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A guide to the teachers’ pay grant
Links that will help you to understand the teachers’ pay grant, are on the Government website.
Teachers’ pay grant methodology
Teachers’ pay grant: April 2019 to March 2020 allocations
Teachers’ pay grant: September 2018 to March 2019 allocations
School Funding
Following on from the announcement by the Prime Minister in August, provisional allocations for local authorities and schools have been announced.
Migration Advisory Committee call for evidence
In June 2019, the Government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to carry out an in depth analysis of potential future salary thresholds and the range at which they could be set.
The salary threshold refers to a key component of the skilled worker route in the UK’s future immigration system and forms part of the process when recruiting teachers from overseas. In addition to the salary thresholds, the MAC has now also been asked to look into an ‘Australian-style’ points-based system and how this might work in the UK.
The consultation can be found via Salary threshold and points-based system (PBS) commission: call for evidence. The deadline is 9am on Tuesday 5 November. If you are going to respond, please send a copy to info@employerlink.co.uk and we will collate a response on behalf of all our subscribers as appropriate.
Teacher Workload Survey 2019
The teacher workload survey looks at working hours and perceptions of workload and other conditions. The findings show an overall reduction in reported working hours for teachers, middle and senior leaders since the 2016 survey.
While this is good news, work continues to improve the position further and this issue forms a big part of the Department for Education’s Recruitment and Retention Strategy. Measures include:
Mentally Healthy Schools
Mentally Healthy Schools has launched the first in a series of practical toolkits supporting good mental health in primary schools. Designed by leading child mental health and education experts, working with the Royal Foundation, the curriculum linked resources which focus on issues such as helping pupils settle into the new school year, bullying, the importance of kindness, alongside teachers’ wellbeing. Register on the site for automatic updates.
Child on child sexual violence and sexual harassment in schools and colleges
The Department for Education recently revised its statutory safeguarding guidance for schools and colleges, Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
They are keen to remind schools and colleges to have regard to part 5 of KCSIE. It covers managing reports of child on child sexual violence and sexual harassment.
- Nothing is more important than safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare.
- Sexual abuse amongst children doesn’t only happen in secondary schools; it can take place in primary schools too.
- Child on child sexual violence and sexual harassment exists in many forms, from calling someone sexualised names, flicking bra straps, lifting up skirts, grabbing bottoms, breasts and genitalia to sexual assault and rape.
- Sexual violence and sexual harassment can happen online and offline (and in many cases there will be an element of both).
- Schools and colleges need to know how to identify it, manage reports and support all parties involved.
- It is essential that all victims are reassured that they are being taken seriously and that they will be supported and kept safe. A victim should never be given the impression that they are creating a problem by reporting sexual violence or sexual harassment. Nor should a victim ever be made to feel ashamed for making a report.
- Sexual violence and sexual harassment are not acceptable, should never be tolerated and should never be seen as an inevitable part of growing up.
- Everyone who comes into contact with children has a role to play in protecting them.
Detailed advice to support schools and colleges understand, prevent and respond to reports of child on child sexual violence and sexual harassment and how and when to refer cases is available here.
Brexit preparations
The Department for Education guidance for schools is posted here, and is reviewed regularly.
Event: The essentials of teachers’ pay and conditions
This has proved a popular training event across the country over the last 12 months and the next session is in Manchester on 28 November. It is aimed at people who are relatively new to teachers pay and conditions but it has also been useful for people wanting a refresher.
If you want to attend please book here. If you are interested in attending a session elsewhere in the country please contact us.
Employment law Bulletin
Advisory Bulletin 673 contains a report of the Court of Appeal’s decision in The Harpur Trust v Brazel, which concerns statutory holiday pay for term-time workers and the latest Government Consultation in respect of its support for families proposals, focusing on parental leave and pay. There are also details of recent work by LGA and councils to raise awareness of menopause; advance notice of the LGA Employment Law Event to be held on 13 February 2020; and the employment law timetable.
If you have any questions about any of the items in this newsletter, please contact us.
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