If you're a teacher how much do you earn?

[Sefty]

Apologies for the intrusive question but what I can find online seems to differ from what I'm sure I've read on here a few weeks ago. I'm considering retraining as a teacher but not sure if my degree is relevant enough to quality for any kind of training degree. I have a 2:1 degree in Communications from a good university.

I have friends who are teachers, admittedly they are heads of departments and have been in the role for almost ten years, and are on pretty high salaries, £50k plus. This is central London.

I know I'd be starting from scratch but is this kind of salary typical after working your way up?

Those holidays though. Worth more than £££ to anyone.

The holidays are great (although most teachers work a lot during them). You'd think there'd be people queuing up to become teachers, then. And yet there's a massive teacher shortage...

I'm teaching overseas. Salaries are excellent. I'm coming out with just over 5k a month. Normal classroom teacher.

I think I’m paid quite well and the holidays are a great bonus! I can’t imagine only having 4 or 5 weeks a year!

The salary was fine. It was everything else that nearly killed me.

I am 4 years qualified. I am on 35k. I have a TLR though as I am a head of year.

15 years' worth of teaching and a base salary of £33,000, been stuck on that pay point for several years now for many dodgy reasons. I keep it topped up with a TLR worth £4,500, but given the hours I put in at work and the crap I have to put up with it's hardly any compensation - most goes straight out of the account on payday on childcare and bills.

Don't go into teaching for the money. A colleague who has started two years ago will probably never move on from the £22000 base salary, given our PM targets. The days of annual pay increases are gone and many schools will find a reason not to move you up the pay scale.

I think my salary is pretty good for a 29 year old to be honest. I know people will scoff and say they think anything under 50k isn’t great but I have no issues with my salarat and I enjoy, and actually use my 13 weeks holiday a year. I don’t know many other people who clear £2100 a month and have at least a week off nearly every 6 weeks.

@Elfsie most goes straight out of the account on payday on childcare and bills

This isn't due to your profession though, everyone no matter what they do for a living has bills and expenses to cover

Inner London primary school 10yrs experience head of year group and subject £57,000

There is a lot more leniency with degree/subject than some people are suggesting on here. If you go into a shortage subject (Maths, Languages etc) there is a subject knowledge course you can take prior to commencing training, to show you are competent in the subject. PM for more details if you wish.

Teach First is absolutely fine.

It is possible that someone earns 42k as a PT teacher if they are married to a HT and teach at the same school.

Nepotism. A game for all the family.

I've been teaching 15 years and am now at the top of the upper pay scale, which is £36000 ish (might even be closer to £37000). I won't earn more unless I go for promotion, which would give me fewer hours in the classroom (which is the bit I enjoy and am good at) and more hours of paperwork (which is the bit I hate and am less good at). So here I'll stay, forever, there will be no more pay rises. I may well feel like I've had a pay rise in the new year as I've now finally paid off my student loan :)

I am a specialist teacher with 31 years experience. QTS and masters level specialist qualification.

UPS3 TLR2 and SEN 1

I am part time but full time equivalent £44k

£37k
M6 + SEN point
South of England

It is possible that someone earns 42k as a PT teacher if they are married to a HT and teach at the same school.

Surely the head would be accountable to others? I just don't see it happening. 42k for a part time position is madness, and at the very least the other staff would be voicing their annoyance.

Teacher in Ireland with a promoted post. On about 62k sterling ( 69 k euro ).I don't put in anything like the hours teachers do in the UK though. Maybe up to one hour extra per day average Monday through Thursday outside my hours ( finish at 2.20 pm ).

I would really encourage the previous posters who don’t want to leave behind the classroom to move into promoted leadership roles to explore the lead practitioner route. I’m on the equivalent of L4 as a lead prac having made a sideways move from being head of dept. It’s about £43k FTE but I earn about £25k on 0.6.

If you are prepared to move around, take on leadership responsibilities and not be too focused on a single area of practice, you can earn a very reasonable salary. Not as a class or subject teacher but moving up the career ladder.
Highest paid MAT CEO is on around £450k plus benefits. He’s not a teacher but plenty of MAT CEOs are.
National schools commissioner on basic of £160k. That’s usually a teacher’s job.
£375k for managing 8 primaries.
High paid teaching jobs are possible.

It can happen and it does happen.

8years qualified, core subject with TLR. £40k. Looks fairly good, doesn’t really help in our area. Currently on 60+ hour weeks.

I'm in my 2nd year of teaching and I'm on £28,000 but this is inclusive of an SEN allowance! Have a look at a salaried Schools Direct course which, if accwpted, will allow you to earn whilst training.

I worked my way up the pay scale to £35k. Then the government cut £5m off our annual budget so we all got bumped down by £10k and I was on £25k. Then they bumped everyone down to £21k. That didn’t save enough money so they made people redundant. And finally they decided to pay the £21k salary pro rata and only pay for hours spent in the classroom (25 hours a week) which made the annual salary £13k. We were expected to do prep and marking unpaid.

So I was working over 40 hours but only getting paid £13k for 25 hours. Unsurprisingly I and many others quit.

Primary teacher in an academy. I'm English Lead for the whole school, KS lead and teach full time in Year 1. No TLRs in our school for anyone, so I just get my salary. Been teaching 25 years and I'm on UPS3 so around 38k a year. After deductions I bring home £1998. I work upwards of 70 hours a week...it's hard 😩

4 years qualified (one of which was mat leave) and now on £40,500 as a cross trust lead practitioner for a core subject.

Previously on £34,000 as head of year on M4 + TLR.

Not London but 'fringe'