Salary guide · Chester
What headteachers are advertised at in Chester.
Advertised salary evidence · Chester
£75,664 per year – £91,158 per year
Median advertised range in England (national evidence, not Chester-specific) · Leadership pay framework (England)
Midpoint of advertised salary ranges: £83,411 per year
Limited evidence
Based on salary information published in live vacancy adverts on SchoolJobs.
Based on 23 live public vacancies · Last refreshed 6 Nov 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 informationLeads a school, sets strategy and is accountable for standards, safeguarding and staff. We hold no separate verified pay evidence for Chester, so no local figure is published and no regional adjustment is applied.
Ranked by live vacancy volume. We do not publish estimated pay by area.
| Area | Live vacancies |
|---|---|
| Chesterfield | 2 jobs |
| Chester This location | 1 job |
Leadership pay framework (England)
See assistant head of sixth form jobs in ChesterLeadership pay framework (England)
See associate assistant headteacher jobs in ChesterWe do not hold enough Chester-specific evidence to publish a local figure. Across England, advertised headteacher vacancies show a median range of £75,664 per year – £91,158 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.
There are currently 1 live headteacher opening in Chester on SchoolJobs from schools, trusts and agencies.
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.
Live vacancies from schools, trusts and agencies in Chester.
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