Decision

(1)  That the September 2023 Pay Award be agreed as follows and is applied to local authority Community Schools:

• 6.5 per cent uplift to all pay points and allowances for both teachers and leaders, apart from:

• Higher uplift for M1 of 7.1 per cent (equating to a starting salary of £30,000).

• All pay uplifts will be back dated to 1 September 2023.

(2)  That the Unattached Teachers’ Pay Policy 2023/24, now submitted as Appendix 1, be approved and implemented by the Council with effect from 1 September 2023.

(3)  The Model Schools’ Pay Policy 2023/24, now submitted as Appendix 2, be approved and recommended to the Governing Bodies of Schools in Sandwell for adoption and implementation with effect from 1 September 2023.