Teacher pay ranges

Teacher Pay Ranges, PROPOSED Advisory & Reference Points - Sept 2026

The new pay award is subject to a statutory consultation period and the Department for Education (DfE) is expected to publish the final, updated School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) 2026 around 6 November 2026 (1 September 2026 implementation date). Teachers are expected to receive an increase of 3.5% from September 2026, followed by 3% from September 2027.

For current, 2025-26 pay ranges, please scroll down to the end of this page.

Proposed STPCD main pay range - advisory reference points 2026/27 and 2027/28
		England		Fringe
		26/27	27/28	26/27	27/28
Minimum	M1	34,069	35,092	35,602	36,671
	M2	36,042	37,124	37,647	38,777
	M3	38,400	39,552	39,979	41,179
	M4	40,941	42,170	42,513	43,789
	M5	43,529	44,835	45,070	46,423
Maximum	M6	46,940	48,349	48,479	49,934

Proposed STPCD upper pay range - advisory reference points 2026/27 and 2027/28
		England		Fringe
		26/27	27/28	26/27	27/28
Minimum	U1	49,134	50,609	50,625	52,144
	U2	50,956	52,485	52,442	54,016
Maximum	U3	52,835	54,421	54,328	55,958

Proposed STPCD unqualified teachers’ pay range - advisory reference points 2026/27 and 2027/28
		England		Fringe
		26/27	27/28	26/27	27/28
Minimum	UNQ1	23,732	24,444	24,909	25,657
	UNQ2	26,075	26,858	27,589	28,417
	UNQ3	28,758	29,621	30,272	31,181
	UNQ4	31,124	32,058	32,636	33,616
	UNQ5	33,811	34,826	35,321	36,381
Maximum	UNQ6	36,494	37,589	38,004	39,145

Proposed STPCD leading practitioners pay range – min. and max. pay range 2026/27 and 2027/28
	England		Fringe
	26/27	27/28	26/27	27/28
Minimum	53,847	55,463	55,332	56,992
Maximum	81,861	84,317	83,347	85,848

The STPCD includes advisory pay points for the Unqualified Teacher, Main and the Upper Pay Ranges. However, this does not include advisory pay points for the leadership pay ranges. We have shared the Local Government Association’s discretionary reference points for leadership posts: Proposed discretionary leadership reference points 2026/27 and 2027/28
	England		Fringe
	26/27	27/28	26/27	27/28
1	53,586	55,194	55,060	56,712
2	54,927	56,575	56,404	58,097
3	56,298	57,987	57,776	59,510
4	57,699	59,430	59,185	60,961
5	59,137	60,912	60,624	62,443
6	60,619	62,438	62,102	63,966
7	62,251	64,119	63,738	65,651
8	63,688	65,599	65,166	67,121
9	65,278	67,237	66,758	68,761
10	66,956	68,965	68,435	70,489
11	68,691	70,752	70,169	72,275
12	70,275	72,384	71,759	73,912
13	72,032	74,193	73,517	75,723
14	73,827	76,042	75,310	77,570
15	75,664	77,934	77,141	79,456
16	77,676	80,007	79,158	81,533
17	79,460	81,844	80,953	83,382
18*	80,652	83,072	82,118	84,582
18	81,457	83,901	82,939	85,428
19	83,478	85,983	84,957	87,506
20	85,547	88,114	87,036	89,648
21*	86,796	89,400	88,273	90,922
21	87,664	90,294	89,153	91,828
22	89,842	92,538	91,326	94,066
23	92,065	94,827	93,545	96,352
24*	93,414	96,217	94,885	97,732
24	94,349	97,180	95,836	98,712
25	96,694	99,595	98,174	101,120
26	99,086	102,059	100,571	103,589
27*	100,536	103,553	101,999	105,059
27	101,540	104,587	103,021	106,112
28	104,059	107,181	105,536	108,703
29	106,637	109,837	108,119	111,363
30	109,291	112,570	110,764	114,087
31*	110,881	114,208	112,353	115,724
31	111,990	115,350	113,475	116,880
32	114,774	118,218	116,260	119,748
33	117,624	121,153	119,111	122,685
34	120,532	124,148	122,018	125,679
35*	122,305	125,975	123,776	127,490
35	123,528	127,234	125,014	128,765
36	126,587	130,385	128,068	131,911
37	129,733	133,625	131,218	135,155
38	132,943	136,932	134,426	138,459
39*	134,834	138,880	136,298	140,387
39	136,184	140,270	137,662	141,792
40	139,581	143,769	141,070	145,303
41	143,069	147,362	144,551	148,888
42	146,653	151,053	148,138	152,583
43*	148,829	153,294	150,301	154,811

How to calculate an hourly rate of pay

The hourly rate of pay is based on the full-time annual salary for the post divided by 52.142 weeks per year, then divided by 37 hours per week (non-teaching staff) or 32.5 hours per week (teaching staff).

The daily rate is based on the full-time annual salary divided by 365 (days per year).

How to calculate pro-rata rate of pay from an annual salary figure

Payment of salary and allowances is pro-rata for part-time employees and is calculated by dividing the full time salary by either 37 or 32.5 (full-time hours) and 52.142 (full-time working weeks) then multiplying by the number of your working hours per week and paid weeks.

You can use our handy pro rata salary calculator to help you.

