EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1 st June 2006. Amendments to the Document 2 1 The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2005 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 . 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 1 st 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 1 st 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 Knight Minister of State Department for Education and Skills 9th May 2006