Teacher pay in Wales

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    • Overview

    In this article, we outline the teacher pay scales for 2024/2025 in Wales. For teacher pay scales in England please see the following article.

    We’ve also published another article which provides a background of the Welsh education system for context.

    In response to the recommendations in the IWPRB’s Fifth Report an increase of 5.5% was applied to all statutory scale points and allowances. All pay uplifts were backdated to 1st September 2024.

    Teacher pay in Wales

    The statutory requirements for teachers’ pay and conditions for maintained schools in Wales are set out in the revised School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Document which was amended in September 2024 to reflect a 5.5% increase in pay and a one off, non-consolidated lump sum. The previous increase in pay had been 5% without a lump sum.

    The Education Act 2002 (“the Act”) gives the Welsh Ministers power to issue guidance on pay and conditions matters, to which those concerned must have regard.

    It should be noted that Independent schools in Wales can set their own pay scales.

    Main Pay Range
    M1 Removed
    M2 £32,433
    M3 £35,039
    M4 £37,739
    M5 £40,710
    M6 £44,802

     

    Upper Pay Range
    U1 £46,466
    U2 £48,168
    U3 £49,944

     

    Unqualified
    Min 1 £21,812
    2 £24,348
    3 £26,884
    4 £29,419
    5 £31,959
    Max 6 £34,495

     

    Leading practitioners
    Min £50,902
    Max £77,382

     

    Allowance ranges
    TLR1 (min) £9,955
    TLR1 (max) £16,844
    TLR2 (min) £3,451
    TL2 (max) £8,426
    TLR3 (min) £686
    TLR3 (max) £3,403
    ALN (min) £2,728
    ALN (max) £5,379

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