Question follow-through · 22908

Headteachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average pay was for headteachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary school in the maintained sector in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 9 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average pay was for headteachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary school in the maintained sector in each of the last five years.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.The following link prov...

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