Head teachers and local authority managers are responsible for increasing teachers’ pay for appropriate work with SEN children, but research found different schools and authorities had different interpretations of when to award extra pay.
The Allocation of Special Educational Needs Allowances in England and Wales found schools were unclear about when to award SEN allowances and Teaching and Learning Responsibility payments, which are used to supplement the pay of teachers who make a greater contribution to the teaching of children with SEN than normal teachers.
Lorraine Petersen, chief executive officer of Nasen, said: The SEN money that goes into schools is not ring fenced for SEN. That’s the big issue. More schools need to acknowledge the fact that SEN teachers need recognition via their pay.
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