Salary guide

Lead Practitioner salary

What lead practitioners 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)

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How we calculate salary information

Lead Practitioner 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.

What you can do instead

We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a lead practitioner pay figure. There are 9 live lead practitioner vacancies you can review directly.

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Lead Practitioner job openings

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Lead Practitioner in Mathematics

The King's Academy · Middlesbrough

£43,763.00 - £58,198.00 Annually (Actual) M3 - UPS3 + ESF2(£5,363)

Nursery Lead Practitioner or Full and Relevant Level 6 Equivalent

Woodlands Park Primary School · Maidenhead

Salary and Payscale dependent on qualification and experience

Lead Practitioner Science

Debden Park High School · Loughton

Lead Practitioner Pay Scale

Lead Practitioner (SEMH Pathways)

The Marvell College · Hull

£26,329.00 - £28,576.00 Annually (Actual) Term time only plus 5 days

SENDCO, Lead Practitioner, The ARC

The Kingsbrook School · Aylesbury

Lead Practitioners Pay Range

Lansdowne Primary Academy: Lead Practitioner

Lansdowne Primary Academy · Tilbury

57,786.00 - 63,748.00

Schools hiring lead practitioners

Ranked by live vacancy volume. We do not publish employer-level pay figures.

Debden Park High School

1 open role

Forest View Primary School

1 open role

Harris Academy Clapham

1 open role

Lansdowne Primary Academy

1 open role

Leigh Academy Hugh Christie

1 open role

The King's Academy

1 open role

Where lead practitioners are being advertised

Areas with the most live lead practitioner vacancies.

Aylesbury

Hull

London

Maidenhead

Middlesbrough

Tonbridge