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  • 2025/2026 Teachers' Pay Offer

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    • Teachers' pay

    Date published: 6 January 2026

    Management Side of the Teachers’ Negotiating Committee submitted a formal offer for a 2025/26 teachers’ pay award to the Northern Ireland Teaching Council (NITC) on 6 January 2026. 

    2025/2026 - Teachers' Pay Offer

    This follows Executive approval of a Ministerial Direction from Paul Givan on 18 December 2025,

    The offer is for a 4% consolidated pay award to all teacher salary scale points with effect from 1st September 2025. In addition, Teaching and Special Needs Allowances will be increased by 4% from 1st September 2025.

    The NITC will now consult their respective memberships following which they will advise Management Side of the outcome.

    Management Side Pay offer 

    Proposed new Pay Scales

     

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