Most are not on or understand the points system ….
I would disagree with the above comment; I work in Essex where most schools remain points-system. I am aware that this is in Suffolk and majority of Norfolk also. I feel Michael has captured the issue well: minimum and maximum, if applied, could simply mean squeezing the pay differential between the penultimate and last point progression (and that from the first to the second. Whether it's points or not – unless a school fully funds an 'across the board' increase (which is costly) the whole guidance is reflective of the fact that the system has been fragmented and broken to suit the multitude of different structures out there. The last 'academies can choose to ignore the recommendations' is particularly telling….