Money Worked Out

Fringe area teacher pay after tax 2026/27

Take-home pay a month

£2,253.93

£27,047.20 a year from a salary of £35,602.00

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Where your salary goes
A year
Point salary£35,602.00
Teachers' Pension (7.4%)£2,634.55
Income tax£4,077.69
National Insurance£1,842.56
Take-home pay£27,047.20

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How this was worked out
  1. Point salary: £35,602.00 × 100% = £35,602.00. Pay scale.
  2. Pensionable pay: point salary plus the allowances above = £35,602.00. TPS Regulations 2014, regulation 34(2)(a). The annual salary rate sets the tier. TPS contribution guidance (read from an archive copy). Overtime and back pay are not included when setting the tier.
  3. Pension: 7.4% of £35,602.00 = £2,634.55. Each annual component is rounded to pennies, half up, before adding it to gross pay. The annual tax estimate uses rest of UK rates and the standard tax code. Actual payslips can differ.
  4. Salary: £35,602
  5. Pension (net pay): £35,602 × 7.4% = £2,634.55, taken off before tax
  6. Personal allowance: £12,570. Payroll applies it as tax code 1257L, which gives £12,579 of tax-free pay.
  7. Taxable income: £32,967.45 − £12,579 = £20,388.45
  8. Basic rate: £20,388.45 × 20% = £4,077.69
  9. Income tax: £4,077.69
  10. National Insurance: (£35,602 − £12,570) × 8% = £1,842.56
  11. Take-home pay: £35,602 − £4,077.69 − £1,842.56 − £2,634.55 = £27,047.20

Supply covers teachers employed directly by a school or local authority. Agency supply is outside this calculator. Scotland uses different SNCT structures: TLR, SEN and supply are not modelled. The pay tables show point salary only. The annual tax estimate assumes the standard tax code and no other income.

Schools in the fringe area around London pay on their own scale, set a little above the rest of England. The table uses the fringe scale from 1 September 2026 in the final School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2026. An M1 teacher here earns £35,602 and keeps £2,253.93 a month.

Fringe area teacher pay after tax 2026/27
PointSalaryPensionTake-home a yearTake-home a month
Main pay range
M1£35,602£2,634.55£27,047.20£2,253.93
M2£37,647£3,350.58£27,946.78£2,328.90
M3£39,979£3,558.13£29,459.78£2,454.98
M4£42,513£3,783.66£31,103.83£2,591.99
M5£45,070£4,011.23£32,762.82£2,730.24
M6£48,479£4,314.63£34,974.58£2,914.55
Upper pay range
U1£50,625£5,011.88£35,983.20£2,998.60
U2£52,442£5,191.76£37,256.55£3,104.71
U3£54,328£5,378.47£38,578.26£3,214.86
Unqualified range
UQ1£24,909£1,843.27£19,981.26£1,665.11
UQ6£38,004£3,382.36£28,178.39£2,348.20
Leadership range
L_max£150,301£18,036.12£81,526.06£6,793.84
L_min£55,060£5,450.94£39,091.25£3,257.60

Pay scale: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ad21656dfa45fcb6753cb0b/School_teachers_pay_and_conditions_document_and_guidance_2026.pdf, effective 1 September 2026

Fringe main pay range

On the fringe scale the main pay range runs from £35,602 at M1 to £48,479 at M6. Only those two ends are set by the pay document. M2 to M5 are Department for Education advisory figures.

At M1, the pension contribution rate is 7.4%. At M2, the pension contribution rate is 8.9%. Each tier rate applies to the whole pensionable salary. The yearly deduction is £2,634.55 at M1 and £3,350.58 at M2. Take-home moves from £27,047.20 to £27,946.78 across that step.

At M6, the pension contribution rate is 8.9%. A fringe teacher at M6 takes home £34,974.58 a year, or £2,914.55 a month.

Upper range, leadership and unqualified pay on the fringe

The fringe upper pay range goes from £50,625 to £54,328. At U1, the pension contribution rate is 9.9%. Its yearly pension deduction is £5,011.88. No classroom point on this scale has pay taxed at the higher rate. At U3 a fringe teacher keeps £38,578.26 a year.

Unqualified teachers on the fringe scale earn £24,909 at the minimum and £38,004 at the maximum. The leadership range runs from £55,060 to £150,301, where take-home is £81,526.06. At the bottom of the leadership range, all taxed pay is in the basic rate band. At the top of the leadership range, some pay is taxed at the additional rate.

The figures apply the scale from 1 September 2026 to the whole 2026/27 tax year. April to August 2026 were paid on the scale from 1 September 2025, so a teacher's actual pay for the 2026/27 tax year is a little lower than the table shows. For comparison, the rest of England scale sits below the fringe, and the outer London scale sits above it. Part-time pay can be worked out in the teacher pay calculator.

Questions

Which teachers are paid on the fringe scale?

Teachers in schools in the fringe area, which the pay document defines as a list of districts. It covers the whole of Surrey and named districts in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and West Sussex.

Does the fringe table use the September 2026 scale?

Yes. The table uses the fringe scale from 1 September 2026. The final School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 2026 is published and the figures have been checked against it.

What does a fringe teacher on M1 take home?

On the fringe scale an M1 teacher earns £35,602 and takes home £27,047.20 a year after income tax, National Insurance and the Teachers' Pension.