Teacher pay ranges

Teacher pay ranges 2026/27 and 2027/28

The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 2026 applies from 1 September 2026. It provides for a 3.5% increase to teacher pay and allowance ranges from September 2026, followed by a further 3% increase from September 2027.

The statutory arrangements apply to local-authority-maintained schools in England. Academies may operate their own pay arrangements, although many choose to follow the national framework. Always check the salary and pay policy for the individual school or trust.

The final 2026 document is statutory for maintained schools. The 3.5% and 3% increases have been accepted, while academies currently retain some flexibility rather than the award automatically applying to every academy.

STPCD main pay range - advisory reference points 2026/27 and 2027/28
		England		Fringe
		2026/27	2027/28	2026/27	2027/28
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

STPCD upper pay range - advisory reference points 2026/27 and 2027/28
		England		Fringe
		2026/27	2027/28	2026/27	2027/28
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

STPCD unqualified teachers’ pay range - advisory reference points 2026/27 and 2027/28
		England		Fringe
		2026/27	2027/28	2026/27	2027/28
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

STPCD leading practitioners pay range – min. and max. pay range 2026/27 and 2027/28
	England		Fringe
	2026/27	2027/28	2026/27	2027/28
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: Discretionary leadership reference points 2026/27 and 2027/28
	England		Fringe
	2026/27	2027/28	2026/27	2027/28
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

*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.

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.

Teacher pay ranges