Should good heads and teachers be paid six-figure salaries and be rewarded for success with bonuses?
LAB These are tough times, but I’m not going to go back on my promise to teachers and break the three-year pay deal agreed last year. And the best heads – who are working to transform other schools – should be paid extra for taking on extra challenges. We can’t go back to the bad old days when teachers, were under-paid, not recognised for what they do and forever going out on strike. TORY At the end of the day this should be decided by schools and parents, not politicians. But I think there should be more freedom over teacher pay and incentives, so that if a school wants to hire a brilliant teacher they can. Academies have this freedom and it’s one reason why they out-perform other schools.
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