What does a Headteacher earn in London? (2026)
What employers advertise in London.
£70,000 per year, median
the midpoint of 40 advertised salaries from 22 employers, collected 28 Aug 2026 – 18 Oct 2026
about £5,800 a month
- Low
- £49,700
- Median
- £70,000
- Average
- £72,400
- High
- £95,700
Median
Average
Low £49,700
High £95,700
Half of the adverts fall between £57,800 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
- 40 advertised salaries, from 22 different employers.
- Collected between 28 Aug 2026 and 18 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (39), a monthly figure (1). 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.
Open Headteacher jobs in London
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Interim Headteacher, Primary Special School, Thames Valley
Full-time
SEN Headteacher
81–94k £/yrFull-time
Deputy Headteacher
65–75k £/yrFull-time
PA to Headteacher and SLT
from 31k £/yr
Headteacher
70–81k £/yr
Interim Deputy Headteacher, Thames Valley
Deputy Headteacher
from 70k £/yr
Deputy Headteacher
from 47k £/yr
Headteacher - PRU
Full-time
Headteacher
Executive Headteacher
Headteacher
Full-time
Deputy Headteacher, Independent Specialist School, Derbyshire
Full-time
Headteacher, Independent Specialist School, Birmingham
Full-time