Pay policies

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Council workers and school support staff

Salaries for council workers and school support staff are set by the National Joint Council for Local Government Services.

These NJC pay rates came into effect on 1 April 2025. Scp 16, 18 and 21 are not in use. Scp 53 and 54 repeat for Grade M6 and M5. Scp 56 and 57 repeat for Grade M5 and M4.

Grade Spinal column point Salary per annum £ Hourly rate £ 
Scale 3 7 26,403 13.69
Scale 3 8 26,824 13.90
Scale 4a 9 27,254 14.13
Scale 4a 10 27,694 14.35
Scale 4b 11 28,142 14.59
Scale 4b 12 28,598 14.82
Scale 5 13 29,064 15.06
Scale 5 14 29,540 15.31
Scale 5 15 30,024 15.56
Scale 5 17 31,022 16.08
Scale 6 19 32,061 16.62
Scale 6 20 32,597 16.90
Scale 6 22 33,699 17.47
SO1/2 23 34,434 17.85
SO1/2 24 35,412 18.35
SO1/2 25 36,363 18.85
SO1/2 26 37,280 19.32
SO1/2 27 38,220 19.81
SO1/2 28 39,152 20.29
M11 29 39,862 20.66
M11 30 40,777 21.14
M11 31 41,771 21.65
M11 32 42,839 22.20
M10 33 44,075 22.85
M10 34 45,091 23.37
M10 35 46,142 23.92
M10 36 47,181 24.46
M9 37 48,226 25.00
M9 38 49,282 25.54
M9 39 50,269 26.06
M9 40 51,356 26.62
M8 41 52,413 27.17
M8 42 53,460 27.71
M8 43 54,495 28.25
M8 44 56,400 29.23
M7 45 57,755 29.94
M7 46 59,092 30.63
M7 47 60,435 31.33
M7 48 61,772 32.02
M7 49 63,123 32.72
M6 50 64,579 33.47
M6 51 66,030 34.23
M6 52 67,500 34.99
M6 53 68,949 35.74
M6 54 70,591 36.59
M5 53 68,949 35.74
M5 54 70,591 36.59
M5 55 72,220 37.43
M5 56 73,855 38.28
M5 57 75,505 39.14
M4 56 73,855 38.28
M4 57 75,505 39.14
M4 58 77,327 40.08
M4 59 79,143 41.02
M4 60 80,961 41.96

Senior officers at the council - As of 1 April 2025

Salaries for senior officers at the council are set by the Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Officers. These pay scales came into effect 1st April 2025.

Grade Grade Point Salary per year £
Band 5 1 82,451
  2 85,539
  3 88,631
  4 91,721
  5 94,812
Band 4 6 101,161
  7 104,251
  8 107,340
  9 110,430
  10 113,520
Band 2 11 123,840
  12 127,968
  13 131,580
  14 135,192
  15 139,320
Band 1 17 141,466
  18 148,411
  19 155,357
  20 162,303
  21 169,248

Education Improvement Professionals

Salary scales for Educational Improvement Professionals are set by the Soulbury Committee. These pay scales came into effect on 1 September 2025.

Spinal column point Salary per year £
1   42,884
2   44,343
3   45,723
4   47,121
5   48,508
6   49,897
7   51,357
8   52,761
9   54,398
10   55,857
11   57,297
12   58,691
13   60,269
14   61,679
15   63,232
16   64,639
17   66,050
18   67,433
19   68,860
20   69,598
21   71,013
22   72,250
23   73,609
24   74,828
25   76,131
26   77,403
27   78,704
28   80,023
29   81,344
30   82,664
31   83,971
32   85,298
33   86,628
34   87,989
35   89,348
36   90,743
37   92,117
38   93,506
39   94,875
40   96,245
41   97,619
42 98,995
43 100,368
44 101,750
45 103,125
46 104,505
47 105,889
48 107,260
49 108,637
50 110,016
51 114,416
52 118,993

Notes to Educational Improvement Professionals above  

Salary scales must not consist of more than four consecutive points. They are based on the duties and responsibilities attached to posts and the need to recruit and motivate staff.  

Spinal column point 8

Normal minimum point for EIP undertaking the full range of duties at this level.

Spinal column point 13

Normal minimum point for senior EIP undertaking the full range of duties at this level.

Spinal column point 20

Normal minimum point for leading EIP undertaking the full range of duties at this level.

Spinal column points 51 and 52

Extension to range to accommodate structured professional assessments.

Young People's/Community Service Manager

Salary scales for Young People's / Community Service Manager are set by the Soulbury Committee. These pay scales came into effect on 1 September 2025.

