Thread by @wstewarttes, Here’s the FULL story of yesterday’s teacher pay deal announcement. @RishiSunak started [...]

Here’s the FULL story of yesterday’s teacher pay deal announcement. @RishiSunak started the day , praising teachers for their coronavirus contribution and saying that they were to get a 3.1% pay rise https://www.tes.com/news/teachers-get-31-pay-rise-september-says-sunak

But news leaves questions about whether schools can afford hike from existing budgets and whether all teachers will receive it

We were instantly suspicious, warning that it was unlikely that all teachers would see a 3.1% pay increase and that there could be an issue of affordability for schools that will have to find the money. It turns out we were right to be. https://www.tes.com/news/5-reasons-be-cautious-about-rishi-sunak-teacher-pay-rise

Stretched school budgets and performance pay are among the obstacles that could prevent all teachers getting the rise

There was some good news with new teachers’ starting salaries to increase by 5.5% in the first step from @educationgovuk to delivering a £30,000 starting salary by 2022/23 https://www.tes.com/news/new-teachers-starting-salaries-increase-55

Boost for teachers at beginning of careers is first step to delivering £30,000 starting salary by 2022/23, says DfE

But, there was a big but: Our longest serving and most experienced teachers will only get a rise of 2.75% from September https://www.tes.com/news/long-serving-teachers-wont-get-sunaks-31-pay-rise

'Pay rise' figure announced by chancellor this morning is an average for package that will see most experienced teachers get just 2.75%

Unsuprisingly that news did not go down at all well, with @RealGeoffBarton describing it as a ‘kick in the teeth’. He also warned that in many schools affordability would be an issue https://www.tes.com/news/teacher-pay-deal-kick-teeth-long-servers

Heads' union ASCL also warns that 'many schools' will not be able to afford to pay teachers the increases ranging from 2.75-5.5%

But if a pay rise of just 2.75% for long serving teachers does mean some leave @GavinWilliamson clearly believes replacements are waiting in the wings, saying that Covid was an opportunity for the profession & may help it attract 'truly amazing' teachers https://www.tes.com/news/covid-amazing-teachers-may-join-profession-due-covid

Education secretary says teaching will be 'an attractive option' due to impact of Covid-19

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