Primary and Nursery Teachers

£40,671

Average salary

Average annual salary UK 2020 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

28 hours

Average weekly hours

Average weekly hours UK 2019 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

1.76%

Unemployment rate

Unemployment rate UK 2020 | Labour Force Survey

Definition: Primary and nursery education teaching professionals

*SOC Code (Standard Occupational Classification): 2315

Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery 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;
supervises students and maintains classroom discipline;
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 Secondary Education, or, in Scotland, PGDE – Professional Graduate Diploma in Education). Further and higher professional qualifications are required for some teaching posts.

*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.

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