Average teacher pay in England's schools

Across England's state schools, average teacher pay averaged £51,377 in January 2026 (21,398 schools). Since 2011 it has risen by 14,612, which is good news. Official definition: mean full-time equivalent salary.

The trend

Trend

Average teacher pay

2011 to 2026

All state schoolsPrimarySecondary

Since 2011: +14,612

Year by year

Year	All	Primary	Secondary	Schools
January 2026	£51,377	£50,602	£53,584	21,398
January 2025	£48,150	£47,358	£50,516	20,745
January 2024	£45,286	£44,554	£47,359	20,025
January 2023	£42,496	£41,794	£44,321	19,567
January 2022	£41,680	£41,052	£43,188	19,156
January 2021	£41,120	£40,484	£42,656	18,718
January 2020	£39,884	£39,230	£41,487	18,340
January 2019	£38,833	£38,147	£40,504	17,512
January 2018	£38,080	£37,386	£39,728	16,433
January 2017	£37,589	£36,907	£39,156	15,293
January 2016	£37,246	£36,550	£38,827	14,439
January 2015	£37,008	£36,322	£38,417	13,732
January 2014	£36,945	£36,254	£38,315	12,797
January 2013	£36,565	£35,980	£37,656	11,731
January 2012	£36,814	£36,217	£38,083	10,618
January 2011	£36,765	£36,209	£38,540	9,672

By region

Latest year, best first. The tick is the England figure.

London

£57,977

North East

£51,780

North West

£51,081

Yorkshire and the Humber

£50,568

£50,519

£50,446

£50,407

£50,052

£49,716

Every council

151 councils ranked, best first. Councils with very few schools swing more from year to year.

