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Pay Scales

TEACHERS’ PAY AND ALLOWANCES FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 2020

Pay Scales for Qualified Teachers

 

Main Pay Scale

M1           £24,137
M2           £26,045
M3           £28,139
M4           £30,305
M5           £32,693
M6           £35,277

 

Upper Pay Scale (UPS)

UPS1             £38,216
UPS2             £39,630
UPS3             £41,094

 

Teaching Allowances

 

LEVEL OF TEACHING ALLOWANCE                           

1 SEPTEMBER 2020   
TA1       £2,066
TA2       £4,174
TA3        £7,166
TA4        £9,869
TA5       £13,318

 

Recruitment and Retention Allowances

 

ANNUAL ALLOWANCE FROM                    1 SEPTEMBER 2020          
Recruitment and Retention 1                £1,341
Recruitment and Retention 2                £2,632

 

Special Needs Allowances

 

The values of Recruitment and Retention Allowances are as set out below:

 

PT                  FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 2020
SEN1 £2,240
SEN2 £4,424

 

Leadership Spine

 

SPINE POINT                        FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 2020
L1 £41,884
L2 £42,933
L3 £44,004
L4 £45,100
L5 £46,223
L6 £47,381
L7 £48,657
L8 £49,781
L9 £51,022
L10 £52,333
L11 £53,691
L12 £54,929
L13 £56,303
L14 £57,705
L15 £59,142
L16 £60,714
L17 £62,108
L18 £63,670
L19 £65,249
L20 £66,868
L21 £68,521
L22 £70,223
L23 £71,964
L24 £73,746
L25 £75,579
L26 £77,449
L27 £79,368
L28 £81,337
L29 £83,352
L30 £85,425
L31 £87,537
L32 £89,713
L33 £91,941
L34 £94,215
L35 £96,557
L36 £98,947
L37 £101,407
L38 £103,915
L39 £106,449
L40 £109,106
L41 £111,830
L42 £114,631
L43 £117,497

 

Pay Ranges for Principals

 

GROUP       RANGE OF SPINE POINTS         FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 2019  
1         L6 – L18       £47,381 - £63,670
2         L8 – L21       £49,781 -  £68,521
3         L11 – L24        £53,691 - £73,746
4         L14 – L27       £57,705 - £79,368
5         L18 – L31       £63,670 - £87,537
6         L21 – L35       £68,521 - £96,557
7         L24 – L39       £73,746 - £106,449
8         L28 – L43       £81,337 - £117,497

 

Rates of Pay for Unqualified Teachers

 

Annual Salary from 1 September 2020 - £15,358

 

The Hourly Rates for Unqualified Part-time Teachers (Paid in accordance with the Teachers’ Salaries Regulations (NI) 1993 No 318) are as follows:

 

Category of Teacher

Hourly Rate from 1 September 2019

Unqualified Teacher - Regulation 15(1)(b)

£16.59

Teacher treated by the Department as Qualified for the purposes of Regulation 15(2)

£21.39


Teachers employed in ‘Homework Centres’ Regulation 15(5) - £21.39

 

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