Teachers’ pay cut by £6,600 since 2010, says Institute for Fiscal Studies

IFS says pay erosion helps explain why traditionally moderate teaching unions are considering strike action

Senior teachers in England have in effect had their pay cut by 6,600 since 2010, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that comes as strike action over pay is likely to close schools.

The independent economics research institute calculated that long-serving and senior teachers - accounting for nearly a third of those working in England - would have earned the equivalent of 50,300 in 2010. But below-inflation wage increases over the past 12 years has meant their pay in 2022 was just 43,700.