The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions of Employment) Order 1987
This Order, made under section 3 of the Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1987 (“the Act”), makes provision with respect to the remuneration and other conditions of employment of school teachers in England and Wales. School teachers are defined in section 7 of the Act to mean teachers in primary and secondary schools maintained by local education authorities or other persons employed by a local education authority as teachers in the provision of primary and secondary education, except persons employed as teachers in establishments maintained by a local authority in the exercise of a social services function. The Order applies to all such teachers, including head teachers and deputy head teachers (article 3).