The Kingsdale Foundation

Judgment approved by the Court for handing down Adamu v The Kingsdale Foundation © EAT 2026 Page 1 [2026] EAT 40 Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EAT 40 Case No: EA-2024-001171-LA EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL Rolls Building Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL Date: 12 March 2026 Before: THE HONORABLE MR JUSTICE COPPEL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between: MR ADAMU THOMAS Appellant - and – THE KINGSDALE FOUNDATION Respondent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Appellant in person Jude Shepherd (instructed by Veale Wasbrough Vizards) for the Respondent Hearing date: 29 January 2026 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUDGMENT Judgment approved by the Court for handing down Adamu v The Kingsdale Foundation © EAT 2026 Page 2 [2026] EAT 40 SUMMARY UNLAWFUL DEDUCTION FROM WAGES The appellant teacher complained that his employer had made unlawful deductions from his wages contrary to s. 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (“the Act”) as a result of failing to pay him at the maximum rate under the upper pay range for teachers prescribed by the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document (“STPCD”). The appellant claimed that that rate was required by his position at the highest, U3, pay point under the pre-2013 STPCD pay scale for post-threshold teachers. The employment tribunal had correctly rejected that complaint. The STPCD system of pay for post- threshold teachers had changed in 2013 so as to confer entitlement to be paid within the upper range dependent (primarily) upon performance. In the absence of a performance assessment which met the required standard and a consequent decision to pay the appellant at a higher rate, the respondent’s c...