Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 117426

Teachers: Pay

Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Apsana Begum

LabourPoplar and Limehouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the average pay gap between further education college lecturers and school teachers.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The government’s role in relation to pay and conditions across schools and colleges differs.The statutory requirements for teachers' pay and conditions within maintained schools in England are set out in the ‘School teachers’ pay and conditions’ document....

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