Head Teachers' Pay (Hansard, 28 June 1995)

§ Mr. Robin Squire

The table shows the average salary of head teachers in all maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools for the most recent years available. The average salary is derived from information provided by local authorities and grant-maintained school primarily for pensions purpose. Information may be incomplete in some cases.

Separate figures for grant maintained schools are shown only at national level. This is to avoid both the disclosure of individual head teacher's salaries and the potential for distortion of average salaries where few head teachers are present. For the same reasons, some average salaries are not shown in the smaller LEA areas.

Head teachers are paid on 51-point pay spine with ranges of points from different sizes of schools. There is no automatic progression up the spine, but a governing body may appoint a head teacher at a point above the minimum of the range, and may move the head teacher as far along the spine as they think appropriate.

Average salary includes allowances such as London allowance.

647W

Average salary of full-time head teachers in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary school sectors. Salary as at 31 March of each year shown.
	1990	1991	1992	1993
	Nursery and primary	Secondary	Nursery and primary	Secondary	Nursery and primary	Secondary	Nursery and primary	Secondary
Corporation of London	n/a	n/a	¹—	n/a	¹—	n/a	¹—	n/a
Camden	n/a	n/a	24,230	34,416	26,673	38,385	28,645	41,600
Greenwich	n/a	n/a	24,177	33,361	26,927	37,845	29,094	¹—
Hackney	n/a	n/a	23,777	33,892	26,635	37,291	28,597	39,986
Hammersmith	n/a	n/a	23,612	¹—	26,366	¹—	28,655	¹—
Islington	n/a	n/a	23,754	30,954	27,264	35,215	29,158	36,872
Kensington and Chelsea	n/a	n/a	23,676	¹—	26,180	¹—	31,364	¹—
Lambeth	n/a	n/a	24,009	29,935	27,578	35,233	29,897	36,638
Lewisham	n/a	n/a	24,283	31,596	27,191	35,072	29,626	37,444
Southwark	n/a	n/a	24,113	30,801	27,318	34,782	29,553	38,443
Tower Hamlets	n/a	n/a	24,818	33,803	28,682	38,801	31,247	41,283
Wandsworth	n/a	n/a	23,482	33,966	26,657	¹—	28,879	¹—
Westminster	n/a	n/a	25,883	¹—	29,674	¹—	32,275	¹—
ILEA	21,022	28,496	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Barking	21,327	31,043	23,716	34,417	27,376	40,909	29,873	43,343
Barnet	20,596	29,025	22,906	32,715	26,066	36,968	28,252	40,992
Bexley	21,031	28,672	23,178	32,261	26,154	36,377	28,348	39,679
Brent	21,778	28,964	25,383	32,690	29,784	36,952	32,109	39,597
Bromley	20,961	28,834	23,020	32,518	26,450	38,919	28,734	n/a
Croydon	20,783	28,705	22,816	31,454	26,129	36,128	28,194	38,744
Ealing	21,552	31,604	23,809	34,329	26,797	38,776	28,988	n/a
Enfield	21,319	27,212	24,800	31,877	27,785	36,435	30,367	39,649
Haringey	20,954	29,684	23,708	33,568	26,654	37,528	28,715	41,822
Harrow	21,686	26,558	23,903	30,365	28,285	35,089	30,479	38,183
Havering	21,043	29,073	23,126	31,891	26,514	35,863	28,696	39,075
