Salary guide
What principals 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: STPCD Leadership scale
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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 informationHead of an academy or college. Equivalent to headteacher in maintained schools.
We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a principal pay figure. There are 11 live principal vacancies you can review directly.
Principal
Abbeyfield School · Northampton
Principal
Fox Grove School · Leatherhead
Principal
Sharnbrook Academy · Bedford
Principal
UTC Sheffield City Centre · Sheffield
Principal
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy, A church of England School · Leicester
Principal
Heworth Grange School · Gateshead
Ranked by live vacancy volume. We do not publish employer-level pay figures.
Areas with the most live principal vacancies.
Assistant Head of Sixth Form
STPCD Leadership Pay Range
See assistant head of sixth form salary guide
Assistant Head of Year
STPCD Leadership Pay Range
See assistant head of year salary guide
Assistant Headteacher
STPCD Leadership L1–L18
See assistant headteacher salary guide
Assistant Principal
STPCD Leadership Pay Range
See assistant principal salary guide
Associate Assistant Headteacher
STPCD Leadership Pay Range
See associate assistant headteacher salary guide
Associate Headteacher
STPCD Leadership Pay Range
See associate headteacher salary guide
We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a principal figure. Rather than estimate, we show live vacancies so you can see what employers are actually advertising.
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.
Principal pay is normally set under the STPCD Leadership scale.
Live UK principal vacancies from schools, trusts and agencies.
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