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Chief Executive Officer salary

What chief executive officers are advertised at on live vacancies we hold — we name the nation whenever we publish a figure.

Official support staff pay spine · 2026/27

NJC pay points 3–43

Full-time, full-year rates from 1 April 2026 (3.3% increase agreed). Show all pay points

Pay point (SCP)	Annual salary	Hourly rate
3	£25,614	£13.28
4	£26,016	£13.48
5	£26,427	£13.70
6	£26,847	£13.92
7	£27,274	£14.14
8	£27,709	£14.36
9	£28,153	£14.59
10	£28,608	£14.83
11	£29,071	£15.07
12	£29,542	£15.31
13	£30,023	£15.56
14	£30,515	£15.82
15	£31,015	£16.08
16	£31,525	£16.34
17	£32,046	£16.61
18	£32,578	£16.89
19	£33,119	£17.17
20	£33,673	£17.45
21	£34,237	£17.75
22	£34,811	£18.04
23	£35,570	£18.44
24	£36,581	£18.96
25	£37,563	£19.47
26	£38,510	£19.96
27	£39,481	£20.46
28	£40,444	£20.96
29	£41,177	£21.34
30	£42,123	£21.83
31	£43,149	£22.37
32	£44,253	£22.94
33	£45,529	£23.60
34	£46,579	£24.14
35	£47,665	£24.71
36	£48,738	£25.26
37	£49,817	£25.82
38	£50,908	£26.39
39	£51,928	£26.92
40	£53,051	£27.50
41	£54,143	£28.06
42	£55,224	£28.62
43	£56,293	£29.18

Source: NJC for Local Government Services pay agreement 2026 (Annex 1)

Councils and most maintained schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland pay support staff on this spine; each employer decides which pay points a role sits on. Annual figures are for a full-time (37-hour), all-year post — term-time and part-time staff are paid a proportion of them. Hourly rates are for a 37-hour week. Pay point 2 was removed, so the spine now starts at point 3. Academies, independent schools and private nurseries may use their own pay.

Read the official pay agreement (Local Government Association)

Typical advertised pay

£24,110 per year – £26,427 per year

Median advertised range for School Administrator roles in England

Based on School Administrator adverts

We don't yet have enough Chief Executive Officer adverts with pay to publish a figure of their own, so this shows the closest main role. Based on 61 live public vacancies. Support-staff pay is set locally, so individual adverts vary.

See the School Administrator salary guide

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