Hillingdon	20,761	29,265	22,806	32,101	26,536	36,643	29,074	40,842
Hounslow	21,136	29,570	23,351	32,551	26,542	37,049	28,522	41,412
Kingston upon Thames	20,674	¹—	22,795	¹—	25,801	¹—	28,192	¹—
Merton	21,493	25,787	24,086	30,398	27,835	34,397	30,222	36,855
Newham	21,634	29,856	24,006	32,606	27,204	37,512	29,383	40,406
Redbridge	21,393	28,329	24,228	31,577	27,566	36,626	30,116	39,850
Richmond upon Thames	20,635	27,971	22,708	¹—	25,664	¹—	28,133	¹—
Sutton	20,942	27,554	23,098	31,245	26,465	35,474	29,010	38,849
Waltham Forest	21,260	27,000	23,375	29,918	26,426	34,007	28,648	36,640
Birmingham	20,314	26,295	22,309	29,226	25,323	33,881	27,334	35,810
Coventry	20,014	29,166	21,945	32,962	25,611	37,189	28,011	40,001
Dudley	20,599	25,629	22,678	28,736	25,571	32,289	27,601	35,498
Sandwell	19,769	26,022	21,878	28,408	24,816	32,054	27,086	34,437
Solihull	20,171	26,572	22,126	28,815	25,492	33,922	27,663	37,451
Walsall	19,716	26,353	21,692	28,757	24,663	32,137	26,779	35,128
Wolverhampton	19,525	26,275	21,472	28,812	24,632	33,221	26,534	36,025
Knowsley	19,804	28,049	21,971	31,288	24,878	35,137	26,756	37,155
Liverpool	19,470	25,858	21,556	28,565	24,409	32,184	26,443	35,133
St. Helens	19,621	29,049	21,551	31,700	24,537	36,357	26,658	38,061
Sefton	19,785	28,122	21,939	31,635	25,292	35,808	27,339	37,949
Wirral	20,093	27,522	22,234	30,945	25,031	35,515	26,991	38,506
Bolton	19,531	29,252	21,493	32,527	24,548	36,771	26,519	38,483
Bury	19,452	26,945	21,419	29,320	24,208	33,565	26,098	35,784
Manchester	19,864	27,386	21,947	30,116	25,066	35,178	27,583	37,653
Oldham	19,556	27,822	21,659	31,060	24,465	34,167	26,374	37,061
Rochdale	19,794	26,330	21,756	30,048	24,667	32,752	26,672	36,181
Salford	19,629	26,445	21,437	28,450	24,056	33,365	26,082	35,971
Stockport	19,445	27,667	21,522	31,230	24,499	35,882	26,402	38,948
Tameside	19,722	27,238	21,683	29,703	24,512	33,417	26,381	36,028
Trafford	19,599	25,747	21,566	29,058	24,478	33,416	26,312	36,502
Wigan	19,749	26,166	21,757	28,922	24,550	32,797	26,498	35,398
Barnsley	19,205	26,599	21,177	29,462	24,097	34,188	25,954	36,184
Doncaster	19,513	25,208	21,429	27,554	24,213	30,918	26,140	33,222
Rotherham	19,404	28,503	21,366	31,076	24,134	34,805	25,856	37,415
Sheffield	19,828	27,767	21,835	30,268	24,669	34,790	26,803	37,395
Bradford	19,503	23,304	21,481	25,669	24,326	28,925	26,232	31,158
Calderdale	19,363	26,065	21,363	29,115	24,136	32,659	25,815	35,609
Kirklees	19,362	26,025	21,330	28,935	24,047	32,506	25,844	35,275
Leeds	19,669	24,037	21,634	26,420	24,404	29,742	26,420	36,526
Wakefield	19,346	24,628	21,246	27,012	23,979	30,379	25,768	33,129
Gateshead	19,439	27,019	21,382	30,210	24,136	34,689	25,983	37,499
Newcastle upon Tyne	19,844	25,905	21,827	28,094	24,526	32,360	26,393	35,427
North Tyneside	19,634	23,844	21,654	26,015	24,373	29,674	26,241	32,557
South Tyneside	19,292	27,484	21,294	31,238	24,216	35,541	26,322	37,559
Sunderland	19,812	28,838	21,788	31,590	24,748	35,303	26,662	37,926

