The new teacher and school leadership pay rates for 2019-20 have been confirmed by the Department for Education. In July, the DfE announced pay rises of 2.75 per cent for teachers on all pay grades. While local authority-maintained schools are required to follow these pay scales, academies and free schools are allowed to set their own scales. Here are the new pay rates, effective from September 1 2019. Classroom teachers Headteachers and school leaders Here’s the text version in case you need to copy and paste… England and Wales excl London Unqualified teacher pay range 2018 2019 Minimum 17,208 17,682 Maximum 27,216 27,965 Main pay range Minimum 23,720 24,373 Maximum 35,008 35,971 Upper pay range Minimum 36,646 37,654 Maximum 39,406 40,490 Leading practitioner pay range Minimum 40,162 41,267 Maximum 61,055 62,735 Fringe area Unqualified teacher pay range 2018 2019 Minimum 18,339 18,844 Maximum 28,343 29,123 Main pay range Minimum 24,859 25,543 Maximum 36,157 37,152 Upper pay range Minimum 37,758 38,797 Maximum 40,520 41,635 Leading practitioner pay range Minimum 41,268 42,403 Maximum 62,164 63,874 Outer London area Unqualified teacher pay range 2018 2019 Minimum 20,441 21,004 Maximum 30,452 31,290 Main pay range Minimum 27,596 28,355 Maximum 38,963 40,035 Upper pay range Minimum 40,310 41,419 Maximum 43,348 44,541 Leading practitioner pay range Minimum 43,348 44,541 Maximum 64,245 66,012 Inner London area Unqualified teacher pay range 2018 2019 Minimum 21,641 22,237 Maximum 31,644 32,515 Main pay range Minimum 29,664 30,480 Maximum 40,372 41,483 Upper pay range Minimum 44,489 45,713 Maximum 48,244 49,571 Leading practitioner pay range Minimum 47,751 49,065 Maximum 68,652 70,540 Headteachers and school leaders England and Wales excl London 2018 2019 Leadership minimum 39,965 41,065 Headteacher group 2018 2019 1 45,213 – 60,153 46,457 – 61,808 2 47,501 – 64,736 48,808 – 66,517 3 51,234 – 69,673 52,643 – 71,590 4 55,064 – 74,985 56,579 – 77,048 5 60,755 – 82,701 62,426 – 84,976 6 65,384 – 91,223 67,183 – 93,732 7 70,370 – 100,568 72,306 – 103,334 8 77,613 – 111,007 79,748 – 114,060 Fringe area 2018 2019 Leadership minimum 41,065 42,195 Headteacher group 2018 2019 1 46,318 – 61,247 47,592 – 62,932 2 48,603 – 65,837 49,940 – 67,648 3 52,335 – 70,771 53,775 – 72,718 4 56,169 – 76,077 57,714 – 78,170 5 61,860 – 83,799 63,562 – 86,104 6 66,496 – 92,320 68,325 – 94,859 7 71,480 – 101,659 73,446 – 104,455 8 78,715 – 112,105 80,880 – 115,188 Outer London 2018 2019 Leadership minimum 43,136 44,323 Headteacher group 2018 2019 1 48,383 – 63,297 49,714 – 65,038 2 50,673 – 67,880 52,067 – 69,747 3 54,401 – 72,813 55,898 – 74,816 4 58,231 – 78,123 59,833 – 80,272 5 63,930 – 85,845 65,689 – 88,206 6 68,559 – 94,362 70,445 – 96,957 7 73,541 – 103,706 75,564 – 106,558 8 80,785 – 114,147 83,007 – 117,287 Inner London 2018 2019 Leadership minimum 47,517 48,824 Headteacher group 2018 2019 1 52,771 – 67,638 54,223 – 69,499 2 55,061 – 72,221 56,576 – 74,208 3 58,787 – 77,158 60,404 – 79,280 4 62,621 – 82,463 64,344 – 84,731 5 68,315 – 90,186 70,194 – 92,667 6 72,943 – 98,706 74,949 – 101,421 7 77,930 – 108,048 80,074 – 111,020 8 85,169 – 118,490 87,512 – 121,749