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Teachers’ Contractual
Obligations
Produced as part of the Partnership Development Schools (PDS) Strategy Phase
3 2008-09 (Lead PDS: The Park Community School. Contact Chris Ley
([email protected])
SALARIES
• Classroom teachers are paid on a single
spine salary scale
• The incremental date for progression up
the spine is 1 September
• Placement on the spine is determined by
School Governors
SALARY SCALE – Classroom Teachers
As at September 2008
(outside London and the fringe)
M1 £20,627
M2 £22,259
M3 £24,048
M4 £25,898
M5 £27,939
M6 £30,148
EXCELLENT TEACHER
• Minimum - £37,672
• Maximum - £48,437
SEN ALLOWANCES
• Special Needs 1 - £1,912
• Special Needs 2 - £3,778
PLACEMENT ON SCALE
• Experience (extra points on the pay scale
for classroom teachers - discretionary)
• Mainly working with SEN pupils
• Recruitment and retention payment can be
awarded as a lump sum or periodic
payments
THRESHOLD
• On reaching the top of the Main Scale
teachers may apply to cross the threshold
onto the upper pay scales
• Assessment against national standards
• Teachers will be required to have completed
the previous two performance management
reviews to show how they meet the postthreshold standards
UPPER PAY SCALE
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U1
U2
U3
- £32,660
- £33,870
- £35,121
TEACHING AND LEARNING
RESPONSIBILITIES (TLR)
• Awarded to teachers undertaking
additional responsibility – e.g. Head of
Department
• 2 payments – TLR 1 & TLR 2
• TLR2 - £2,422 - £5,920
• TLR1 - ££6,997 - £11,841
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
• Professional duties as required
• Specific duties as may reasonably be
required by the Head
PROFESSIONAL DUTIES (subject to
amendments/limits as a result of the
National Agreement)
• Teaching
• “Other related
activities”
• Assessment and
reports
• Performance
management
• Development and
training
• Educational methods
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Discipline
Health and safety
Staff meetings
Cover for absent
colleagues
• Public examinations
• Management
administration
WORKING TIME
• 195 days of which 190 teaching days
• 1265 hours directed time
• The additional work clause which currently
states “such additional hours as may be
needed”
The National Agreement
Raising Standards and Tackling Workload’
Objectives of the Agreement
• To secure significant and sustainable
reductions in the workload of teachers
• To continue to raise standards
• To confirm and enhance the crucial
pedagogic role of teachers
• To recognise the significant contribution to
raising standards made by other staff in
schools
Changes to a teacher’s contract with
effect on 1 September 2003
• Removal of the requirement routinely to
undertake clerical/administrative tasks
• Provision of time within school sessions for
teachers with leadership/management
responsibilities
• Requirement that provision be made for
teachers to enjoy a reasonable work/life
balance
Changes to a teacher’s contract with
effect on 1 September 2004
• A limit on the amount of cover to
absence a teacher can be required to
undertake
• This is an initial limit
• The objective is for teachers at a
school rarely to cover at all
Changes to a teacher’s contract
with effect on 1 September 2005
• Guaranteed minimum of 10% planning, preparation
and assessment time within the timetabled teaching
day
• The removal of the requirement for teachers to
invigilate external examinations
• The introduction of dedicated headship time
NO DETRIMENT
‘Where the Agreement specifies a phased timescale
for contractual change and implementation of other
provisions, no steps should be taken in advance as a
result of the Agreement, which would result in a
worsening of current working conditions.’
‘However, implementation of the provisions of the
Agreement at an early stage or in advance of the
statutory target date will be supported by the
Signatories.’
DISCIPLINARY AND
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES
• Written procedures for:
– Disciplinary
– Competency
– Grievance
– Appeal
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
• Sex Discrimination Act (SDA)
• Racial Relations (Amendment)
Act (RRA)
• Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)
• Equal Pay Act
SEX DISCRIMINATION
ACT 1975
• Sex discrimination unlawful
– employment, training and related matters
– education
– provision of goods, facilities and services
– management and disposal of premises
• Gave right of access to civil courts or
industrial tribunals for legal redress
RACE RELATIONS
(AMENDMENT) ACT 2000
• Racial discrimination unlawful
– employment, training and related matters
– education
– provision of goods, facilities and services
– management and disposal of premises
• Gave right of access to civil courts or
industrial tribunals for legal redress
Disability Discrimination Act (2005)
• Places a duty on employers to make reasonable
adjustments to the workplace to enable
employees with a disability to continue to carry
out the role for which they were employed
• Places a responsibility on service providers to
make reasonable adjustments in order to allow
equal access to the service
• Right of access to civil courts or industrial
tribunals for legal redress
Equal Pay Act (1970)
• Prohibits less favourable treatment
between men and women in terms of pay
and conditions of employment
TYPES OF DISCRIMINATION
• Direct
• Indirect
• Victimisation
RECRUITMENT
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Advertising
Shortlisting
Interview
Terms of appointment
Selection
EMPLOYEES
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Salary
Promotion
Access to training
Disciplinary procedures
Dismissal
EDUCATION
• Unlawful to discriminate in:
– admission of pupils (except single sex
schools)
– provision of teaching
– standards of conduct, dress and
appearance
– criteria for exclusions
– allocation of resources
– other benefits and provisions
• Complaints
SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL
NEEDS
• Legislation gives an exception to meet the
special needs of particular racial groups in:
– Education
– Welfare
– Training