Data set from School workforce in England

Teacher pay

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Published 9 June 2022

Last updated 9 June 2022

Full and part-time teachers in state funded schools by grade of teacher, salary bands, average salary, sector, gender and age. Includes school level data.

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: School workforce in England
• Release: Reporting year 2021
• Number of rows: 663,608
• 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 2021/22

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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_name	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
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England									Total state-funded schools	Total	Total	Total	519675	42357.6	41294	14.3475	5460	65297	51342	99793	130264	57685	33943	20901	12529	8247	9278	3304	2006	1008	1078	17540
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England									State-funded nursery and primary	Total	Total	Total	256019	41232.8	39492	16.9968	1962	32484	27874	64658	61961	19194	12519	8504	5406	4347	4811	1429	616	227	262	9765
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England									LA maintained nursery and primary	Total	Total	Total	156383	41721.7	40124	16.9925	886	17425	16141	39469	40162	12200	8127	5547	3558	2872	3082	899	353	126	103	5433
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England									LA maintained nursery	Total	Total	Total	1334	47638.6	44602.6	42.0382	10	81	85	198	256	150	134	123	80	57	35	20	5	7	2	91
202122	Academic year	National	E92000001	England									LA maintained primary	Total	Total	Total	155049	41672.6	40124	16.784	876	17344	16056	39271	39906	12050	7993	5424	3478	2815	3047	879	348	119	101	5342

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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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