Average (mean and median) allowance amount received by local authority and allowance type

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Next update expected:July 2027

Updates

14th July 2026

Annual update.

A revision was made to the average allowance received due to issues in the allowance data submitted by two local authorities. An issue with the date formatting has resulted in changes to the average allowance for Ceredigion for 2024/25. An issue in the allowance values submitted has resulted in an increase in the average allowances received for Denbighshire in 2024/25. These revisions have also resulted in changes in the average allowance received for Wales in 2024/25.

27th February 2026
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Official statistics
Data provider
Welsh Government
Data source
School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC)
Time period covered
November 2019 to October 2026
Dataset ID
16f34fa5-0b71-4e5c-985b-9bd40b393ba4

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

The data covers different aspects of the school workforce in Wales, using the data collected from the School Workforce Annual Census (SWAC). This dataset shows the average (mean and median) allowance amount received by local authority and allowance type.

Data collection or calculation

Information relating to pay (including average salary and distribution across pay ranges) are based on information submitted in the SWAC Pay, HR and Absences return. Records from this return were linked to the SWAC School return using the minimum data set to provide a breakdown by school sector (i.e. primary, secondary etc). Where no corresponding record was identified in the SWAC School return their sector has been recorded as ‘Other’.

The teachers’ pay awards for academic years 2022/23 and 2024/25 were not finalised and fully implemented until after the SWAC census dates in November 2022 and 2024 respectively, and so average pay figures published for 2022/23 and 2024/25 did not fully reflect the pay uplifts for those years. As a result, the increase in average teachers’ pay between 2022/23 and 2023/24, and between 2023/24 and 2024/25, will not accurately reflect the full pay award for those years.

Statistical quality

A revision was made to the average allowance received due to issues in the allowance data submitted by two local authorities. An issue with the date formatting has resulted in changes to the average allowance for Ceredigion for 2024/25. An issue in the allowance values submitted has resulted in an increase in the average allowances received for Denbighshire in 2024/25. These revisions have also resulted in changes in the average allowance received for Wales in 2024/25.

The information collected from 2019 to 2025 have not undergone a formal final validation period. However, various stages of automated validation and sense-checking are built into the process to ensure a high quality of data to inform policy making. A final validation period is being considered to be introduced for future collections for schools and LAs to review the information they return, and re-submit their data where errors are identified prior to publication.

Rounding applied

c note code = numbers greater than zero but less than five.

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Organisation
Welsh Government
Contact email
educationworkforcedata@gov.wales