Performance pay cuts spending on primary teachers by 11%

The amount of government money being spent on primary school teachers has fallen by 11 per cent after the introduction of performance-related pay, according to new research.Researchers say the main impact of "deregulating" teacher pay has been “negative and significant”, with reduced pay rises in both primary and secondary schools. lt found that there had been a significant drop in the proportion of money spent by primary schools on their teachers after the reforms were introduced in 2013.The report says that the amount spent on primary school teachers fell by 11 per cent compared to the spending levels before the reforms. The study has investigated how replacing teachers’ pay scales with a performance-related system changed the way staff are paid.It reveals that average pay rises for teachers has been -1.7 to -1.8 percentage points lower in primary schools after the reforms, and -1.3 to -1.5 percentage points lower in secondary schools.