Teachers' pay grant: what your school will get and when

Get to grips with how the teachers' pay grant is funded. Find out who is eligible, how your school's allocation will be calculated, and how it can spend the grant.

Last reviewed on 3 May 2022
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Contents
  1. What is it?
  2. Most schools will receive the grant through the national funding formula (NFF) in 2022-23
  3. Who's eligible for the funding
  4. How your school's allocation is calculated 
  5. Compare the new rates to the old rates
  6. How your school can spend the grant

What is it?

The pay grant covers part of the cost of the 2018 and 2019 pay awards for teachers. Your school will have received payments from the grant in the past.

Most schools will receive the grant through the national funding formula (NFF) in 2022-23

For the 2022-23 financial year, your school will continue to receive funding for the 2018 and 2019 teachers' pay awards through the schools and high needs national funding formulae (NFF), instead of receiving separate grants. Read our overview of the NFF.

The pay grant is now fully rolled into the NFF, so there have been no further adjustments to the NFF

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