Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of teachers' pay in real terms.

Despite the challenging fiscal context, this government is taking action to restore teaching as the highly valued profession it should be. This includes prioritising pay with above inflation increases of almost 10% over two years.

Our latest pay proposal of 6.5% over three years, when combined with the last two increases, would mean that teacher pay would rise by almost 17% across this parliament, equating to a real terms increase of almost 4%.

Final decisions on the 2026/27 pay award will be made following recommendations from the independent pay review body process, which is ongoing.