Salary guide
Headteacher salary
What headteachers are advertised at on live vacancies we hold — we name the nation whenever we publish a figure.
Advertised salary evidence
Insufficient verified salary data
Insufficient verified salary data — we only publish pay figures we can evidence from live public vacancy adverts or official pay scales.
Pay framework: Leadership pay framework (England)
Insufficient verified salary data
We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a figure here.
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 informationLeads a school, sets strategy and is accountable for standards, safeguarding and staff.
What you can do instead
We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a headteacher pay figure, and there are no live headteacher vacancies advertised right now.
- Open the live headteacher vacancies below — many adverts state pay directly.
- Check the Leadership pay framework (England), which commonly applies to this role.
- Tell us if you spot a salary that looks wrong so we can review the advert.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does a headteacher earn?
We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a headteacher figure. Rather than estimate, we show live vacancies so you can see what employers are actually advertising.
Does headteacher pay vary by area?
It can, but we only publish area differences where we have enough evidence for that area — we never apply a regional multiplier to invent a local figure.
What pay framework applies to a headteacher?
School leadership posts in maintained schools in England are normally paid on a leadership pay range determined under the STPCD, with the individual range set by the governing body. Academies may set their own leadership pay. Other UK nations have their own arrangements.
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