School Teachers' Review Body

The School Teachers' Review Body was established in September 1991 to examine and report on such matters relating to the statutory conditions of employment of school teachers in England and Wales as may from time to time be referred to it by the Secretary of State.

The present membership of the Review Body is:

Tony Vineall (Chairman)
Carol Ferguson
Ros Gardner
Peter Gedling
Janet Langdon
Richard Pearson
John Singh
Patricia Sloane

The secretariat is provided by the Office of Manpower Economics.

Contents

 

Summary
Chapter 1 Introduction
	Remit from the Secretary of State
	Structure of our report
	Outcome of our last main report
	Outcome of subsequent special review
	Conduct of this review
	Constitutional and legal developments
Chapter 2 :Major changes in teachers' pay and career structures
	Pattern of change
	Challenge of change
	Implementation
Chapter 3 :Funding, workload and teacher supply
	Motivation and morale
	Funding and affordability
	Staffing levels
	Teachers' workloads
	Recruitment and retention in schools
	Recruitment into initial teacher training
	Overall assessment
Chapter 4 : Development of the pay and career structures
	Main pay scale
	Threshold
	Upper pay scale
	Recruitment and retention allowances
	Special educational needs allowances
	Fifth management allowance
	Leadership group
	Advanced skills teachers
	Fast track teachers
	Emerging framework of performance review and criteria
Chapter 5 :General pay levels
	Range of considerations
	Economic indicators
	Starting salaries
	Pay prospects
	Recommended pay levels
	Cost of recommendations
Chapter 6 :Other issues
	Sabbaticals
	Professional development
	General safeguarding
	Golden Jubilee bank holiday
	Statutory maternity and parental leave
Chapter 7 :Final comments
	Focus of our pay recommendations
	Overall package of inducements, rewards and flexibilities
	Progress of reform
Appendix A:Remit and directions from the Secretary of State
Appendix B:Conduct of the review
Appendix C:Details provided by the DfEE relating to the selection, appointment and funding of advanced skills teachers
Appendix D:Details provided by the DfEE of the competencies required of fast track programme entrants
Appendix E:Current and recommended pay levels
Appendix F:Letter from the DfEE concerning the Golden Jubilee bank holiday 2002
Appendix G:Statistics on teachers

We welcome your comments on this site. Prepared 1 February 2001