The best teachers should be rewarded with higher pay than their colleagues under new proposals from MPs.
A report by the Commons education select committee says evidence shows that very good teachers boost grades and make a significant difference to their pupils’ future earnings.
It calls for the Department for Education to develop plans for a pay system that rewards teachers who add the greatest value to pupil performance — although the MPs acknowledge the “potential political and practical difficulties in introducing such a system”.
Christine Blower, general secretary of the NUT, said: “Performance-related pay is not only inappropriate but also divisive. Children and young people differ and class intakes differ from year to year, making it impossible to measure progress in simplistic terms.”
