Title Page
Contents
THE SCHOOL TEACHERS' REVIEW BODY 7
Executive Summary 8
CHAPTER 1. Introduction and background to the remit 11
Introduction 11
Background and context 11
Our approach to the review 12
Structure of this report 13
CHAPTER 2. The teacher labour market 14
Economy-wide earnings and prices 14
Teachers' Pay 15
Recruitment and Retention 26
School Budgets 37
Concluding comments 41
CHAPTER 3. Overview of the evidence from the Department and consultees 42
CHAPTER 4. Teachers' pay: our conclusions and recommendations 54
Context 54
Pay review for 2016 54
Our conclusions and recommendations 56
CHAPTER 5. Other remit matters 59
Additional flexibilities and incentives to recognise performance 59
Salary advance for rental deposits 64
Registration fee for the Welsh Education Workforce Council 65
CHAPTER 6. Looking ahead 68
APPENDIX A. Remit and directions from the Secretary of State 70
APPENDIX B. Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury 73
APPENDIX C. Conduct of the review 75
APPENDIX D. Current and recommended pay levels 78
Table 1. Graduate starting salaries (median), 2012-2015 19
Table 2. Recruitment to postgraduate ITT compared to target, by phase, England 30
Table 3. Retention rates for newly qualified teachers, England 37
Table 4. School Revenue Balances (% of total revenue income), England 39
Charts
Chart 1. Economy-wide average weekly earnings growth (excluding bonuses) and CPI inflation (annual % changes), 2006-2016 14
Chart 2. Median pay settlements, (12 months ending) September 2007 to February 2016 16
Chart 3. Growth in teachers' median earnings compared to economy-wide earnings growth and CPI inflation, 2003/04-2014/15 17
Chart 4. % difference between classroom teachers' minimum starting salaries and median starting salaries of graduates entering other professional occupations, 2012-2014 graduates 20
Chart 5a. Median starting pay of 2014 first/higher degree graduates, by occupation, England and Wales (excluding London) 22
Chart 5b. Median starting pay of 2014 first/higher degree graduates, by occupation in London 23
Chart 6. Typical pay levels (left axis) and % change over starting pay (right axis) after 3 and 5 years 24
Chart 7. Classroom teachers' median earnings compared to other professional occupations (% difference), 2011/12 to 2014/15 25
Chart 8. Teachers' and school leaders' earnings compared to other professionals, 2014/15-Inter-quartile range, 5th and 95th Percentiles 26
Chart 9. Number of pupils (aged up to age 15) in England 27
Chart 10. Pupil Teacher Ratios and Pupil Adult Ratios in maintained schools, England 29
Chart 11. Recruitment to postgraduate ITT compared to target, by phase, England 31
Chart 12. Postgraduate ITT entrants, compared to target, England, 2015/16 32
Chart 13. First year students on ITT courses in Wales 33
Chart 14. Full-time teacher vacancies and temporarily filled posts, England 2011-2014 34
Chart 15. Percentage of hours taught in a typical week to pupils in years 7 to 13 by teachers without relevant post A-level qualification, England 2010-2014 35
Chart 16. Teacher wastage in the state-funded schools (FTE), England, 2011-2014 36