
1 
This Order may be cited as the Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 20th April 1998.
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 1997 shall be amended with effect from 1st April 1998 as follows:
(a) in paragraph 4.1(a), for the words “A head teacher or deputy head teacher shall, until 30th November 1997,” there shall be substituted the words “During the period 1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998 a head teacher or deputy head teacher shall”;
(b) in paragraph 4.1(b), for the words “From 1st December 1997” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st December 1998”;
(c) the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.3—“

Pay Spine A—1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998
Spine point Annual salary
 £
1 25,881
2 26,307
3 26,733
4 27,159
5 27,579
6 27,999
7 28,431
8 28,848
9 29,280
10 29,703
11 30,120
12 30,549
13 30,966
14 31,401
15 31,821
16 32,247
17 32,670
18 33,096
19 33,519
20 33,942
21 34,515
22 35,070
23 35,640
24 36,207
25 36,771
26 37,335
27 37,902
28 38,469
29 39,036
30 39,750
31 40,449
32 41,157
33 41,865
34 42,573
35 43,281
36 43,989
37 44,694
38 45,684
39 46,671
40 47,667
41 48,651
42 49,638
43 50,637
44 51,621
45 52,611
46 53,604
47 54,594
48 55,584
49 56,577
50 57,558
51 58,548

Pay Spine B—From 1st December 1998
Spine point Annual salary
 £
1 26,337
2 26,772
3 27,204
4 27,636
5 28,065
6 28,494
7 28,932
8 29,355
9 29,799
10 30,228
11 30,651
12 31,086
13 31,515
14 31,956
15 32,382
16 32,814
17 33,246
18 33,681
19 34,110
20 34,539
21 35,124
22 35,691
23 36,270
24 36,846
25 37,422
26 37,995
27 38,571
28 39,150
29 39,726
30 40,452
31 41,163
32 41,883
33 42,603
34 43,326
35 44,043
36 44,763
37 45,483
38 46,488
39 47,496
40 48,507
41 49,509
42 50,514
43 51,531
44 52,533
45 53,538
46 54,552
47 55,557
48 56,565
49 57,576
50 58,575
51 59,580”;
(d) the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 4.4.2—“

Period 1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998
Head teachers Group Spine point Range
  £
1 3–15 26,733–31,821
2 1(S) 8–22 28,848–35,070
3 2(S) 15–29 31,821–39,036
4 3(S) 23–37 35,640–44,694
5 4(S) 31–44 40,449–51,621
6 38–51 45,684–58,548

Deputy head teachers Group Spine point Range
  £
1 1–8 25,881–28,848
2 1(S) 2–10 26,307–29,703
3 2(S) 4–13 27,159–30,966
4 3(S) 8–20 28,848–33,942
5 4(S) 15–26 31,821–37,335
6 22–34 35,070–42,573

From 1st December 1998
Head teachers Group Spine point Range
  £
1 3–15 27,204–32,382
2 1(S) 8–22 29,355–35,691
3 2(S) 15–29 32,382–39,726
4 3(S) 23–37 36,270–45,483
5 4(S) 31–44 41,163–52,533
6 38–51 46,488–59,580

Deputy head teachers Group Spine point Range
  £
1 1–8 26,337–29,355
2 1(S) 2–10 26,772–30,228
3 2(S) 4–13 27,636–31,515
4 3(S) 8–20 29,355–34,539
5 4(S) 15–26 32,382–37,995
6 22–34 35,691–43,326”;
(e) in paragraph 9.1(a), for the words “A classroom teacher shall, until 30th November 1997,” there shall be substituted the words “During the period 1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998 a classroom teacher shall”;
(f) in paragraph 9.1(b), for the words “From 1st December 1997” there shall be substituted the words “From 1st December 1998”;
(g) the following tables shall be substituted for the tables in paragraph 9.2—“

Pay Spine A—1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998
Spine point Annual salary
 £
0 13,131
0.5 13,518
1 13,917
1.5 14,331
2 14,751
2.5 15,150
3 15,555
3.5 15,969
4 16,398
4.5 16,878
5 17,379
5.5 17,895
6 18,423
6.5 18,969
7 19,530
7.5 20,106
8 20,700
8.5 21,351
9 22,023
9.5 22,695
10 23,385
10.5 24,069
11 24,777
11.5 25,746
12 26,754
12.5 27,633
13 28,539
13.5 29,658
14 30,816
14.5 31,503
15 32,199
15.5 32,919
16 33,654
16.5 34,401
17 35,166

Pay Spine B—From 1st December 1998
Spine point Annual salary
 £
0 13,362
0.5 13,758
1 14,163
1.5 14,583
2 15,012
2.5 15,417
3 15,828
3.5 16,251
4 16,689
4.5 17,178
5 17,685
5.5 18,210
6 18,750
6.5 19,305
7 19,875
7.5 20,463
8 21,066
8.5 21,726
9 22,410
9.5 23,097
10 23,796
10.5 24,495
11 25,215
11.5 26,202
12 27,225
12.5 28,119
13 29,040
13.5 30,180
14 31,362
14.5 32,058
15 32,769
15.5 33,501
16 34,248
16.5 35,007
17 35,787”;
(h) for paragraph 15.1 there shall be substituted—“
15.1 

(a) During the period 1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998 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 15.7 and 17:

Period 1st April 1998 to 30th November 1998
Scale point Annual salary
 £
1 11,040
2 11,532
3 12,018
4 12,516
5 13,017
6 13,506
7 14,004
8 15,159
9 16,470
10 17,460
15.1 

(b) From 1st December 1998 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 15.7 and 17:

From 1st December 1998
Scale point Annual salary
 £
1 11,235
2 11,736
3 12,228
4 12,735
5 13,248
6 13,746
7 14,250
8 15,426
9 16,761
10 17,769”;
(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, £2,130 per annum until 30th November 1998 and £2,166 per annum on and after 1st December 1998;
(b) if he is serving in the Outer London Area, £1,401 per annum until 30th November 1998 and £1,425 per annum on and after 1st December 1998;
(c) if he is serving in the Fringe Area, £546 per annum until 30th November 1998 and £555 per annum on and after 1st December 1998.”.
Stephen Byers
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
30th March 1998