Teaching unions have complained that although their staff were promised a 1 % pay rise, this has had to be found from within existing school budgets. (bbc.co.uk)
«ASCL urges the STRB to press the DfE to fully fund pay rises so that the government meets the additional costs rather than again expecting them to be met from existing school budgets which are already under huge pressure because of unfunded increases to employers» contributions to teacher pensions and National Insurance costs.» (educationbusinessuk.net)
However, it only accepts this on the basis that no extra funding would be made available and so if schools were to offer higher pay rises this would need to come out of existing school budgets. (educationbusinessuk.net)