648W 649W

Average salary of full-time head teachers in the maintained nursery, primary and secondary school sectors. Salary as at 31 March of each year shown.
	1990	1991	1992	1993
	Nursery and primary	Secondary	Nursery and primary	Secondary	Nursery and primary	Secondary	Nursery and primary	Secondary
Isles of Scilly	¹—	¹—	¹—	n/a	¹—	n/a	1__	n/a
Avon	19,403	26,817	21,377	29,636	24,133	32,919	26,008	35,466
Bedfordshire	19,051	24,655	21,097	27,096	24,107	30,684	26,058	33,590
Berkshire	19,548	25,021	21,724	28,222	24,750	32,784	26,761	35,399
Buckinghamshire	19,415	25,982	21,383	29,383	24,293	33,245	26,383	36,114
Cambridgeshire	19,381	26,992	21,384	30,380	24,141	36,484	26,051	38,957
Cheshire	19,242	27,945	21,275	31,304	24,450	35,647	26,452	38,907
Cleveland	20,033	27,057	22,133	29,414	24,922	33,681	26,810	36,374
Cornwall	18,739	24,710	20,792	26,868	23,516	30,305	25,407	33,175
Cumbria	18,585	26,322	20,482	28,178	23,196	31,744	25,010	34,361
Derbyshire	19,114	27,527	21,092	30,421	23,838	34,366	25,625	37,465
Devon	18,962	27,599	21,011	30,906	23,971	35,317	26,018	39,635
Dorset	19,254	25,509	21,333	28,285	23,985	32,409	25,884	35,455
Durham	18,975	28,079	20,902	31,092	23,576	35,102	25,345	38,009
East Sussex	19,369	28,557	21,420	31,722	24,676	35,865	27,028	39,026
Essex	19,621	27,245	21,725	29,619	24,961	34,685	27,114	38,551
Gloucestershire	18,926	26,347	20,899	30,157	23,560	34,110	25,562	36,523
Hampshire	19,555	28,211	21,614	31,761	24,814	36,232	26,986	39,037
Hereford and Worcester	18,933	24,770	20,995	27,483	23,931	31,485	25,792	34,007
Hertfordshire	19,444	27,410	21,401	30,277	24,428	33,942	26,658	36,791
Humberside	19,489	27,668	21,469	30,492	24,288	34,136	26,194	36,743
Isle of Wight	18,764	22,917	20,668	25,101	23,355	28,023	25,209	31,176
Kent	19,408	26,814	21,740	30,381	25,035	35,141	27,241	38,583
Lancashire	19,225	27,256	21,165	30,223	23,913	34,103	25,772	36,538
Leicestershire	19,727	27,434	21,706	29,769	24,647	33,434	26,765	36,898
Lincolnshire	18,828	24,923	21,073	29,087	23,910	33,076	26,048	36,000
Norfolk	18,840	25,423	20,814	28,022	23,569	31,324	25,443	34,842
North Yorkshire	18,624	25,508	20,826	28,198	23,313	31,743	25,080	34,548
Northamptonshire	19,109	25,272	21,014	28,470	23,720	32,377	25,596	35,259
Northumberland	18,789	23,765	20,702	25,949	23,276	29,435	25,049	31,608
Nottinghamshire	19,396	26,850	21,420	30,065	24,585	34,130	26,533	35,949
Oxfordshire	18,948	25,082	20,967	28,294	23,935	31,949	25,958	34,312
Shropshire	18,852	24,485	20,757	26,515	23,445	30,144	25,488	33,577
Somerset	18,747	25,820	20,727	29,324	23,409	33,883	25,313	35,626
Staffordshire	19,351	25,955	21,310	28,757	24,368	32,805	26,279	35,292
Suffolk	18,968	24,607	20,898	27,397	23,888	31,463	25,716	34,027
Surrey	19,750	27,132	21,856	29,998	25,053	33,901	27,120	36,947
Warwickshire	19,239	26,424	21,181	28,916	23,885	32,243	25,689	34,916
West Sussex	19,417	28,794	21,375	32,344	24,622	37,346	26,848	40,352
Wiltshire	19,001	25,993	21,114	28,753	23,719	32,058	25,474	35,110
England	19,521	26,540	19,814	27,865	24,561	33,513	26,573	36,464
Of which
LEA	19,521	26,533	21,538	29,462	24,561	33,416	26,565	36,212
GM	¹—	28,190	¹—	32,330	24,695	37,448	28,729	40,360
Note:
¹ Average salary not shown because of small numbers of head teachers.

n/a = not applicable.

Source:

Database of Teacher Records.