Secondary education teaching professionals

Average National Salaries (2020)

What does this career do?

Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals plan, organise and provide instruction in one or more subjects, including physical education and diversionary activities, within a prescribed curriculum in a secondary or secondary/ middle school.

Typical tasks

• prepares and delivers courses and lessons in accordance with curriculum requirements and teaches one or more subjects
• prepares, assigns and corrects exercises and examinations to record and evaluate students’ progress
• prepares students for external examinations and administers and invigilates these examinations
• maintains records of students’ progress and development
• supervises any practical work and maintains classroom discipline
• undertakes pastoral duties
• supervises teaching assistants and trainees
• discusses progress with student, parents and/or other education professionals
• assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.

Current entry requirements

Entry is with a first degree that provides QTS (qualified teacher status) or, in Scotland, TQ (teaching qualification); or other relevant degree followed by further postgraduate training (most commonly PGCE – Postgraduate Certificate in Secondary Education, or, in Scotland, PGDE – Professional Graduate Diploma in Education). Further and higher professional qualifications are required for some teaching posts.

Percentage in work

• Employed

• Unemployed

Due to insufficient sample sizes, some data was excised.

Predicted employment status in 2022

• Full-time

• Part-time

• Self Employed

Predicted employment levels in the East Midlands

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About the statistics

Data is powered by LMI for All and is sourced from labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Institute for Employment Research, the Department for Works and Pensions, and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.