Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 8
8
Deferred
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Complete review of unfunded support staff pay increases and allocate sufficient funding.
Recommendation
We recommend the Department complete a review into the cumulative impact of excluding funding for support staff pay increases from school funding allocations. Further, going forward, the wage growth of support staff must be factored into school budgets and the Department must allocate sufficient funding to schools to cover the growth of support staff salaries.
Government Response Summary
The government response discusses bursaries for career changers and ITT incentives, not addressing the recommendation to review support staff funding or factor their wage growth into school budgets.
Paragraph Reference:
53
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
We do not believe there is a need to introduce a bursary specifically for career changers. We announce the above financial incentives for ITT at the start of each recruitment cycle, meaning that career changers are made aware of the support on offer a year before courses commence. We avoid making substantial changes to the incentives year-on-year where possible, but occasionally this is necessary to respond to the impact of the economy and the changing need for new teachers.