Appendix C - Local authority results - September 2023

Local authority results

Total number of responses taken into consideration

 

Appendix 1: List of responding organisations 

Questions 1 - 3 asked respondents for their name, organisation and email addresses. 

Affordability

Q4 Broadly speaking, do you welcome these recommendations for the 23/24 teachers’ pay award. 
Yes   53 responses (89%)
No 2 responses (3%)
Don’t Know 5 responses (8%)

 

Q5 This pay award assumes a 6.5% increase to the teacher paybill, with an estimated 3% additional funding from DfE. Is this largely manageable within existing budgets for the majority of your schools?
Yes   27 responses (45%)
No 30 responses (50%)
Don’t Know 3 responses (5%)

 

Q6 How will your schools manage the cost of this pay award? Please indicate which of the following scenarios most closely applies? (Answer with the majority of schools represented in mind.)
Schools budgeted for this scenario, so is manageable 6 responses (10%)
Some reasonable adjustments to existing budgets required (without impacting curriculum/services jobs) 25 responses (42%)
Significant adjustments to budgets are required, which may impact existing curriculum/services/jobs. 29 responses (48%)

 

Q7 Do you expect schools in your authority or Trust to be applying (when details are known) for access to the £40m funds available for individual schools facing the most difficult financial services.
Yes – most of our schools 6 responses (10%)
Yes – a significant number of schools 13 responses (22%)
Yes – a few schools 29 responses (48%)
No, none of our schools 2 responses (3%)
Don’t know 10 responses (17%)

 

Q8 Notwithstanding affordability challenges, will this anticipated pay award for experienced teachers and leaders support better retention rates within schools?
Yes   14 responses (23%)
No 14 responses (23%)
Don’t Know 32 responses (54%)

 

Q9 What will be the impact of all funding demands taking into account the teachers’ pay award, the potential support staff pay award (adding £1925 or 3.88% for points above the NJC pay spine if agreed), predicted rates of inflation e.g., energy and food costs, etc – what is the average projected affordability gap for your schools.
0% 1 response (2%)
0.1 – 1% 1 response (2%)
1.1 – 2% 3 responses (5%)
2.1 – 3% 2 responses (3%)
3.1 – 4% 7 responses (12%)
4.1 – 5% 4 responses (7%)
More than 5% 19 responses (32%)
Don’t know 23 responses (38%)

 

Q10 Rank them in order with 1 likely to have the biggest challenge.

Q10 Within your area, which types of schools, do you think are likely to have the biggest challenge (financially) in implementing this pay award?
  1 2 3 4 5
Primary schools 19 responses  (32%) 22 responses  (37%) 8 responses  (13%) 8 responses
(13%)		 3 responses
(5%)
Secondary schools 3 responses  (5%) 3 responses  (5%) 20 responses  (33%) 15 responses
(26%)		 16 responses
(28%)
Special schools 14 responses  (25%) 9 responses  (16%) 18 responses  (32%) 11 responses
(19%)		 8 responses
(9%)
PRUs 5 responses  (10%) 9 responses  (18%) 7 responses  (14%) 10 responses
(20%)		 20 responses
(39%)
Smaller schools 34 responses  (57%) 14 responses  (23%) 4 responses  (7%) 2 responses
(3%)		 6 responses
(10%)
Other e.g Middle Schools 5 responses  (16%) 3 responses  (9%) 5 responses  (16%) 3 responses
(9%)		 16 responses
(50%)

 

Q 11 Rank them in order with 1 likely to have the biggest challenge.   Q11 Within your area, which geographical locations do you think are likely to have the biggest challenge (financially) in implementing this pay award?

Q11 Within your area, which geographical locations do you think are likely to have the biggest challenge (financially) in implementing this pay award?
  1 2 3 4 5
Coastal Towns 5 responses (23%) 7  responses (32%) 6  responses (27%) 2 responses (9%) 2  responses (9%)
Rural Schools 21 responses (35%) 6  responses (10%) 5 responses (8%) 0 responses    28  responses (47%)
Inner City Provision 7 responses (21%) 6  responses (18%) 9  responses (26%) 9 responses (26%) 3 responses (9%)
Areas of Deprivation 21 responses (35%) 17 responses (28%) 9  responses (15%) 4 responses (7%) 9  responses (15%)
Other 3 responses (11%) 7  responses (26%) 3  responses (11%) 5 responses (19%) 9  responses (33%)

 

Q12 Do you consider that the lower increase to M1 in London and the Fringe area will have a negative impact over the longer term?
Yes   7 responses (12 %)
No 4 responses (7 %)
Don’t know 8 responses (13 %)
N/A – not a London/Fringe area employer 40 responses (67%)
Left Blank 1 response (1 %)

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