ALAN JOHNSON CONFIRMS PLANS TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A NATIONALLY CONSISTENT PAY AND CONDITIONS FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPORT STAFF

24 May 2007

Alan Johnson, the then Secretary of State for Education and Skills, today announced that he has instructed the Support Staff Working Group (SSWG) to take forward plans to examine a new structure that would consider the pay and conditions of employment for support staff in schools.

It is intended that any such structure would operate outside the National Joint Council (NJC) framework which currently governs pay and conditions for local government employees.

Alan Johnson said:

“I am extremely grateful to the Support Staff Working Group for their report and I look forward to hearing back from them on the possibility of setting up a new negotiating body to look at how we can better align pay and conditions of employment for support staff throughout the country.”