
2025 No. 1016 (W. 176)
Education, Wales
The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Order 2025
Made 12 September 2025
Laid before Senedd Cymru 16 September 2025
Coming into force 7 October 2025

The Welsh Ministers, in the exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 122(1), 123 and 124 of the Education Act 2002, and now vested in them, make the following Order.

The Welsh Ministers in accordance with section 126 of that Act have consulted such of the persons and bodies referred to in that section as appeared to the Welsh Ministers to be appropriate.
Title, coming into force, application and interpretation
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(1) The title of this Order is the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Order 2025.
(2) This Order comes into force on 7 October 2025.
(3) This Order applies to school teachers in Wales.
(4) In this Order, “school teacher” has the meaning given by section 122(3) to (6) of the Education Act 2002.
The Document
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(1) The provisions set out in section 2 of the Document have effect on and after 1 September 2025 for the purposes of determining—
(a) the remuneration of school teachers, and
(b) other conditions of employment of school teachers which relate to their professional duties and working time.
(2) In this article, “the Document” means the document entitled “School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Document 2025 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions” and published on the gov.wales website.
Revocation
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The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Order 2024 is revoked.
Lynne Neagle
Cabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers
12 September 2025