Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the average salary for (1) head teachers, and (2) other teaching staff, in (a) private schools, (b) academies, and (c) local education authority schools, at (i) primary, and (ii) secondary level.

The information requested is published in the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2016’ available at the following web link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce.

The average salary for full and part-time head teachers in service at primary and secondary academies and local council maintained schools is published in table 9d, copy attached.

Tables 9a, Table 9b and Table 9c, copy attached, show the average salaries for those employed full and part-time, in service at primary and secondary academies and local council maintained schools. This includes:

Teachers (including heads, deputy heads, assistant heads, advisory teachers, classroom teachers and leading practitioners);

Classroom teachers (including classroom and leading practitioners); and

Leadership teachers (including heads, deputy, assistant heads and advisory teachers).

Salary information for teachers in private schools is not collected by the department.