Data set from School workforce in England

Teacher pay SWC

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Published 5 June 2025

Last updated 5 June 2025

Full and part-time teachers in state funded schools by grade of teacher, salary bands, average salary, sector, sex and age

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: School workforce in England
• Release: Reporting year 2024
• Number of rows: 517,449
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• 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
  • Grade of teacher
  • Sex of teacher
  • Type of school
• Time period: 2010/11 to 2024/25

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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_type	grade	sex	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
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Total state-funded schools	Total	Total	Total	525502	49205.1	47185	14.8097	2759	4375	53920	51135	90165	124278	64466	38308	24577	17786	19971	9289	3818	2034	2670	15951
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						State-funded nursery and primary	Total	Total	Total	250339	47596.7	45646	17.3377	1120	1339	27543	26389	56998	60844	23465	12422	8824	6598	8301	4546	1628	645	597	9080
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						LA maintained nursery and primary	Total	Total	Total	135994	47950.1	45805	17.2953	455	553	13744	13302	32537	32738	12596	7115	5243	3866	4749	2525	893	357	283	5038
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						LA maintained nursery	Total	Total	Total	1319	54172.7	50344	41.186	4	6	80	102	171	233	146	121	81	77	114	48	19	4	11	102
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						LA maintained primary	Total	Total	Total	134675	47891.7	45722	17.0701	451	547	13664	13200	32366	32505	12450	6994	5162	3789	4635	2477	874	353	272	4936

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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
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
sex	Sex of teacher
teachers_on_leadership_pay_range_percent	Percentage of teachers on leadership pay range

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Footnotes

1. From the November 2024 census onwards, sex has replaced gender. Sex will be the same value as reported to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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