#	Council	Average teacher pay	Schools	vs England
1	Camden	£62,446	55	+11,069
2	Islington	£61,955	63	+10,578
3	Barking and Dagenham	£61,743	62	+10,366
4	Tower Hamlets	£61,516	94	+10,140
5	Lambeth	£61,306	85	+9,929
6	Newham	£61,140	101	+9,763
7	Southwark	£60,670	100	+9,293
8	Haringey	£60,566	77	+9,190
9	Hammersmith and Fulham	£60,445	57	+9,069
10	Lewisham	£59,984	86	+8,608
11	Ealing	£59,859	86	+8,482
12	Merton	£59,369	56	+7,992
13	Kensington and Chelsea	£59,298	38	+7,921
14	Wandsworth	£59,234	78	+7,858
15	Westminster	£58,658	49	+7,281
16	Greenwich	£58,501	88	+7,124
17	Hackney	£57,901	71	+6,524
18	Brent	£57,618	85	+6,241
19	Enfield	£56,810	97	+5,433
20	Waltham Forest	£56,684	76	+5,307
21	Sutton	£56,410	60	+5,033
22	Barnet	£56,061	132	+4,684
23	Hounslow	£55,953	76	+4,576
24	Kingston upon Thames	£55,794	51	+4,417
25	Havering	£55,616	82	+4,239
26	Redbridge	£55,580	79	+4,203
27	Harrow	£55,345	60	+3,968
28	Croydon	£55,130	125	+3,753
29	Hillingdon	£54,681	93	+3,304
30	Bromley	£54,641	100	+3,264
31	Bexley	£54,518	83	+3,141
32	Richmond upon Thames	£54,126	60	+2,749
33	Wigan	£53,048	124	+1,671
34	Newcastle upon Tyne	£52,973	96	+1,597
35	Bury	£52,911	76	+1,534
36	Thurrock	£52,607	56	+1,231
37	Dudley	£52,472	105	+1,095
38	Blackpool	£52,471	42	+1,094
39	Calderdale	£52,422	99	+1,045
40	County Durham	£52,361	248	+984
41	Darlington	£52,343	42	+966
42	Sunderland	£52,247	113	+870
43	Brighton and Hove	£52,238	60	+861
44	East Riding of Yorkshire	£52,082	149	+705
45	Knowsley	£52,034	61	+657
46	Halton	£51,984	66	+607
47	Blackburn with Darwen	£51,883	72	+506
48	Northumberland	£51,875	161	+498
49	Derbyshire	£51,850	398	+473
50	Kirklees	£51,826	172	+449
51	North Tyneside	£51,756	76	+380
52	Warrington	£51,702	80	+325
53	Oldham	£51,667	101	+290
54	St. Helens	£51,546	67	+169
55	Trafford	£51,485	87	+108
56	Hartlepool	£51,475	39	+98
57	Lancashire	£51,456	603	+79
58	Windsor and Maidenhead	£51,408	65	+32
59	Stockton-on-Tees	£51,407	74	+31
60	Salford	£51,406	96	+29
61	Reading	£51,392	59	+15
62	East Sussex	£51,317	182	-60
63	Bracknell Forest	£51,310	38	-67
64	Redcar and Cleveland	£51,295	59	-82
65	Telford and Wrekin	£51,294	69	-82
66	Derby	£51,266	101	-111
67	Torbay	£51,196	43	-180
68	Slough	£51,168	49	-208
69	North Lincolnshire	£51,167	78	-210
70	Sandwell	£51,152	123	-225
71	Coventry	£51,151	118	-226
72	Bolton	£51,115	124	-262
73	Surrey	£51,113	383	-263
74	Birmingham	£51,099	431	-277
75	Rochdale	£51,078	88	-299
76	Solihull	£51,073	83	-304
77	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	£51,050	97	-327
78	Nottingham	£51,033	102	-344
79	Kingston upon Hull, City of	£51,028	94	-349
80	Wakefield	£51,010	139	-366
81	Sefton	£50,970	101	-407
82	West Sussex	£50,966	278	-411
83	York	£50,916	63	-461
84	Wirral	£50,889	122	-488
85	Leicester	£50,852	111	-524
86	Manchester	£50,851	182	-525
87	Cheshire West and Chester	£50,845	156	-532
88	Hertfordshire	£50,816	521	-561
89	Wokingham	£50,809	68	-568
90	Wolverhampton	£50,805	107	-572
91	Essex	£50,722	551	-655
92	South Tyneside	£50,715	60	-662
93	Stockport	£50,695	108	-682
94	Walsall	£50,690	112	-686
95	Southend-on-Sea	£50,636	52	-740
96	Rotherham	£50,592	123	-785
97	West Berkshire	£50,555	76	-822
98	Barnsley	£50,534	90	-843
99	Buckinghamshire	£50,514	230	-863
100	Swindon	£50,497	87	-879
101	Shropshire	£50,404	144	-973
102	Doncaster	£50,402	127	-975
103	Gateshead	£50,390	83	-987
104	Staffordshire	£50,355	405	-1,022
105	Bradford	£50,355	209	-1,022
106	Worcestershire	£50,333	239	-1,044
107	Peterborough	£50,332	81	-1,045
108	North Yorkshire	£50,236	334	-1,141
109	Lincolnshire	£50,225	355	-1,152
110	Oxfordshire	£50,213	302	-1,164
111	Hampshire	£50,160	520	-1,216
112	Nottinghamshire	£50,142	330	-1,235
113	Somerset	£50,120	259	-1,257
114	Portsmouth	£50,114	61	-1,263
115	Stoke-on-Trent	£49,994	91	-1,382
116	Tameside	£49,991	94	-1,386
117	Middlesbrough	£49,971	56	-1,405
118	Luton	£49,959	69	-1,418
119	Leicestershire	£49,919	282	-1,457
120	Dorset	£49,906	157	-1,471
121	Westmorland and Furness	£49,902	145	-1,475
122	Cumberland	£49,886	163	-1,491
123	Central Bedfordshire	£49,861	128	-1,516
124	Cheshire East	£49,842	151	-1,535
125	Sheffield	£49,812	167	-1,565
126	Medway	£49,797	99	-1,580
127	North East Lincolnshire	£49,775	65	-1,602
128	South Gloucestershire	£49,769	108	-1,608
129	Kent	£49,736	585	-1,641
130	Devon	£49,733	360	-1,643
131	Cambridgeshire	£49,715	267	-1,662
132	Bristol, City of	£49,711	152	-1,666
133	North Somerset	£49,686	79	-1,691
134	Wiltshire	£49,610	234	-1,767
135	Milton Keynes	£49,605	108	-1,771
136	Liverpool	£49,594	164	-1,782
137	Plymouth	£49,471	95	-1,906
138	Norfolk	£49,442	410	-1,935
139	Gloucestershire	£49,433	293	-1,943
140	North Northamptonshire	£49,346	141	-2,031
141	Bath and North East Somerset	£49,323	80	-2,053
142	West Northamptonshire	£49,158	182	-2,219
143	Herefordshire, County of	£49,133	99	-2,244
144	Southampton	£49,125	75	-2,252
145	Rutland	£48,980	21	-2,397
146	Leeds	£48,956	276	-2,421
147	Cornwall	£48,872	279	-2,505
148	Warwickshire	£48,698	244	-2,679
149	Suffolk	£48,670	316	-2,707
150	Bedford	£47,984	75	-3,393
151	Isle of Wight	£47,807	46	-3,570

How to read this

Each figure is a simple average across open state schools that have the measure published. A school counts once whatever its size, so the figures can differ a little from the Department for Education's national figures, which count pupils. Special schools and alternative provision are left out of results measures. Independent schools are left out throughout. Sources and update calendar.