Salary guide · Wakefield
What teaching assistants are advertised at in Wakefield.
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)Advertised salary evidence · Wakefield
£21,316 per year – £25,010 per year
Median advertised range in England (national evidence, not Wakefield-specific) · Local-government support-staff pay structures (England and Wales)
Midpoint of advertised salary ranges: £23,163 per year
Strong evidence
Based on salary information published in live vacancy adverts on SchoolJobs.
Based on 209 live public vacancies · Last refreshed 4 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 informationSupports the class teacher with learning, small groups and 1:1. Very often a term-time-only contract. We hold no separate verified pay evidence for Wakefield, so no local figure is published and no regional adjustment is applied.
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| Area | Live vacancies |
|---|---|
| Wakefield This location | 3 jobs |
Local-government support-staff pay structures (England and Wales)
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See adhd teaching assistant jobs in WakefieldWe do not hold enough Wakefield-specific evidence to publish a local figure. Across England, advertised teaching assistant vacancies show a median range of £21,316 per year – £25,010 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 3 live teaching assistant openings in Wakefield on SchoolJobs from schools, trusts and agencies.
Many maintained schools in England and Wales use support-staff pay structures derived from the NJC national agreement, but grades, points and term-time arrangements are set locally by the employer. Academies, independent schools and private providers may use their own scales.
Live vacancies from schools, trusts and agencies in Wakefield.
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