Teachers in England get two-year 6.6% pay rise but schools to foot part of bill

School teachers will see a cumulative 17% pay increase since the last election, the DfE said. Photograph: skynesher/Getty Images

Teachers in England will receive a 3.5% pay rise from September and a further 3% next year, with extra school funding to meet most but not all of the higher wage bill, the government has announced.

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, said the government would accept the pay recommendations of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB), which were substantially higher than the government’s initial proposals.