Annual Salary
£30,000 to £47,000
Average UK salary in 2022 was £33,200
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Primary school teachers are responsible for the educational, social and emotional development of children from age 5 to 11.
Average UK salary in 2022 was £33,200
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: evenings; attending events or appointments
There will be
4.3% more Primary school teacher jobs in 2027.
In this role you could:
You could work at a school or at a pupil referral unit.
Your working environment may be physically and emotionally demanding.
You can get into this job through:
Undergraduate degree
You can do an undergraduate degree that leads to qualified teacher status (QTS), for example:
Postgraduate certificate
If you already have a bachelor's degree without qualified teacher status, you can complete a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE). This can be done at university or through a training programme based in a school.
More teacher training options
There are more training options if you want to change career or specialise in teaching certain subjects.
You'll usually need:
You can do a degree level teaching apprenticeship if you have a degree and want to teach 5 to 11 year olds.
You'll usually need:
You could start as a teaching assistant and do a part time degree. You could then move onto a postgraduate teaching course to qualify as a teacher.
You'll find it helpful to get some experience of working with children, though this is not essential.
You could volunteer at a school, help at an after school club or work on a holiday scheme.
You'll need to:
You can do a subject knowledge enhancement course to improve your understanding of the subject you want to teach.
You can also attend a Get Into Teaching event before you apply to get advice about teaching, funding and the different training routes available. You can attend events in person and online.
You can discover more about how to become a teacher from Get Into Teaching.
You can also search for jobs through the Teaching Vacancies service.
With experience you could:become a special educational needs teacher or move into pastoral care; become a specialist leader of education and support teachers in other schools; be a curriculum leader, deputy head or headteacher; move into private tuition; teach overseas in an international school
You can discover more about how to become a teacher from Get Into Teaching.
You'll need: