Fears of delay to teacher pay deal after DfE misses deadline
Fears have been raised of a delay to the 2018 teacher pay award because the government has not been able to submit its evidence to the pay review body on time, it has been revealed.
The original deadline for submissions to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) was moved back because the Department for Education was unable to meet it.
The STRB makes recommendations to the government on the annual pay award for teachers. To help shape its recommendations, the body receives evidence from various parties, including teacher unions, organisations representing school governing bodies and local authorities. It also receives evidence from the DfE itself.
The deadline for the submission of evidence to the STRB was originally 5pm on Thursday 26th January.
However, a spokesman for the body confirmed that the DfE informed the secretary of the STRB on Monday that “the department was going to be unable to meet that deadline”.
Read the full article in the Tes.