Management Information Sheet
Changes to the support staff pay structure agreed
Union members have voted to accept the proposed changes to the County Council's pay structure which we shared with you in December. Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote or feedback to us directly. We can now make the changes, including pay awards, in time for April 2019 pay.
A reminder of what will change and why
The changes are needed because of increases to the National Living Wage and resulting changes to the national spinal column points (SCPs) the Council uses to construct its local salary scales. In summary:
- The changes impact on Scales A-J.
- Some salary scales have fewer pay points and others have new ones added.
- We use local pay points for Scales K-S, so these are not impacted.
| Pay structure from 1 April 2019 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Existing scales and SCPs | New scales and SCPs from 1 April 2019 | ||||
| NCC Scales | Old SCP number | Salary | New SCP number | Salary | Pay increase 1 April 2019 |
| Scale A | 6 | £6,394 | 1 | £17,364 | 5.9% |
| Scale B | 7 | £16,495 | 2 | £17,711 | 7.4% |
| 8 | £16,626 | 6.5% | |||
| 9 | £16,755 | 5.7% | |||
| Scale C | 10 | £16,863 | 3 | £18,065 | 7.1% |
| 11 | £17,007 | 6.2% | |||
| 12 | £17,173 | 4 | £18,426 | 7.3% | |
| 13 | £17,391 | 6.0% | |||
| Scale D | 14 | £17,681 | 5 | £18,795 | 6.3% |
| 15 | £17,972 | 4.6% | |||
| 16 | £18,319 | 6 | £19,171 | 4.7% | |
| 17 | £18,672 | 2.7% | |||
| Scale E | 18 | £18,870 | 7 | £19,554 | 5.7% |
| 19 | £19,446 | 8 | £19,945 | 2.6% | |
| 20 | £19,819 | 9 | £20,344 | 2.6% | |
| 10 (new) | £20,751 | ||||
| 21 | £20,541 | 11 | £21,166 | 3.0% | |
| Scale F 1048 |
22 | £21,074 | 12 | £21,589 | 2.4% |
| 13 (new) | £22,021 | ||||
| 23 | £21,693 | 14 | £22,462 | 3.5% | |
| 24 | £22,401 | 15 | £22,911 | 2.3% | |
| New Scp 16 not used | |||||
| 25 | £23,111 | 17 | £23,836 | 3.1% | |
| Scale G 1164 |
18 (new) | £24,313 | |||
| 26 | £23,866 | 19 | £24,799 | 3.9% | |
| 27 | £24,657 | 20 | £25,295 | 2.6% | |
| 21 (new) | £25,801 | ||||
| 28 | £25,463 | 22 | £26,317 | 3.4% | |
| Scale H 321 |
29 | £26,470 | 23 | £26,999 | 2.0% |
| 30 | £27,358 | 24 | £27,905 | 2.0% | |
| 31 | £28,221 | 25 | £28,785 | 2.0% | |
| Scale I 521 |
32 | £29,055 | 26 | £29,636 | 2.0% |
| 33 | £29,909 | 27 | £30,507 | 2.0% | |
| 34 | £30,756 | 28 | £31,371 | 2.0% | |
| Scale J 516 |
35 | £31,401 | 29 | £32,029 | 2.0% |
| 36 | £32,233 | 30 | £32,878 | 2.0% | |
| 37 | £33,136 | 31 | £33,799 | 2.0% | |
A reminder of the impact on schools and academies
The NCC salary scales apply to support staff in Norfolk maintained schools, so the changes will automatically apply to them.
Some academies use the NCC salary scales so will need to decide whether to use the revised scales or do something different. There may be some obligation in relation to TUPE protected staff in academies.
Suffolk County Council will be going through the same process as NCC. Academy trust customers who have staff in Suffolk academies who remain aligned to Suffolk pay grades will need to consider those new arrangements. Advice is available from the HR Consultancy team if you purchase this from Educator Solutions.
Next steps for school leaders
Please tell your team members that the pay structure has been agreed and explain the impact on their salary and incremental progression through their scale, especially staff in jobs graded scales A-G.
Further information
Please email any questions or requests for information to HRenquiry@educatorsolutions.org.uk.