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Gove aims for performance related pay

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Education secretary Michael Gove is seeking advice on how he can change teachers' salaries so that they are linked to performance in the classroom.

Education secretary Michael Gove is seeking advice on how he can change teachers' salaries so that they are linked to performance in the classroom.



In a letter to the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB), Mr Gove has asked it to advise how pay scales might be reformed to “strengthen the link between pay and performance".



He also wants advice about any barriers to performance-related pay that may be in the current School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document.



Furthermore, Mr Gove has asked the STRB to advise on how the pay and conditions framework could be reformed to introduce regional and “more market facing" pay.

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