Pay point Salary per year £
1 44,398
2 45,783
3 47,165
4 48,577
5 50,011
6 51,411
7 52,841
8 54,466
9 55,363
10 56,749
11 58,127
12 59,507
13 60,877
14 62,260
15 63,645
16 65,035
17 66,430
18 67,819
19 69,198
20 70,608
21 72,043
22 73,513
23 75,011
24 76,541

Notes to Young People's/Community Service Managers above

The minimum Youth and Community Service Officers' scale is 4 points. Other salary scales to consist of not more than four consecutive points based on duties and responsibilities attached to posts and the need to recruit, retain and motivate staff.

Spinal column point 4

Normal minimum point for senior Youth and Community Service Officers undertaking the full range of duties at this level.

Spinal column point 7

Normal minimum point for principal Youth and Community Service Officers undertaking the full range of duties at this level.

Spinal column points 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24

Extension to range to accommodate discretionary scale points and structured professional assessments.

Educational Psychologists

Salary scales for Educational Psychologists are set by the Soulbury Committee. These pay scales came into effect on 1 September 2025.

Trainee Educational Psychologists

Spinal column point Salary per year £
2   31,599
3   33,607
4   35,620
5   37,628
6   39,640

Notes to Trainee Educational Psychologists above

Spinal column point 2 is the first point of the scale.  

Assistant Educational Psychologists

Spinal column point Salary per year £
2   37,265
3   38,643
4   40,015
5 41,616

Notes to Assistant Educational Psychologists above

Spinal column point 2 is the first point of the scale.

Educational Psychologists - Scale A 

Spinal column point Salary per year £
1  44,875
2   47,045
3   49,215
4   51,383
5   53,554
6  55,723
7  57,766
8  59,809
9  61,721
10  63,638
11  65,423
12 66,156
13 67,526
14 68,884

Notes to Educational Psychologists - Scale A above

Salary scales to consist of six consecutive points based on the duties and responsibilities attached to posts and the need to recruit, retain and motivate staff.

Spinal column points 12, 13 and 14

Three new spinal column points (12, 13 and 14) have been added to the scale, with effect from 1 September 2024. This is to accommodate structured professional development.

Senior and Principal Education Psychologists - Scale B

Spinal column point Salary per year £
1   55,723
2   57,766
3   59,809
4   61,721
5   63,638
6   65,423
7   66,156
8   67,526
9   68,884
10   70,265
11   71,620
12   72,999
13   74,403
14   75,762
15   77,184
16   78,591
17   80,009
18   81,425
19 84,682
20 88,069
21 91,593

Notes to Senior and Principal Educational Psychologists - Scale B above

Salary scales must not consist of more than four consecutive points. They are based on the duties and responsibilities attached to posts and the need to recruit, retain and motivate staff.  

Spinal column point 6

Normal minimum point for the principal Educational Psychologist undertaking the full range of duties at this level.

Spinal column points 18, 19, 20 and 21

Extension to range to accommodate discretionary scale points and structured professional assessments.

Youth and Community Workers

Salary scales for youth and community workers are set by the Joint Negotiating Committee for Youth and Community Workers. These pay scales came into effect on 1 September 2025.

Youth and Community Support Worker range

Pay point Salary per year £
5 25,580
6 25,919
7 26,225
8 26,924
9 27,817
10 28,516
11 29,644
12 30,745
13 31,885
14 33,066
15 33,869
16 34,708
17 35,533

 Professional range

Pay point Salary per year £
13 31,885
14 33,066
15 33,869
16 34,708
17 35,533
18 36,364
19 37,189
20 38,016
21 38,945
22 39,998
23 41,024
24 42,053
25 43,092
26 44,129
27 45,166
28 46,217
29 47,258
30 48,301
31 49,005
32 50,162

Spinal column points 31 and 32

These are discretionary points.

Teachers and leadership

Teacher pay increases for 2025 to 2026

Pay range for qualified teachers 

Main pay range 9 January 2024 2025 to 2026 Increase
M1 £31,650 £32,916 4.0%
M2 £33,483 £34,823 4.0%
M3 £35,674 £37,101 4.0%
M4 £38,034 £39,556 4.0%
M5 £40,439 £42,057 4.0%
M6 £43,607 £45,352 4.0%
Upper pay range 9 January 2024 2025 to 2026 Increase
U1 £45,646 £47,472 4.0%
U2 £47,338 £49,232 4.0%
U3 £49,084 £51,048 4.0%

