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Human resources policies for schools

Core employment (Human Resource) policies written specifically for maintained schools within the North Northamptonshire area. They are recommended for adoption by individual Governing Bodies.

Pay policy

The pay and grading structure applies to community, community special, voluntary controlled and local authority-maintained nursery Schools in North Northamptonshire.

Governing bodies of voluntary aided and foundation schools may also adopt this pay structure.

The pay values reflect the National Joint Council for Local Government Services pay award agreed for 2022/23. It also reflects the removal, on 1 April 2023, of NJC scale point (SCP) 1 – which means Grade A will no longer exist and means Grade B will be a SCP 2.

Schools with employees paid at NJC SCP 1 should seek advice from their HR or payroll provider to move the employee to Grade B SCP 2.

Grade and NJC SCP

Salary

£ per hour

A 1 

The 2022 NJC pay award included the removal of NJC SCP 1 from 1 April 2023

Not applicableNot applicable

B 1

The 2022 NJC pay award included the removal of NJC SCP 1 from 1 April 2023

Not applicableNot applicable

B 2

20,441

10.60

C 2

20,441

10.60

C 3

20,812

10.79

D 3

20,812

10.79

D 4

21,189

10.98

E 4

21,189

10.98

E 5

21,575

11.18

F 6

21,968

11.39

F 7

22,369

11.59

G 8

22,777

11.81

G 9

23,194

12.02

G 10

23,620

12.24

G 11

24,054

12.47

G 12

24,496

12.70

H 14

25,409

13.17

H 15

25,878

13.41

H 16

26,357

13.66

H 17

26,845

13.91

H 18

27,344

14.17

H 19

27,852

14.44

H 20

28,371

14.71

I 22

29,439

15.26

I 23

30,151

15.63

I 24

31,099

16.12

I 25

32,020

16.60

I 26

32,909

17.06

J 27

33,820

17.53

J 28

34,723

18.00

J 29

35,411

18.35

J 30

36,298

18.81

J 31

37,261

19.31

K 32

38,296

19.85

K 33

39,493

20.47

K 34

40,478

20.98

K 35

41,496

21.51

K 36

42,503

22.03

L 37

43,516

22.56

L 38

44,539

23.09

L 39

45,495

23.58

L 40

46,549

24.13

L 41

47,573

24.66

M 42

48,587

25.18

M 43

49,590

25.70

M 44

50,576

26.21

M 45

51,549

26.72

M 46

52,548

27.24

M 47

53,535

27.75

Further policies and templates

Using these policies

The policies, once adopted, should be shared with staff and may be published on the schools staff intranet, but may not be shared further or published on the school’s external website:

  • Community, community special, voluntary controlled and local authority maintained nursery schools may adopt these policies without further trade union consultation because these schools are covered by the council’s Trade Union Recognition Agreement and we have consulted unions on these framework and model policies.

    It is good practice to share the policies with staff and consider any feedback prior to the Governing Body formally adopting them. Should a schools wish to make amendments to the policy, the Governing Body will need to arrange their own consultation with local representatives of the relevant recognised trade unions
     
  • Voluntary Aided and Foundation schools. The Governing Body is the employer and are not covered by the council’s trade union recognition agreement - these schools will need to consult with the relevant trade unions recognised by the school if they wish to adopt this policy

Last updated 27 April 2023