Teachers' pay 2004

The School teachers' pay and conditions document 2004 (STPCD 2004) came into effect on 1 September 2004 and was given legal force by Pay Order no 2 for 2004.

This page features guidance produced by the Rewards and Incentives Group (RIG), including:

It also includes the Secretary of State's remit letter of 22 July to the STRB. The letter asked the STRB to make recommendations on an Excellent Teacher Scheme, management allowances, safeguarding and pay for secondary mathematics and science advanced skills teachers.

In response to this remit, RIG (ATL, DfES, NAHT, NASUWT, NEOST, PAT, SHA) submitted jointly-agreed evidence in September 2004. The evidence included a statement on local pay, in response to the recommendations made by the STRB in their thirteenth Report Part 2 (March 2004).

The Department for Education and Skills provided statistical evidence to STRB in October 2004.

David Miliband also wrote a letter to the STRB as part of the evidence process. An additional letter was sent to the STRB in December 2004.

The second part of the STRB's thirteenth report was published on 16 March. The Secretary of State made a statement to Parliament in response on the same day. He consulted key stakeholders and announced his response on 30 April. Key areas covered by the report included: the upper pay scale; performance threshold assessment; local approaches to pay; and the pay of advanced skills teachers.

On 6 February the Secretary of State submitted further evidence to the STRB, covering rewards and incentives for post-threshold teachers and members of the leadership group. Separate evidence was submitted on a number of other issues.

On 9 January the Secretary of State sent the STRB a new remit to consider the future shape of the Upper Pay Scale.

Teachers' pay for 2004-06. The Secretary of State consulted key stakeholders on changes recommended by the STRB in its November 2003 report. A press notice confirmed the changes. Confirmed pay scales for the period can be found here. These changes were given legal force by Pay Order no 1 for 2004.

Last updated: 09 December 2009