The proposed salaries for childcare inspectors outside London range from Pounds 17,734 to 22,040, with senior childcare inspectors earning from Pounds 22,763 to 27,259. They are set out in Personnel Guidance on Early Years Transfer, which was published shortly before Christmas and is available on the Ofsted Internet website at www.ofsted.gov.ukAlan Jefferson, UK Chair of the National Association of Inspection and Registration Officers, said that although some would benefit, for many others the Ofsted salary would be lower than their current pay. Nobody who transfers will face a pay cut, since they are entitled to remain on their current contractual terms, but he said the payscale had left inspectors feeling that Ofsted placed less value on them than social services departments.
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