Male teachers are getting paid more than their female counterparts “across all grades”, Department for Education figures reveal.
The data shows that male classroom teachers received an average salary of £37,885 compared with £36,985 for their female peers.
And for headteachers, the average salary for men was £77,362, compared with £68,870 for women.
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The DfE figures released today show the average (mean) salaries, in cash terms (unadjusted for inflation), received by teachers who were in post in schools that were open on census day in November 2019.
More men in headteacher roles
Male teachers made up less than a quarter of the total headcount in schools - there were 121,356, which was 24.2 per cent of all teachers.
For headteachers, a higher proportion were men (32.7 per cent, a headcount of 7,335), while for classroom teachers it was 23.1 per cent (99,124). This is similar to previous years.
