Additional payments for headteachers

Headteachers can receive temporary payments on top of their salary. Find out when these can be awarded and the limits in place.

Last reviewed on 13 November 2024
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  1. Governing boards can award payments for temporary duties

The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) applies to:

  • Headteachers in maintained schools
  • Headteachers whose employment transferred to an academy at the point of conversion and whose terms have not since been renegotiated

Academies are free to determine their own pay and conditions for new staff, or renegotiate pay and conditions of existing staff. Academies may also choose to follow the STPCD.

Governing boards can award payments for temporary duties

The duties or responsibilities must be: 

  • Clearly temporary, or
  • In addition to the post for which your headteacher's salary was determined

Governing boards cannot take additional payments into consideration when they're determining the headteacher's pay range.

This is explained on page 19 of the STPCD.

Temporary payments in any school year must not exceed 25% of your headteacher's annual salary The sum of your headteacher's salary and temporary payments must not be more than 25% above the maximum of the