HC Deb 11 May 1999 vol 331 cc79-80W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many headteachers will receive the maximum pay award this year. [83757]

Ms Estelle Morris

[holding answer 10 May 1999]: Pay awards will vary according to individual circumstances, and will depend on a headteacher's position on the existing pay spine and whether the school will move to a higher range on the new pay spine when its weighted pupil numbers are recalculated in the restructuring. The figure of 9.5 per cent. which has been quoted represents the average increase payable to the 2,970 headteachers of small primary schools with fewer than 100 pupils.