Data set from School workforce in England

Teacher pay

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Published 17 June 2021

Last updated 17 June 2021

Full and part-time teachers in state funded schools by grade of teacher, salary bands, average salary, sector, gender and age (additional file at school level).

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: School workforce in England
• Release: Reporting year 2020
• Number of rows: 604,882
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Geographic levels (only available via download / public API): School
• Indicators:
  • Headcount of teachers
  • Headcount of teachers earning under £25K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £100-110K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £110K and over
  • Headcount of teachers earning £25-30K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £30-35K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £35-40K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £40-45K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £45-50K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £50-55K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £55-60K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £60-65K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £65-70K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £70-80K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £80-90K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £90-100K
  • Headcount of teachers with unknown pay
  • Mean pay
  • Median pay
  • Percentage of teachers on leadership pay range
• Filters:
  • Age of teachers
  • Gender of teacher
  • Grade of teacher
  • Type of school
• Time period: 2010/11 to 2020/21

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	school_laestab	school_urn	school_type	grade	gender	age_category	headcount_all	average_mean	average_median	teachers_on_leadership_pay_range_percent	headcount_under£25K	headcount_£25_to_30K	headcount_£30_to_35K	headcount_£35_to_40K	headcount_£40_to_45K	headcount_£45_to_50K	headcount_£50_to_55K	headcount_£55_to_60K	headcount_£60_to_65K	headcount_£65_to_70K	headcount_£70_to_80K	headcount_£80_to_90K	headcount_£90_to_100K	headcount_£100_to_110K	headcount_£110K_and_over	headcount_unknown_pay
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Total state-funded schools	Total	Total	Total	515533	41798.9	40490	14.3829	12474	62225	53821	104403	124664	57523	30938	19258	11654	7812	8689	3192	1920	925	1088	14947
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								State-funded nursery and primary	Total	Total	Total	256501	40662	38940	17.0683	5850	32265	29723	66429	58347	18767	12225	8142	5328	4168	4498	1397	600	215	260	8287
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								LA maintained nursery and primary	Total	Total	Total	160770	41105.4	39406	17.023	3076	17979	17924	41983	38662	12101	8199	5407	3603	2818	2955	880	335	113	118	4617
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								LA maintained nursery	Total	Total	Total	1408	46572.5	43286	40.2467	30	79	104	240	252	142	133	122	94	40	31	15	9	1	5	111
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								LA maintained primary	Total	Total	Total	159362	41059.6	39344.7	16.8285	3046	17900	17820	41743	38410	11959	8066	5285	3509	2778	2924	865	326	112	113	4506

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 24 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age_category	Age of teachers
average_mean	Mean pay
average_median	Median pay
gender	Gender of teacher
grade	Grade of teacher
headcount_£100_to_110K	Headcount of teachers earning £100-110K
headcount_£110K_and_over	Headcount of teachers earning £110K and over
headcount_£25_to_30K	Headcount of teachers earning £25-30K
headcount_£30_to_35K	Headcount of teachers earning £30-35K
headcount_£35_to_40K	Headcount of teachers earning £35-40K
headcount_£40_to_45K	Headcount of teachers earning £40-45K
headcount_£45_to_50K	Headcount of teachers earning £45-50K
headcount_£50_to_55K	Headcount of teachers earning £50-55K
headcount_£55_to_60K	Headcount of teachers earning £55-60K
headcount_£60_to_65K	Headcount of teachers earning £60-65K
headcount_£65_to_70K	Headcount of teachers earning £65-70K
headcount_£70_to_80K	Headcount of teachers earning £70-80K
headcount_£80_to_90K	Headcount of teachers earning £80-90K
headcount_£90_to_100K	Headcount of teachers earning £90-100K
headcount_all	Headcount of teachers
headcount_under£25K	Headcount of teachers earning under £25K
headcount_unknown_pay	Headcount of teachers with unknown pay
school_type	Type of school
teachers_on_leadership_pay_range_percent	Percentage of teachers on leadership pay range

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Footnotes

1. Before using this data, please check the methodology section for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats.
2. Comparisons between years should not be used as an indication of pay awards as they do not compare like for like. For example, in each year teachers retire and are replaced by newly qualified teachers. The older teachers, many of whom will have been in leadership roles, will have been on higher salaries than those who are new to teaching. Also, salaries are not adjusted for inflation over time.

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Email: schoolworkforce.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Tony Clarke
Telephone: 0774 7767329

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