Secondary education teaching professionals
£41,193
Average salary
32 hours
Average weekly hours
1.75%
Unemployment rate
Definition: Primary education teaching professionals
*SOC Code (Standard Occupational Classification): 2314
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.
Common tasks include:
- 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
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.
*Introduced in 1990, SOC is a multi-purpose common classification of occupations in UK. Jobs are defined in terms of skill level and skill content, including qualifications, training and work experience.
Employment status: Primary education teaching professionals
Regional employment: Primary education teaching professionals
Future employment: Primary education teaching professionals
Top 12 industries: Primary education teaching professionals
Alternative & related job titles: Primary education teaching professionals
Deputy head teacher (primary school) Infant teacher Junior school teacher Primary school teacher
Equality focus: Primary education teaching professionals
Breaking down the official government big data sources by gender, age and region. Hours and pay data based on full time equlivalent roles.
Breakdown by gender
£39,629
Female average annual salary
£45,364
Male average annual salary
32
Female average weekly hours
34
Male average weekly hours
Average pay per hour: Primary education teaching professionals
Workforce gender: Primary education teaching professionals
Breakdown by region
£45,886
South East (England) - highest annual average salary
£37,543
North East (England) - lowest annual average salary
34
Scotland - Highest average weekly hours
31
North East (England) - Lowest average weekly hours
Average pay per week (£): Primary education teaching professionals
Average weekly hours by UK region/nation: Primary education teaching professionals
Breakdown by age
20 years
Lowest annual salary (£17,729)
years
Highest annual salary (£0) at this age