Headteachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many maintained schools paid their head teachers more than (a) £80,000, (b) £90,000, (c) £100,000, (d) £110,000 and (e) £120,000 in the latest year for which figures are available. (262327)

The information available is not sufficiently reliable to provide the requested information for head teachers only.

The following table provides the number of local authority maintained school leadership teachers paid more than £80,000, £90,000, £100,000, £110,000 and £120,000 in March 2007 the latest information available.

*Local authority maintained schools leadership*¹ *teachers by annual salary: March 2007*² *Coverage: England and Wales*
	Number
£80,000 to £89,999	740
£90,000 to £99,999	290
£100,000 to £109,999	90
£110,000 to £119,999	20
Over £120,000	20
Total	1,160
¹Includes head, deputy and assistant head teachers. ² Provisional. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Database of Teacher Records

Volume 489: debated on Friday 13 March 2009