There’s no doubt about it – teachers work very hard.

Not only do they have to plan and teach lessons, but they have endless amounts of paperwork to do, resources to make and meetings to attend.

But the job doesn’t come without its perks.

As well as getting around 13 weeks of holiday a year, the Teacher Pay Scale ensures they get a very good wage, which rises automatically each year.

The Stray Ferret dug into the details of schools in Harrogate, Ripon, Knaresborough and surrounding areas to find out exactly what teachers are being paid.

At schools in the area, the average teacher salary is £50,691, with the highest average seen at Glasshouses Primary School at £59,858.

The lowest average salary was at Beckwithshaw Primary School, at £40,385.

It’s important to note that these salaries likely reflect the experience held by teachers, as salary increases with years of teaching.

A newly qualified teacher currently has a starting salary of £32,916, increasing around £2,000 a year to a maximum basic pay of £51,048.

Teachers will then get additional pay increases if they are in a leadership position or if they take on certain additional roles.

Average salary in the Harrogate district

Here is a full list of the average wage, from lowest to highest, of the teachers at schools in our area:

Beckwithshaw Community Primary School - £40,385

Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School - £42,550

Sicklinghall Community Primary School - £43,399

St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley Bridge - £43,744

Boroughbridge Primary School – £44,007

Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School - £44,665

Summerbridge Primary School - £44,950

Staveley Community Primary School - £44,973

Follifoot Church of England Primary School - £45,880

Admiral Long Church of England Primary School - £46,420

New Park Primary Academy - £46,656

Ripley Endowed Church of England School - £46,726

Forest Moor School - £46,833

Masham CofE Primary School – £47,352

Birstwith Church of England Primary School – £47,438

Outwood Primary Academy Greystone - £47,668

St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West Tanfield - £47,754

Kirby Hill Church of England Primary School - £47,815

Meadowside Academy - £48,067

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate - £48,484

Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary School - £48,671

Oatlands Community Junior School – £48,962

Bilton Grange Primary School - £49,046

Hookstone Chase Primary School - £49,241

Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School - £49,411

Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School - £49,422

Scotton Lingerfield Primary School - £49,500

Pannal Primary School - £49,562

St Peter's Church of England Primary School - £49,594

Grove Road Community Primary School - £49,761

Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School - £49,761

Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School - £50,061

King James's School - £50,202

Aspin Park Academy - £50,281

Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School - £50,544

North Stainley Church of England Primary School - £50,684

Spofforth Church of England Primary School - £50,749

Moorside Primary School & Nursery - £50,806

Killinghall Church of England Primary School - £50,918

Goldsborough Church of England Primary School - £51,002

Markington Church of England Primary & Nursery School – £51,182

Western Primary School - £51,288

St Robert's Catholic Primary School - £51,354

St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough - £51,375

Darley Primary School - £51,506

Rossett Acre Primary School – £51,596

Outwood Academy Ripon - £51,836

Oatlands Infant School - £51,940

St Aidan's Church of England High School - £52,265

Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School - £52,339

Sharow Church of England Primary School - £52,875

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - £52,942

Nidderdale High School - £52,956

Springwell Harrogate - £53,244

Saltergate Infant School - £53,444

Boroughbridge High School - £53,611

Ripon Grammar School - £53,646

Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary School - £53,977

Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary School - £54,119

Saltergate Junior School - £54,247

Harrogate High School - £54,827

Harrogate Grammar School - £54,844

Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School - £54,922

Coppice Valley Primary School - £46,973

Askwith Primary School - £56,332

Willow Tree Community Primary School - £56,786

Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School - £57,770

Springwater Academy - £57,831

Rossett School - £58,088

St John Fisher Catholic Academy - £58,402

Starbeck Primary Academy – £58,466

The Forest School - £59,785

Glasshouses Community Primary School – £59,858