Poll results: Teachers' pay framework: national, regional or local?

Should the current national pay framework for teachers in England & Wales remain the same, be reformed to include more local flexibility, or be replaced by regional or local ('market facing') frameworks?

• Remain the same.
• Be reformed to include more local flexibility.
• Be replaced by regional or local frameworks (across England & Wales).
• Wales should have a devolved framework but England should retain a single framework.

Please vote in our poll (right) and add any comments below.

Background information (Office of Manpower Economics):

• Call for evidence on local pay
• Letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the School Teachers’ Pay Review Body (pdf).
• Chancellor’s letter to Pay Review Bodies & Government Economic Evidence (added 21 March 2012)

Poll results:

Should the current national pay framework for teachers in England & Wales remain the same, be reformed to include more local flexibility, or be replaced by regional or local ('market facing') frameworks? (14 March to 12 April 2012)

• Remain the same: 55% of all votes

• Be reformed to include more local flexibility: 10%

• Be replaced by regional or local frameworks (across England & Wales): 14%

• Wales should have a devolved framework but England should retain a single framework: 22%

Total Votes: 51