Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 10 April 2000, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 71 members in total.

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PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY FOR TEACHERS

That this House expresses its deep concern at the Government's determination to use the provisions under section 2(5) of the Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1991, thereby denying teachers the opportunity of consultation on a significant and fundamental change, by introducing a requirement which will put all teachers in the invidious position of having to provide external assessors with information on collegues who have applied for the threshold assessment; believes that this requirement will create an atmosphere of suspicion in schools and destroy the professional teamwork and co-operation so essential to high quality teaching and learning; expresses its concern at the Government's unnecessary inclusion of a power enabling the Secretary of State to determine without consultation or reference the definition of the criteria for crossing the pay threshold; and calls on the Government to listen seriously to the concerns of teachers and of honourable Members of this House and to rethink its proposals accordingly.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY FOR TEACHERS (628A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Lord Wigley (primary, Plaid Cymru) and tabled on Wednesday, 12 April 2000. It has been signed by 4 members in total.

to add at end 'and to respect the wishes of the National Assembly of Wales not to implement such a scheme and to enable Wales to adopt policies in this matter which are in line with the wishes of parents, teachers, unions and of the National Assembly.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

628 

628A1 

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Teachers Performance related pay

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk