Academic year 2023/24

Median teacher pay using teacher pension scheme data

Data guidance

Published 6 June 2024

Description

This page describes the data provided in the underlying data files for the Median teacher pay using teacher pension scheme data publication. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License (opens in a new tab) and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data (opens in a new tab).

The methodology should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality, as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data. 

Coverage

The statistics and data cover state-funded schools in England for academic years 2010/11-2023/24.  

File formats and conventions

Symbols used in the underlying data files are:

x = not available - information has not been collected or there are no estimates available at this level of aggregation.

z =  not applicable - statistic cannot be produced. For example where a denominator is not available to produce a percentage. 

c = confidential - where presentation of data would disclose confidential information, for example being able to identify details about a single respondent, this data must be suppressed and given this marker to maintain confidentiality clauses.

u = low reliability - values of the potentially low quality, for example where values of statistical significance have been calculated.

Data files

• All data files associated with this release are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

Median teacher pay, TPS data

• Filename: tps_teacher_pay_202324.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010/11 to 2023/24
• Content:
  Estimates of median teacher pay, overall and breakdowns by teacher grade and school phase.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
grade	Teacher grade - Filter by the teacher grade
Median_TPS	Median teacher pay
school_phase	School phase - Filter by the phase of the school
YoY_PercentageChange_TPS	Year-on-year percentage change

Footnotes

1. Median teacher pay is based on gross pay, including allowances and not adjusted for inflation.