How to agree pay for staff migrating to a new school

Commentary

This case study highlights lots of issues to consider when employing staff for a new school.  It is not known what category of school the new school will be, but regardless of this, a temporary governing body would have been set up to make various decisions. Here’s the link to the regulations that govern the process, in addition to Chapter 20 of the School Governors Guide to the Law: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/2912/contents/made
https://gov.wales/school-governors-guide-law

General information about staffing and appointments is provided in Chapter 10 of The School Governors Guide to the Law: https://gov.wales/school-governors-guide-law

First and foremost, the staffing structure would have been approved for the new school. In order to determine the salary for senior leaders, Deputy Heads in this case, a designated process would need to be followed, as set out in the School Teachers Pay and Conditions document

https://gov.wales/school-teachers-pay-and-conditions-wales-document-2021

Further information would be needed to give a more detailed response. Paragraphs 8.3-9.4 (Pages 16-17) provides information for new schools and how to determine leadership pay. The process is complex and advice must be sought from the Local Authority / Diocesan Authority, usually from Human Resources.