The new teacher and school leadership pay rates for 2018-19 have been by the Department for Education. In July, the DfE announced pay rises of 3.5 per cent for those teachers on the unqualified and main pay scales, 2 per cent for those on the upper pay scale and 1.5 per cent for those on leadership pay scales. While local authority-maintained schools are required to follow these pay scales, academies and free schools are allowed to set their own scales. This year’s pay and conditions document has been published over a month later than it was last year. Here are the new pay rates, effective from September 1 2018. Classroom teachers Headteachers and school leaders Here’s the text version in case you need to copy and paste… Classroom teachers’ pay England and Wales excluding London Unqualified teacher pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 16,626 17,208 Maximum 26,295 27,216 Main pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 22,917 23,720 Maximum 33,824 35,008 Upper pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 35,927 36,646 Maximum 38,633 39,406 Leading practitioner pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 39,374 40,162 Maximum 59,857 61,055 Fringe area Unqualified teacher pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 17,718 18,339 Maximum 27,384 28,343 Main pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 24,018 24,859 Maximum 34,934 36,157 Upper pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 37,017 37,758 Maximum 39,725 40,520 Leading practitioner pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 40,458 41,268 Maximum 60,945 62,164 Outer London area Unqualified teacher pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 19,749 20,441 Maximum 29,422 30,452 Main pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 26,662 27,596 Maximum 37,645 38,963 Upper pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 39,519 40,310 Maximum 42,498 43,348 Leading practitioner pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 42,498 43,348 Maximum 62,985 64,245 Inner London area Unqualified teacher pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 20,909 21,641 Maximum 30,573 31,644 Main pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 28,660 29,664 Maximum 39,006 40,372 Upper pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 43,616 44,489 Maximum 47,298 48,244 Leading practitioner pay range 2017 2018 Minimum 46,814 47,751 Maximum 67,305 68,652 Headteachers and school leaders England and Wales excl London 2017 2018 Leadership minimum 39,374 39,965 Headteacher group 2017 2018 1 44,544 – 59,264 45,213 – 60,153 2 46,799 – 63,779 47,501 – 64,736 3 50,476 – 68,643 51,234 – 69,673 4 54,250 – 73,876 55,064 – 74,985 5 59,857 – 81,478 60,755 – 82,701 6 64,417 – 89,874 65,384 – 91,223 7 69,330 – 99,081 70,370 – 100,568 8 76,466 – 109,366 77,613 – 111,007 Fringe area 2017 2018 Leadership minimum 39,374 41,065 Headteacher group 2017 2018 1 45,633 – 60,341 46,318 – 61,247 2 47,884 – 64,864 48,603 – 65,837 3 51,561 – 69,725 52,335 – 70,771 4 55,338 – 74,952 56,169 – 76,077 5 60,945 – 82,560 61,860 – 83,799 6 65,513 – 90,955 66,496 – 92,320 7 70,423 – 100,156 71,480 – 101,659 8 77,551 – 110,448 78,715 – 112,105 Outer London area 2017 2018 Leadership minimum 42,498 43,136 Headteacher group 2017 2018 1 47,667 – 62,361 48,383 – 63,297 2 49,924 – 66,876 50,673 – 67,880 3 53,597 – 71,736 54,401 – 72,813 4 57,370 – 76,968 58,231 – 78,123 5 62,985 – 84,576 63,930 – 85,845 6 67,545 – 92,967 68,559 – 94,362 7 72,454 – 102,173 73,541 – 103,706 8 79,591 – 112,460 80,785 – 114,147 Inner London area 2017 2018 Leadership minimum 46,814 47,517 Headteacher group 2017 2018 1 51,991 – 66,638 52,771 – 67,638 2 54,247 – 71,153 55,061 – 72,221 3 57,918 – 76,017 58,787 – 77,158 4 61,695 – 81,244 62,621 – 82,463 5 67,305 – 88,853 68,315 – 90,186 6 71,865 – 97,247 72,943 – 98,706 7 76,778 – 106,451 77,930 – 108,048 8 83,910 – 116,738 85,169 – 118,490