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Pay award for teachers in 2025/26

Make sure you know what the teacher pay ranges, and teaching and learning responsibility (TLR) payments for 2025/26 are, as well as how your school needs to apply them. Find the pay ranges from the current STPCD all in 1 place.

Last reviewed on 22 July 2025See updates
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Contents
  1. Who does this apply to?
  2. Pay ranges for 2025/26
  3. Additional allowances
  4. What are my next steps?

Who does this apply to?

This article applies to all teachers employed under the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD). This includes:

  • All teachers at maintained schools, including:
    • Senior leaders, such as headteachers
    • Special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs)
    • Part-time teachers
    • Non-agency supply teachers
  • Teachers whose employment transferred from a maintained school to an academy at the point of conversion and whose contracts haven't been further negotiated

Pay ranges for 2025/26

There's a partially funded 4% increase across all pay ranges.

DfE funding will cover around 75% of the cost of the pay award (around 3% of the 4% increase). Schools are expected to cover around 25% (around 1% of the 4% increase) through 'improved productivity and smarter spending'.

Special schools and alternative provision (AP) will receive the additional funding through the existing core schools budget grant (CSBG) in