Teacher Pay Calculator 2026-27

The Secretary of State for Education accepted the School Teachers' Review Body's recommendation of 3.5% on all teacher pay and allowance ranges from 1 September 2026, with a further 3% from September 2027 (written statement HCWS171, 1 July 2026). The revised School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document setting the new pound amounts is still out to consultation and has not been published, so the calculator uses the scale currently in force rather than an estimate of what each point will become.

The advisory pay points in the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document that is in force — STPCD 2025, valid from 1 September 2025 — taken from its Annex 3 and cross-checked against the statutory main and upper pay range minima and maxima in the same Document. Every figure is transcribed from the Document itself, not calculated by applying the announced award to it, because the pound amounts are set when the next Document is published.

It covers the advisory classroom-teacher pay points for maintained schools in England. Academies may set their own pay, and leadership, leading-practitioner, SEN and teaching-and-learning responsibility payments are not included unless you enter them as additional pensionable pay. M2 to M5 and U2 are advisory points, so a school may pay a different salary between the range minimum and maximum.

The calculator selects the member contribution tier that applies from 1 April 2026 using total pensionable pay. Contributions receive payroll tax relief, but do not reduce National Insurance or student-loan repayment earnings.

The scale shown applies from 1 September 2025. Results show a full 12 months at that rate, rather than a blended total for a tax year that straddles two pay scales.

As soon as the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2026 is published. The Review Body's report prints a September 2026 column, but those are its recommended levels rather than the Document, so they are not used here.