Leading practitioner pay range

  9 January 2024 2025 to 2026 Increase
1 £50,025 £52,026 4.0%
2 £51,277 £53,328 4.0%
3 £52,558 £54,660 4.0%
4 £53,867 £56,022 4.0%
5 £55,207 £57,415 4.0%
6 £56,592 £58,856 4.0%
7 £58,115 £60,440 4.0%
8 £59,457 £61,835 4.0%
9 £60,990 £63,430 4.0%
10 £62,508 £65,008 4.0%
11 £64,128 £66,693 4.0%
12 £65,606 £68,230 4.0%
13 £67,247 £69,937 4.0%
14 £68,925 £71,682 4.0%
15 £70,638 £73,464 4.0%
16 £72,516 £75,417 4.0%
17 £74,181 £77,148 4.0%
18 £76,050 £79,092 4.0%

Pay range for leadership group

Spine point 9 January 2024 2025 to 2026 Increase
L1 £49,781 £51,773 4.0%
L2 £51,027 £53,069 4.0%
L3 £52,301 £54,394 4.0%
L4 £53,602 £55,747 4.0%
L5 £54,939 £57,137 4.0%
L6 £56,316 £58,569 4.0%
L7 £57,831 £60,144 4.0%
L8 £59,167 £61,534 4.0%
L9 £60,644 £63,070 4.0%
L10 £62,202 £64,691 4.0%
L11 £63,815 £66,368 4.0%
L12 £65,286 £67,898 4.0%
L13 £66,919 £69,596 4.0%
L14 £68,586 £71,330 4.0%
L15 £70,293 £73,105 4.0%
L16 £72,162 £75,049 4.0%
L17 £73,819 £76,772 4.0%
L18a £74,926 £77,924 4.00%
L18b £75,675 £78,702 4.0%
L19 £77,552 £80,655 4.0%
L20 £79,475 £82,654 4.0%
L21a £80,634 £83,860 4.0%
L21b £81,441 £84,699 4.0%
L22 £83,464 £86,803 4.0%
L23 £85,529 £88,951 4.0%
L24a £86,783 £90,255 4.0%
L24b £87,651 £91,158 4.0%
L25 £89,830 £93,424 4.0%
L26 £92,052 £95,735 4.0%
L27a £93,400 £97,136 4.0%
L27b £94,332 £98,106 4.0%
L28 £96,673 £100,540 4.0%
L29 £99,067 £103,030 4.0%
L30 £101,533 £105,595 4.0%
L31a £103,010 £107,131 4.0%
L31b £104,040 £108,202 4.0%
L32 £106,626 £110,892 4.0%
L33 £109,275 £113,646 4.0%
L34 £111,976 £116,456 4.0%
L35a £113,624 £118,169 4.0%
L35b £114,759 £119,350 4.0%
L36 £117,601 £122,306 4.0%
L37 £120,524 £125,345 4.0%
L38 £123,506 £128,446 4.0%
L39a £125,263 £130,274 4.0%
L39b £126,517 £131,578 4.0%
L40 £129,673 £134,860 4.0%
L41 £132,913 £138,230 4.0%
L42 £136,243 £141,693 4.0%
L43 £138,265 £143,796 4.0%

Pay range for unqualified teachers

  9 January 2024 2025 to 2026 Increase
1* 21,731 £22,601 4.0%
2* 24,224 £25,193 4.0%
3* 26,716 £27,785 4.0%
4 28,914 £30,071 4.0%
5 31,410 £32,667 4.0%
6 33,902 £35,259 4.0%

Teacher TLR and SEN Allowances 2024/25

Shows all Teacher TLR and SEN allowances with updates for 2025 to 2026.

TLR allowances for classroom teachers

TLR 1 9 January 2024 9 January 2025 Increase
TLR 1 a (min) £9,782 £10,174 4%
TLR 1 b £12,036 £12,518 4%
TLR 1 c £14,199 £14,767 4%
TLR 1 £15,034 £15,636 4%
TLR 1 £15,414 £16,031 4%
TLR 1 d (max) 16,553 17,216 4%
TLR 2 9 January 2024 9 January 2025 Increase
TLR 2 a (min) 3,391 3,527 4%
TLR 2 3,766 3,917 4%
TLR 2 4,971 5,170 4%
TLR 2 5,385 5,601 4%
TLR 2 5,503 5,724 4%
TLR 2 b £5,644 £5,870 4%
TLR 2 £5,832 £6,066 4%
TLR 2 £6,021 £6,262 4%
TLR 2 £6,296 £6,548 4%
TLR 2 £6,611 £6,876 4%
TLR 2 £8,057 £8,380 4%
TLR 2 c (max) 8,279 8,611  
TLR 3 9 January 2024 9 January 2025 Increase
TLR 3* min £675 £702 4%
TLR 3* max 3,344 3,478 4%

Special Educational Needs allowances for classroom teachers

  9 January 2024 9 January 2025 Increase
SEN 1 £2,679 2,787 4%
SEN 2 £5,285 5,497 4%