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Gove backs headteacher pay cap
Released 15/07/2010
Education Secretary says pay should be capped at £142,500
Headteachers in England should have their pay capped at the level of the prime minister's salary, the government has said.
Education Secretary Michael Gove has written to the body which advises the government on teachers' pay to say they should not earn more than £142,500.
The top of the pay scale is £109,000, but governors can offer much more.
It is thought that about 100 headteachers earn more than £150,000, with a handful earning as much as £180,000.
In a letter to Anne Wright, chairman of the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB), Gove said teachers pay should increase this year by 2.3 per cent in line with previous recommendation, but he added that he wanted an upper limit to SLT remuneration.
"This would be to ensure that the discretions that exist to pay above the maximum leadership pay range should be contained within an over-riding limit that would not exceed the prime minister's salary," he said.
He said he hoped the limit would apply to any pay decisions taken after 1 September.
Source: BBC