HR Strategy Gender Pay Gap

Gender Pay Gap

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HR Strategy Gender pay gap (1)

All organisations including Schools and Academies with 250 or more employees must report their gender pay gap data. Although if you have less than this you can choose to publish your data.

In maintained Schools the Governing body is responsible for publishing the Gender Pay Gap information, not the Local Authority. In Academies or multi Academy Trusts this is the responsibility of the Trust Board.

The Gender Pay Gap is the difference in average earnings between men and women at a defined date each year ‘the Snapshot date’ – 31st March for public sector and 04th April for private sector employers.

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You must report and publish your gender pay gap information within a year of your snapshot date. The reporting deadline is usually 364 days after the snapshot date.

For example:

School ABC’s snapshot date is 31 March, as they are public sector. They had a headcount of 250 employees on their last snapshot date 30 April 2024, which means their reporting deadline is 30 March 2025. The reporting year is 2024 to 2025.

 

You are required to:

  • Publish your gender pay gap data on your school / trust website
  • Report your data using the online  gender pay gap reporting service
  • Retain this information online for a minimum of 3 years

 

What information must be reported and published?

  • The percentage of men and women in each hourly pay quarter
  • The mean gender pay gap in hourly pay
  • The median gender pay gap in hourly pay
  • The percentage of men and women who received bonus payments
  • The mean bonus gender pay gap
  • The median bonus gender pay gap

 

Optional

  • A written statement to confirm that the published information is accurate and signed by an appropriate person (Chair of Governors / Trust CEO)
  • A supporting narrative to give context and explanation, consider including:
    • The reasons why there is a gender pay gap
    • Actions taken and to be taken to close the gap
    • If the gap has decreased over time, provide information regarding this
    • Demonstrate your school / trust commitment to reducing a gender pay gap, with goals and timescales

 

What is the pay gap in the Education Sector?

It is always useful to be able to benchmark (compare) your data with similar organisations to understand if you are in line with or better than similar organisations. The ONS (Office for National Statistics has an interactive tool interactive tool which can be used to view different sectors and gives information on trends and other analysis.

 

For 2023, the tool shows:

Job Overall pay gap (%) Full-time pay gap (%) Part-time pay gap (%)
Primary education teaching professionals 1 0.9 3.4
Secondary education teaching professionals 4.3 4.9 1.8
Teaching assistants -0.9 -1.2 2.2

A negative pay gap percentage means women are paid more.

 

If you would like some advice or support with gender pay gap reporting, or would like to learn more about ways in which School’s and Academies can implement action plans to reduce their gender pay gap then please do contact us.

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