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Headteacher salary in the UK (2026)

What does a Headteacher earn?

What employers advertise across the UK.

£65,000 per year, median

the midpoint of 189 advertised salaries from 66 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026

about £5,400 a month

Low
£45,300
Median
£65,000
Average
£67,500
High
£92,700
Median Average
Low £45,300 High £92,700
The bar leaves out the highest and lowest tenth of advertised salaries; the darker section is the middle half.

Half of the adverts fall between £55,000 and £85,000. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.

How this figure was worked out

  • 189 advertised salaries, from 66 different employers.
  • Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
  • Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (187), a monthly figure (2). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
  • Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.

These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.

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Headteacher, Alternative Provision (Founding Leadership Role) Pathway Group · Middleport · Full-time SEN Headteacher SEND INCLUSION SUPPORT LIMITED · Birmingham · 81–94k £/yrFull-time Deputy Headteacher - Successful Primary School - Somerset Reed Careers · Castle Cary · 56–70k £/yrFull-time Headteacher - Outstanding Leadership Opportunity Reed Careers · Wells · 64–76k £/yrFull-time Headteacher Polaris · Bottesford · 50–60k £/yrFull-time SEN Headteacher SEND INCLUSION SUPPORT LIMITED · London · 81–94k £/yrFull-time Headteacher Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust · Spalding · 70–81k £/yrFull-time Deputy Headteacher Panoramic Associates · London · 65–75k £/yrFull-time Headteacher Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust · Sleaford · 67–78k £/yrFull-time Headteacher, Independent Specialist School, Birmingham Brava Education · Birmingham · Full-time Deputy Headteacher - Curriculum Outcomes First Group · Haslingden · from 58k £/yrFull-time Headteacher Outcomes First Group · Pannal · from 85k £/yrFull-time Headteacher - PRU Ribbons and Reeves Limited · London · Full-time Headteacher, Independent Specialist School (Permanent), Derbyshire Brava Education · Derby · Full-time Headteacher Polaris · Middlesbrough · 50–60k £/yrFull-time Deputy Headteacher - Curriculum Outcomes First Group · Blackburn · from 58k £/yrFull-time Deputy Headteacher, Independent Specialist School, Derbyshire Brava Education · Derby · Full-time Headteacher Ribbons and Reeves Limited · London · Full-time Executive Headteacher Polaris · Milton Keynes · from 70k £/yrFull-time SEN Headteacher / Experienced Deputy Headteacher SEND INCLUSION SUPPORT LIMITED · Bradford ·