Data set from School workforce in England

Teacher pay

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Published 25 June 2020

Last updated 25 June 2020

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 2019
• Number of rows: 329,335
• 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
  • Gender of teacher
  • Grade of teacher
  • Type of school
• Time period: 2010/11 to 2019/20

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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_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
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Total state-funded schools	Total	Total	Total	508433	40537	39406	14.4896	30298	54538	55874	122160	105431	49002	25718	16958	10050	7039	7244	2886	1636	866	925	17808
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								State-funded nursery and primary	Total	Total	Total	254921	39403.8	37880.7	17.2742	15258	29568	32239	73291	45053	17244	10276	7389	5038	3803	3786	1186	495	180	233	9882
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								LA maintained nursery and primary	Total	Total	Total	163303	39796	38230	17.2187	8589	17628	20416	48173	30354	11573	7027	5004	3508	2617	2525	753	288	86	98	4664
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								LA maintained nursery	Total	Total	Total	1430	44854.5	42127	39.8121	48	85	121	293	229	178	121	130	80	32	36	7	5	0	2	63
201920	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								LA maintained primary	Total	Total	Total	161873	39752	38199.3	17.0216	8541	17543	20295	47880	30125	11395	6906	4874	3428	2585	2489	746	283	86	96	4601

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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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