Teachers' Pay Scales 2002

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This page gives only the basic details as a general guide to the structure. The exact regulations are extremely complicated.

More detail on calculating personal salaries is available from the National NUT Site

1: Pay Scale for classroom teachers (up to the Threshold)
From 1st April 2002 From 1st April 2002 From 1st September 2002 From 1st September 2002
Scale Point Annual Salary in £ Scale Point Annual Salary in £
1 16,632 1 17,628
2 17,628
3 18,552 2 19,017
4 19,524 3 20,547
5 20,547
6 21,624 4 22,125
7 22,839 5 23,868
8 24,210 6 25,746
9 25,746
2: Additional Allowances payable to "classroom teachers" and "post-threshold" teachers
Name of Allowance Type Value 1st April 2002, £
Management Allowance (formerly responsibility points) 1st 1,593
2nd 3,219
3rd 5,529
4th 7,611
5th 10,275
Recruitment and retention allowance 1st 975
2nd 1,914
3rd 2,901
4th 4,041
5th 5,262
Special Education Needs allowance 1st 1626
2nd 3219
3: Pay Scale for Post-Threshold Teachers
Scale Point Annual Salary in £
1 27,894
2 28,926
3 29,994
4 31,101
5 32,250
4. Advanced Skills Teachers Scale
Spine Point Annual Salary in £
1 28,917
2 29,433
3 29,952
4 30,465
5 30,981
6 31,500
7 32,019
8 32,535
9 33,051
10 33,564
11 34,083
12 34,773
13 35,460
14 36,147
15 36,834
16 37,524
17 38,214
18 38,904
19 39,591
20 40,281
21 40,968
22 41,826
23 42,690
24 43,548
25 44,412
26 45,267
27 46,131

5. Leadership Spine: for Assistant Headteachers, Deputy Headteachers and Headteachers. The Governing Body of each school determines how many assistand and deputy headteachers there will be (if any!) and what range of points on the spine shall apply to each post.

Leadership group spine point Annual Salary in £
L1 30,564
L2 31,329
L3 32,112
L4 32,913
L5 33,732
L6 34,575
L7 35,511
L8 36,324
L9 37,230
L10 38,187
L11 39,177
L12 40,080
L13 41,082
L14 42,102
L15 43,149
and so on up to  
L43 85,704