Changes planned to link teachers' pay to performance
A radical shake-up of the teaching profession that could see schools paying their staff as much as they like will be unveiled by the Government within the next couple of months.
Ministers want to scrap national pay bargaining, creating a closer link between teachers' pay and their classroom performance.
The proposals could see exceptional members of staff at state schools earning far more than the average teacher's salary, which is currently £29,240 a year.
Major changes are also planned for the way teachers are trained, shifting the emphasis from college-based courses to on-the-job training.
This scheme, foreshadowed in a report by the right-wing think-tank Reform, would see all teacher training mirror the TeachFirst scheme, under which top graduates who do not have an education degree are appointed to inner-city schools to train.
'Teachers' unions claim there is no evidence that paying for performance works
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A radical shake-up of the teaching profession that could see schools paying their staff as much as they like will be unveiled by the Government within the next couple of months.