Data set from School workforce in England

Teacher pay - SWC

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Published 4 June 2026

Last updated 9 July 2026

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 2025
• Number of rows: 550,529
• 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 £110-120K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £120-130K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £130-140K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £140-150K
  • Headcount of teachers earning £150K 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 2025/26

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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	establishment_type_group	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_110_to_120k	headcount_120_to_130k	headcount_130_to_140k	headcount_140_to_150k	headcount_150k_and_over	headcount_unknown_pay
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Total state-funded schools	Total	Total	Total	521941	52375.8	51047	14.7305	1504	3606	37941	47805	43138	104973	114312	49886	35925	20936	25172	12655	6216	2666	1651	905	614	392	329	11315
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						State-funded nursery and primary	Total	Total	Total	246779	50855.5	49115	17.2674	783	1131	18728	23843	22270	65274	50937	16323	12931	7743	9453	5899	3101	1050	482	209	113	72	88	6349
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						LA maintained nursery and primary	Total	Total	Total	127661	51617.8	49232	17.2727	348	435	8334	10833	11242	33528	27697	8662	7249	4503	5285	3254	1710	595	266	117	62	39	42	3460
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						LA maintained nursery	Total	Total	Total	1346	57766.9	54144	41.4229	1	4	64	76	80	192	247	116	134	78	144	61	26	15	4	0	5	1	2	96
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						LA maintained primary	Total	Total	Total	126315	51555.3	49232	17.0261	347	431	8270	10757	11162	33336	27450	8546	7115	4425	5141	3193	1684	580	262	117	57	38	40	3364

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 28 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age_category	Age of teachers
average_mean	Mean pay
average_median	Median pay
establishment_type_group	Type of school
grade	Grade of teacher
headcount_100_to_110k	Headcount of teachers earning £100-110K
headcount_110_to_120k	Headcount of teachers earning £110-120K
headcount_120_to_130k	Headcount of teachers earning £120-130K
headcount_130_to_140k	Headcount of teachers earning £130-140K
headcount_140_to_150k	Headcount of teachers earning £140-150K
headcount_150k_and_over	Headcount of teachers earning £150K 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
sex	Sex of teacher
teachers_on_leadership_pay_range_percent	Percentage of teachers on leadership pay range

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