Salary guide · Barnstaple
What head of schools are advertised at in Barnstaple.
Advertised salary evidence · Barnstaple
£70,419 per year – £78,702 per year
Median advertised range in England (national evidence, not Barnstaple-specific) · Leadership pay framework (England)
Midpoint of advertised salary ranges: £74,561 per year
Limited evidence
Based on salary information published in live vacancy adverts on SchoolJobs.uk.
Based on 10 live public vacancies · Last refreshed 10 October 2026
Statistics are derived from live public vacancies at the time of the last refresh. They are a snapshot of advertised pay, not a historical earnings series.
How we calculate salary informationHead of School pay in UK education is set by the employer and the applicable pay framework. We publish figures here only where we can evidence them from live public vacancy adverts or an official pay scale. We hold no separate verified pay evidence for Barnstaple, so no local figure is published and no regional adjustment is applied.
Teacher pay framework (England)
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See alternative provision teacher jobs in BarnstapleWe do not hold enough Barnstaple-specific evidence to publish a local figure. Across England, advertised head of school vacancies show a median range of £70,419 per year – £78,702 per year. Local pay may differ, and we will not estimate it.
No. We never apply a regional multiplier to a national figure. A location figure is only published where we hold enough verified evidence for that location.
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