Primary education teaching professionals Pay Data UK — 2025

Primary education teaching professionals roles in the UK earn a median of £45,635 per year, equivalent to £28.50 per hour as of 2025. This represents a 7.4% increase in annual pay compared to the previous year. Pay varies across the UK, ranging from £35,869 to £66,262 per year.

How Pay Varies Across the UK

Each bar shows how many areas of the UK have a median annual pay in that range for Primary education teaching professionals roles. The dashed line marks the national median.

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About Primary education teaching professionals

Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and education teaching professionals plan, organise and provide instruction to children at all levels up to the age of entry into secondary education.

Typical Tasks and Duties

• prepares and delivers courses and lessons in accordance with curriculum requirements and teaches a range of subjects
• prepares, assigns and corrects exercises and examinations to record and evaluate students’ progress
• prepares students for external examinations and administers and invigilates these examinations
• maintains records of students’ progress and development
• teaches simple songs and rhymes, reads stories and organises various activities to promote language, social and physical development
• undertakes pastoral duties
• supervises teaching assistants and trainees
• discusses progress with student, parents and/or other education professionals
• assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties

Entry Routes and Qualifications

Entry is with a first degree that provides QTS (qualified teacher status) or, in Scotland, TQ (teaching qualification); or other relevant degree followed by further postgraduate training (most commonly PGCE – Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Education, or, in Scotland, PGDE – Professional Graduate Diploma in Education). Further and higher professional qualifications are required for some teaching posts. A DBS check is mandatory.

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Salary data is sourced from official UK pay datasets and updated periodically.