Teacher Pay Grant methodology released
The Department for Education (DfE) has released the methodology for the ‘Teacher Pay Grant’, designed to help schools cover the pay rise announced in July.
Use our interactive table below to estimate your school’s Teacher Pay Grant allocation for the next two years, based on the figures provided by the DfE. Select your school type and input your pupil numbers or capacity. Mainstream schools need enter only pupil numbers, special and alternative provision should only enter pupil capacity. If a school has fewer than 100 pupils or 40 capacity the formula calculates the grant as though there were 100 or 40, respectively.
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Full details will be published by the DfE in October.
The formula uses pupil numbers to calculate the Grant for mainstream schools and capacity for special and alternative provision. It uses different rates for primary, secondary and special/alternative provision. An “area cost adjustment” is applied which boosts the value of the grant in London only. The amounts calculated in 2018/19 are lower as they apply for the next seven months only.
In working out the allocations the Department has used averages (as detailed on the link at the beginning of this article) so there will inevitably be winners and losers from this.
If you have any comments about the effect of the Teacher Pay Grant on your school please get in touch with our Policy Officer, Christopher Hawkins, at c.hawkins@schoolsnortheast.com.