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National pay scales for eligible teaching and education leadership occupation codes

Updated 9 April 2025

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Minimum annual salary (‘going rate�) for education jobs on the list of eligible health and education public sector jobs.

School teachers

Source: Teachers� national pay scales:

Based on a full-time working week - they must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by your employer.

These scales apply to the following occupation codes:

  • 2313: secondary education teaching professionals
  • 2314: primary education teaching professionals
  • 2315: nursery education teaching professionals
  • 2316: special and additional needs education teaching professionals
  • 2321: head teachers and principals
Role England (excluding London / Fringe) London Fringe Outer London Inner London Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Unqualified teachers / Probationers £21,731 £23,140 £25,758 £27,252 £33,594 £21,812 n/a
Qualified teachers £31,650 £33,075 £36,413 £38,766 £40,305 £32,433 £30,000
Chartered teachers n/a n/a n/a n/a £52,158 n/a n/a
Principal teachers n/a n/a n/a n/a £55,155 n/a n/a
Leadership group £49,781 £51,151 £53,731 £59,186 n/a £50,653 £47,241
Leading practitioner £50,025 £51,403 £53,994 £59,478 n/a £50,902 n/a
Head teacher £56,316 £57,693 £60,266 £65,731 £62,556 £57,304 £53,309

Further education teaching professionals

This applies to occupation code 2312.

These going rates are per year and based on the definition of a full-time teaching professional used when determining these pay scales. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.

England

Source:

Job Going rate
Unqualified lecturer £22,387
Qualified lecturer £27,786
Advanced teaching and training £41,905
Leadership and management £41,905

Scotland

Source: No national pay scales published � minimum rates taken as the lowest of the other 3 nations.

Job Going rate
Lecturer and equivalent £27,786
Senior lecturer and equivalent £41,905

Wales

Source: .

Job Going rate
Instructor/demonstrator and associate lecturer £24,048.75
Main grade lecturer £30,619.64
Upper pay spine £44,010.49
Management £47,696.57

Northern Ireland

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Job Going rate
Lecturer £30,000
Principal lecturer £52,361
Heads of Departments £55,339

Teaching assistants

This applies to occupation codes 3231, 6112 and 6113.

These occupations are not eligible for the Global Business Mobility or Scale-up routes.

Source:

No available data for Scotland so matching the lower value of all nations.

SOC 2020 occupation code Examples of related job titles (non-exhaustive) Going rate
3231 Higher level teaching assistants Advanced teaching assistant
HLTA
Learning support practitioner
Teaching assistant (qualified)		 General Assistants / Classroom Assistants:
£23,656 (FTE £12.26 per hour)
Classroom Assistant SEN:
£25,147 p.a. (FTE £13.03 per hour)
6112 Teaching assistants Classroom assistant
School assistant
Teaching assistant		 £23,656 (FTE £12.26 per hour)
6113 Educational support assistants Education support assistant
Learning support assistant
Non-teaching assistant (schools)
Special needs assistant
Support assistant (educational establishments)		 £23,656 (FTE £12.26 per hour)
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