The Key for School Leaders | NASBM
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Role
Pay range
Eligibility
criteria
Possible pay
allowances
Pay
progression
Professional
standards
Headteacher
Leadership
group pay
range:
No national
eligibility
requirements
Temporary
additional
payments
for “clearly
temporary”
additional
responsibilities
(pages 17-18)
Annual review
National
Standards of
Excellence for
Headteachers
(non-statutory)
£38,598 to
£107,210
Individual pay
range set by the
relevant body,
varying with size
and profile of
school, and the
responsibilities of
the role (page 17)
Deputy
headteacher
Leadership
group pay
range:
£38,598 to
£107,210
Leadership
group pay
range:
Qualified teacher
status (QTS) or
qualified teacher
learning and
skills (QTLS)
(page 66)
Acting allowance
for acting up as
headteacher
QTS or QTLS
(page 66)
Acting allowance
for acting up
as deputy
headteacher or
headteacher
Annual review
Acting
allowance for
acting up in
leadership role
Annual review
£38,598 to
£107,210
Pay range set
relative to the
headteacher,
and taking into
account the
responsibilities of
the role (page 17)
Leading
practitioner
Pay range
for leading
practitioners:
£38,598 to
£58,677
Set by the
relevant body,
which must
determine a pay
range within
the figures
listed above
for all leading
practitioners at
the school
The relevant
body determines
the salary for an
individual leading
practitioner
within the range
set (pages 22-23)
Teachers’
Standards
Any other set
of standards
applicable
to the
performance of
that teacher
Pay range set
relative to the
headteacher,
and taking into
account the
responsibilities of
the role (page 17)
Assistant
headteacher
Pay decisions
must be “clearly
attributable” to
the performance
of the individual
(pages 18-19)
QTS or QTLS
(page 21)
No national
criteria
Relevant body
determines
that the postholder can
demonstrate
excellence in
teaching and
will be able
to contribute
to leading the
improvement of
teaching skills
(page 81)
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Annual review
Pay decisions
must be “clearly
attributable” to
the performance
of the individual
(pages 18-19)
Pay decisions
must be “clearly
attributable” to
the performance
of the individual
(pages 18-19)
Pay decisions
must be “clearly
attributable” to
the performance
of the individual
(pages 24-25)
Teachers’
Standards
(pages 51-54)
Any other set
of standards
applicable
to the
performance of
that teacher
Teachers’
Standards
(pages 51-54)
Any other set
of standards
applicable
to the
performance of
that teacher
Teachers’
Standards
Any other set
of standards
applicable
to the
per