Teacher pay in Wales

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    • Overview

    The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) which outlines teachers’ pay and conditions in maintained schools no longer applies in Wales. However, from September 2020 national statutory pay scales should be reintroduced and should be articulated in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Document (STPC(W)D).

    Responsibility for teacher pay and conditions was transferred to the Welsh government on 30 September 2018.

    The context behind the changes can be read in the following BBC article. In this article, we outline the teacher pay scales for 2020/2021 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.

    Pay scales for teachers in Wales

    The Independent Welsh Pay Review Body has published a report which includes the updated teachers’ pay scales (can be found in the appendices) for 2020/21.

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

    Main Pay Range
    M1 Removed
    M2 £27,018
    M3 £29,188
    M4 £31,435
    M5 £33,192
    M6 a Removed
    M6 (b) £37,320

     

    Upper Pay Range
    U1 £38,689
    U2 £40,124
    U3 £41,603

     

    Unqualified
    Min 1 £18,124
    2 £20,232
    3 £22,339
    4 £24,447
    5 £26,577
    Max 6 £28,664

     

    Leading practitioners
    Min £42,299
    Max £64,303

     

    Allowance ranges
    TLR1 (min) £8,271
    TLR1 (max) £13,995
    TLR2 (min) £2,866
    TL2 (max) £7,000
    TLR3 (min) £569
    TLR3 (max) £2,826
    SEN (min) £2,264
    SEN (max) £4,468

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