Education & Childcare T Level (2026/28)

Career areas this course can lead to

• 1. Primary education teaching professionals Average salary: £45,940
  UK employment: -5.5% last 3 years
• 2. Secondary education teaching professionals Average salary: £47,630
  UK employment: +15.7% last 3 years
• 3. Teaching assistants Average salary: £21,240
  UK employment: -41.8% last 3 years
• 4. Child and early years officers Average salary: £31,000
  UK employment: +16.1% last 3 years
• 5. Early education and childcare assistants Average salary: £24,740
  UK employment: -7.4% last 3 years
• 6. Childminders Average salary: £24,280
  UK employment: -29.3% last 3 years
• 7. Youth and community workers Average salary: £32,650
  UK employment: +22.1% last 3 years
• 8. Playworkers Average salary: £21,130
  UK employment: +6.4% last 3 years
• 9. Teaching professionals Average salary: £34,400
  UK employment: -12.3% last 3 years
• 10. