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Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support college teachers who did not receive the 5.5% pay rise; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of tying pay increases for(a) college and (b) school teache

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
3 Jan 2025
Target answer date
8 Jan 2025
Answer
8 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support college teachers who did not receive the 5.5% pay rise; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of tying pay increases for(a) college and (b) school teache

  2. 8 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Further education (FE) colleges, rather than government, are responsible for setting and negotiating pay within colleges. Colleges are not bound by the national pay and conditions framework for school teachers, but are free to implement their own pay arra...

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National School Breakfast Programme

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Breakfast Clubs

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Family Hubs

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