2025-26 Teacher pay ranges

Main Pay Range - advisory reference points 2025/26
		England	Fringe Area	Outer London	Inner London
Minimum	M1	32,916	34,398	37,870	40,317
	M2	34,823	36,373	39,851	42,234
	M3	37,101	38,627	41,935	44,238
	M4	39,556	41,075	44,128	46,339
	M5	42,057	43,545	46,800	48,952
Maximum	M6	45,352	46,839	50,474	52,300

Upper Pay Range - advisory reference points 2025/26
		England	Fringe Area	Outer London	Inner London
Minimum	U1	47,472	48,913	52,219	57,632
	U2	49,232	50,668	54,151	60,464
Maximum	U3	51,048	52,490	56,154	62,496

Unqualified teachers’ pay range - advisory reference points 2025/26
		England	Fringe area	Outer London	Inner London
Minimum	UNQ1	22,601	24,066	26,789	28,343
	UNQ2	25,193	26,656	29,383	30,935
	UNQ3	27,785	29,248	31,974	33,528
	UNQ4	30,071	31,532	34,265	35,814
	UNQ5	32,667	34,126	36,856	38,402
Maximum	UNQ6	35,259	36,718	39,450	40,994

Leading Practitioners pay range – min. and max. pay range 2025/26
	England	Fringe Area	Outer London	Inner London
Minimum	52,026	53,460	56,154	61,858
Maximum	79,092	80,528	83,223	88,930

2025/26 Additional Allowance Pay Ranges
Spine Point	Minimum	Maximum
TLR1	10,174	17,216
TLR2	3,527	8,611
TLR3	702	3,478
SEN	2,787	5,497

2025/26 discretionary pay point structure for TLR1 and TLR2 allowances
TLR2a	3,527
TLR2b	6,066
TLR2c	8,611
TLR1a	10,174
TLR1b	12,522
TLR1c	14,868
TLR1d	17,216

Discretionary Leadership Reference Points 2025/26
	England	Fringe Area	Outer London	Inner London
1	51,773	53,198	55,881	61,554
2	53,069	54,496	57,180	62,857
3	54,394	55,822	58,497	64,187
4	55,747	57,183	59,859	65,538
5	57,137	58,573	61,249	66,935
6	58,569	60,001	62,677	68,361
7	60,145	61,582	64,259	69,942
8	61,534	62,962	65,642	71,327
9	63,070	64,500	67,177	72,858
10	64,691	66,120	68,799	74,479
11	66,368	67,796	70,473	76,154
12	67,898	69,332	72,009	77,691
13	69,596	71,030	73,708	79,385
14	71,330	72,763	75,433	81,120
15	73,105	74,532	77,209	82,888
16	75,049	76,481	79,157	84,841
17	76,772	78,215	80,884	86,566
18*	77,924	79,341	81,995	87,619
18	78,702	80,134	82,816	88,496
19	80,655	82,084	84,769	90,446
20	82,654	84,092	86,764	92,447
21*	83,860	85,287	87,932	93,556
21	84,699	86,138	88,812	94,491
22	86,803	88,237	90,906	96,594
23	88,951	90,381	93,057	98,737
24*	90,255	91,676	94,322	99,951
24	91,158	92,595	95,267	100,951
25	93,424	94,854	97,531	103,211
26	95,735	97,170	99,840	105,521
27*	97,136	98,549	101,200	106,823
27	98,106	99,537	102,213	107,891
28	100,540	101,967	104,648	110,327
29	103,030	104,462	107,134	112,823
30	105,595	107,018	109,699	115,382
31*	107,131	108,553	111,202	116,827
31	108,202	109,637	112,315	117,995
32	110,892	112,328	114,996	120,678
33	113,646	115,083	117,758	123,438
34	116,456	117,891	120,566	126,247
35*	118,169	119,590	122,236	127,863
35	119,350	120,786	123,457	129,141
36	122,306	123,737	126,409	132,092
37	125,345	126,780	129,457	135,141
38	128,447	129,880	132,557	138,235
39*	130,274	131,688	134,339	139,965
39	131,578	133,006	135,683	141,365
40	134,860	136,299	138,974	144,656
41	138,230	139,662	142,340	148,028
42	141,693	143,128	145,798	151,483
43*	143,796	145,218	147,866	153,490

*These points are the maximum salaries for the eight head teacher group ranges

Please note, points 18*, 21*, 24*, 27*, 31*, 35*, 39* and 43 on the Leadership Pay Range are the salary figures for head teachers at, or moving to, the top of the school group ranges only. These different figures are a legacy of the 2015 STPCD which provided for no uplift to the maxima of the eight head teacher group ranges.

Annual pay ranges for headteacher groups 2025
Headteacher Group	England	Fringe area	Outer London	Inner London
Group 1	58,569 - 77,924	60,001 - 79,341	62,677 - 81,995	68,361 - 87,619
Group 2	61,534 - 83,860	62,962 - 85,287	65,642 - 87,932	71,327 - 93,556
Group 3	66,368 - 90,255	67,796 - 91,676	70,473 - 94,322	76,154 - 99,951
Group 4	71,330 - 97,136	72,763 - 98,549	75,433 - 101,200	81,120 - 106,823
Group 5	78,702 - 107,131	80,134 - 108,553	82,816 - 111,202	88,496 - 116,827
Group 6	84,699 - 118,169	86,138 - 119,590	88,812 - 122,236	94,491 - 127,863
Group 7	91,158 - 130,274	92,595 - 131,688	95,267 - 134,339	100,951 - 139,965
Group 8	100,540 - 143,796	101,967 - 145,218	104,648 - 147,866	110,327 - 153,490

Teacher pay ranges