To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department holds on the number of teachers on the (a) main, (b) upper, and (c) leadership pay scales at school level.
This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.
Answered on
16 November 2018
The Department holds information on the number of teachers in England in each pay range at a school level.
The following table provides the number of regular teachers in service in state funded schools who are on the (a) main, (b) upper and (c) leadership pay ranges in England in November 2017.
Number of regular teachers in service in state funded schools who are on the main, upper and leadership pay ranges in England in November 2017 | ||||||
Leadership | Main | Upper | Other [1] | Unknown | Total | |
England[2] | 69,521 | 170,910 | 177,941 | 45,470 | 36,070 | 499,912 |
Source: School Workforce Census
Academies are not obliged to use the pay ranges required in LA-maintained schools, though many academies use similar pay.
[1] Includes leading practitioner and unqualified pay ranges.
[2] Excludes centrally employed staff.