
1 
This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 4th April 1997.
2 
This Order applies to school teachers (as defined in section 5(1) and (2) of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Act 1991) in England and Wales.
3 
The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 1996 shall be amended with effect from 1st April 1997 as follows:
(a) in paragraph 4.1(a), for the words “A head teacher or deputy head teacher shall, until 30th November 1996,” there shall be substituted the words “During the period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997 a head teacher or deputy head teacher shall”;
(b) in paragraph 4.1(b), for the words “From 1st December 1996” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st December 1997”;
(c) the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.3—“

Pay Spine A—1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997
Spine point Annual salary
 £
1 25,056
2 25,464
3 25,878
4 26,289
5 26,700
6 27,105
7 27,522
8 27,927
9 28,344
10 28,755
11 29,160
12 29,571
13 29,979
14 30,399
15 30,804
16 31,215
17 31,626
18 32,037
19 32,448
20 32,859
21 33,411
22 33,951
23 34,503
24 35,049
25 35,598
26 36,141
27 36,690
28 37,239
29 37,788
30 38,481
31 39,159
32 39,840
33 40,527
34 41,214
35 41,898
36 42,582
37 43,266
38 44,223
39 45,180
40 46,143
41 47,097
42 48,054
43 49,017
44 49,974
45 50,931
46 51,891
47 52,848
48 53,811
49 54,768
50 55,719
51 56,676

Pay Spine B—From 1st December 1997
Spine point Annual salary
 £
1 25,374
2 25,791
3 26,208
4 26,625
5 27,039
6 27,450
7 27,873
8 28,281
9 28,707
10 29,121
11 29,529
12 29,949
13 30,360
14 30,786
15 31,197
16 31,614
17 32,028
18 32,448
19 32,862
20 33,276
21 33,837
22 34,383
23 34,941
24 35,496
25 36,051
26 36,603
27 37,158
28 37,716
29 38,271
30 38,970
31 39,657
32 40,350
33 41,043
34 41,739
35 42,432
36 43,125
37 43,818
38 44,787
39 45,756
40 46,731
41 47,697
42 48,666
43 49,644
44 50,610
45 51,579
46 52,554
47 53,523
48 54,495
49 55,467
50 56,430
51 57,399”;
(d) the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.4.2—“

Period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997
Group Spine point Range
   £
1  3–15 25,878–30,804
2 1(S) 8–22 27,927–33,951
3 2(S) 15–29 30,804–37,788
4 3(S) 23–37 34,503–43,266
5 4(S) 31–44 39,159–49,974
6  38–51 44,223–56,676

Group Spine point Range
   £
1  1–8 25,056–27,927
2 1(S) 2–10 25,464–28,755
3 2(S) 4–13 26,289–29,979
4 3(S) 8–20 27,927–32,859
5 4(S) 15–26 30,804–36,141
6  22–34 33,951–41,214

From 1st December 1997
Group Spine point Range
   £
1  3–15 26,208–31,197
2 1(S) 8–22 28,281–34,383
3 2(S) 15–29 31,197–38,271
4 3(S) 23–37 34,941–43,818
5 4(S) 31–44 39,657–50,610
6  38–51 44,787–57,399

Group Spine point Range
   £
1  1–8 25,374–28,281
2 1(S) 2–10 25,791–29,121
3 2(S) 4–13 26,625–30,360
4 3(S) 8–20 28,281–33,276
5 4(S) 15–26 31,197–36,603
6  22–34 34,383–41,739”;
(e) in paragraph 9.1(a), for the words “During the period 1st September 1996 to 30th November 1996” there shall be substituted the words “During the period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997”;
(f) in paragraph 9.1(b), for the words “From 1st December 1996” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st December 1997”;
(g) the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 9.2—“

Pay Spine A—1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997
Spine point Annual salary
 £
0 12,711
0.5 13,089
1 13,473
1.5 13,872
2 14,280
2.5 14,667
3 15,057
3.5 15,459
4 15,876
4.5 16,341
5 16,824
5.5 17,322
6 17,838
6.5 18,363
7 18,906
7.5 19,464
8 20,040
8.5 20,667
9 21,318
9.5 21,972
10 22,638
10.5 23,301
11 23,985
11.5 24,924
12 25,899
12.5 26,751
13 27,627
13.5 28,710
14 29,832
14.5 30,495
15 31,173
15.5 31,866
16 32,580
16.5 33,303
17 34,044

Pay Spine B—From 1st December 1997
Spine point Annual salary
 £
0 12,873
0.5 13,254
1 13,644
1.5 14,049
2 14,463
2.5 14,853
3 15,249
3.5 15,657
4 16,077
4.5 16,548
5 17,037
5.5 17,544
6 18,063
6.5 18,597
7 19,146
7.5 19,713
8 20,295
8.5 20,931
9 21,591
9.5 22,251
10 22,926
10.5 23,598
11 24,291
11.5 25,242
12 26,229
12.5 27,090
13 27,978
13.5 29,076
14 30,213
14.5 30,885
15 31,569
15.5 32,274
16 32,994
16.5 33,726
17 34,476”;
(h) for paragraph 15.1 there shall be substituted—“
15.1 

(a) During the period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997 an unqualified teacher (except one to whom paragraph 18 applies) shall be paid such salary based on the following pay scale as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraphs 15.2 to 15.6 and 17:

Period 1st April 1997 to 30th November 1997
Scale point Annual salary
 £
1 10,689
2 11,166
3 11,634
4 12,114
5 12,600
6 13,074
7 13,557
8 14,676
9 15,942
10 16,902
15.1 

(b) From 1st December 1997 an unqualified teacher (except one to whom paragraph 18 applies) shall be paid such salary based on the following pay scale as the relevant body shall determine in accordance with paragraphs 15.2 to 15.6 and 17:

From 1st December 1997
Scale point Annual salary
 £
1 10,824
2 11,307
3 11,781
4 12,270
5 12,762
6 13,242
7 13,728
8 14,862
9 16,146
10 17,118”;
(i) for paragraph 21.1 there shall be substituted—“
21.1 
A teacher serving in the London Area shall receive a London Area allowance of:
(a) if he is serving in the Inner London Area, £2,061 per annum until 30th November 1997 and £2,088 per annum on and after 1st December 1997;
(b) if he is serving in the Outer London Area, £1,356 per annum until 30th November 1997 and £1,374 per annum on and after 1st December 1997;
(c) if he is serving in the Fringe Area, £525 per annum until 30th November 1997 and £534 per annum on and after 1st December 1997.”.
Gillian Shephard
Secretary of State for Education and Employment
13th March 1997