The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2025
The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2025, effective September 1st, 2025, sets the pay and working conditions for school teachers in England.
It incorporates recommendations from the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB), a process mandated by the Education Act 2002.
The order references a separate document detailing the specific pay and conditions and revokes the 2024 order.
The order extends to England and Wales, applying specifically to teachers in England.
Arguments For
Improved Teacher Compensation and Working Conditions: The order aims to adjust teacher salaries and working conditions based on recommendations from the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB), potentially improving teacher recruitment and retention. The STRB is an independent body, lending credibility to the process.
Compliance with Legal Framework: The order adheres to the procedures outlined in the Education Act 2002, ensuring legal validity and transparency. The Act provides the basis for the regulatory framework.
Evidence-based Decision Making: The order is based on a report from the STRB which presumably includes evidence of teacher needs and market pressures. This adds an element of empirical grounding to changes.
Streamlined Process for Pay Determination: The order simplifies the process of adjusting teacher pay scales by making the referenced supplementary document the main source of the information. This clarifies and standardizes the process.
Arguments Against
Unforeseen Consequences of Pay Changes: Adjustments to teacher pay might have unintended consequences, such as increased pressure on school budgets or disproportionate impacts on different groups of teachers.
Implementation Challenges: Ensuring that changes to pay and conditions are implemented effectively and consistently across all schools in England may face considerable logistical difficulties.
Potential for Inadequate Consultation: Although there is mention of consultation with involved parties, the extent and detail of that consultation may not have been sufficent to thoroughly address all concerns
Lack of Detailed Information: The order itself does not explicitly state the specific changes to pay and working conditions, relying on an external document. This may cause uncertainty and require more work on behalf of school districts to understand adjustments.
- Citation, commencement, extent and application (1) This Order may be cited as the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2025 and comes into force on the 1st September 2025. (2) This Order extends to England and Wales and applies to school teachers in England.
This section provides the order's formal citation, effective date (September 1st, 2025), and geographical scope.
It applies to school teachers in England but is legally extended to England and Wales.
- The Document (1) The provisions set out in Section 2 of the Document have effect on and after 1st September 2025 for the purposes of determining— (a) the remuneration of school teachers; and (b) other conditions of employment of school teachers which relate to their professional duties or working time. (2) In paragraph (1) “the Document” means the document entitled “School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2025 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions” dated 16 July 2025 and published on the gov.uk website.
This section clarifies that teacher pay and employment conditions are determined by a separate document ("the Document"), effective from September 1st, 2025.
The document's title and publication date are specified.
- Revocation of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2024 The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2024 is revoked.
This section revokes the previous pay and conditions order (2024) and replaces it with the current one.