What you could earn on our Training Programme

On our fully funded teacher training programme, you get a salary from day one in the classroom.

Find out what you could earn if you join the programme in 2025.

These pay bands are set by the Department for Education and are subject to change.

Please note: these figures do not take into consideration the government’s recent pay review. Figures will be updated for the next academic year.

First year

During your first year of the Training Programme, you'll be at point three on the unqualified teacher scale if teaching secondary science, maths or MFL, all other secondary subjects are paid at point two on the unqualified teacher scale and if teaching primary / early years you will be paid at point one.

Primary / early years salary for your first year

Inner London: £27,252
Outer London: £25,758
London fringe: £23,140
Rest of England: £21,731

Secondary salary for your first year – maths, science and modern foreign languages teachers

Inner London: £32,238
Outer London: £30,744
London fringe: £28,123
Rest of England: £26,716

Secondary salary for your first year – all other subjects

Inner London: £29,745
Outer London: £28,252
London fringe: £25,630
Rest of England: £24,244

Second year

This will then rise in year two to a minimum of point one on the classroom teacher scale.

Inner London: at least £38,766
Outer London: at least £36,413
London fringe: at least £33,075
Rest of England: at least £31,650

Corporate coaching

You’ll also get corporate coaching worth an estimated £900 and a fully funded teaching qualification.

Salary prospects for teachers in England

Once you finish our Training Programme, you’ll be a qualified teacher.

You could earn up to £56,959 (inner London) or £46,525 (rest of England).

Salaries for leadership roles in teaching

Our trainees are more than seven times more likely to progress to senior leadership early in their career.

If you progress to become a leading practitioner, you could earn up to £81,051 (inner London) or £72,085 (rest of England).

Headteachers earn up to £139,891 (inner London) or £131,056 (rest of England).

More about the Training Programme

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