Teachers will get a 4 per cent pay rise next year after the government accepted the review body’s recommendation, with additional funding of £615 million coming to schools.

However, government has said schools will still have to fund around a quarter of the rise (1 per cent) themselves.

The funding is also from existing DfE budgets, not from the Treasury.

In its evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body last year, the government said a 2.8 per cent pay rise from September 2025 would be “appropriate”.

It also told schools they would have to find “efficiencies” to cover most of the rise. Official government research estimates schools can only afford a rise of 1.3 per cent next year.

But in its report, the STRB recommended a larger rise. Today the government announced it was accepting the recommendation.

More to follow.