to an award under paragraph 21.4.1”. 19 After paragraph 46 there shall be inserted the following paragraph— Recruitment incentives and benefits 46A.1 The relevant body, and where they are the teacher’s employers the authority, may as an incentive for the recruitment of new teachers and the retention in their service of existing teachers make payments or provide other financial assistance, support or benefits to a teacher for the purposes set out in paragraph 46A.2. 46A.2 The purposes are to assist the teacher with— a the provision of housing; b relocation expenses incurred by him; or c travel expenses incurred in connection with his journey to and from his place of work. . Estelle Morris, Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 28th March 2001