Teachers in residential establishments

We act as the Secretariat for the Employers' Side of the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) for Teachers in Residential Establishments. This was established to provide voluntary collective bargaining machinery for teachers in two different types of residential establishment: residential special schools and social service establishments.


Since 1986, teachers in social service establishments – such as former approved schools, former remand homes and assessment centres have had the same salary rates and general grading structure as schoolteachers in mainstream schools. This reflects the reality of recruiting from the mainstream into something of a very specialist role for schoolteachers.

Negotiations under the JNC cover all aspects of pay for teachers in social service establishments but only deal with residential allowances for teachers in residential special schools. This is because teachers in social service establishments are formally excluded from the scope of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document, whereas teachers in residential special schools are covered by the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (and the Burgundy Book) for their residential allowances.

Orange Book

The 'Orange Book' is the terms and conditions handbook for teachers in all residential social services establishments with teaching on the premises and residential special schools. Available to LGA Workforce subscribers only. It has been revised for 2014.


JNCTRE agreement 2023

Joint Education Services Circular (JESC) NO 229 - Final TRE pay and allowance circular

Under the terms of the JNCTRE Agreement, all allowances (including Instructors scales) other than the Sleeping in Duty Allowance have been increased in line with STPCDs allowances and should, therefore, be increased by 6.5 per cent in England and 5 per cent in Wales with effect from 1 September 2023. 

Establishments in Wales should note that as allowances and instructors’ scales were also increased part-way through the year by an additional 1.5 per cent backdated to 1 September 2022 in Wales, the cumulative effect means that the allowances are the same in both England and Wales for 2023. 

The Sleeping in Duty Allowance should be increased by 3.88 per cent from 1 April 2023, in line with the headline percentage pay increase agreed by the NJC for Local Government Services for 2023-2024.

JNCTRE agreement 2022 

Joint education services circular (JESC) no. 226

Under the terms of the JNCTRE Agreement, all allowances (including Instructors scales) other than the Sleeping in Duty Allowance have been increased in line with School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document’s for England and Wales. Allowances should therefore be increased by five per cent with effect from 1 September 2022. The Sleeping in Duty Allowance increased by 4.04 per cent from 1 April 2022, in line with the NJC for Local Government Services pay award for 2022.
 

JNCTRE agreement 2021 

Joint education services circular (JESC) no. 223

The 2021 School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document for England confirmed that there will be no pay increase for 2021-22 for school teachers apart from those earning £28,681 who will receive a pay uplift of £250. There is therefore no corresponding increase in pay scale points or residential allowances for JNCTRE teachers in England from 1 September 2021, apart from the eligible teachers on Instructors Scales A and B who have received a payment of £250 on the same basis as teachers in English schools covered by the STPCD and detailed in the circular.

The Sleeping In Allowance has increased by 1.75 per cent from 1 April 2021 in line with the NJC for Local Government Services pay agreement for 2021- 2022.

The values are set out in Appendix 1.

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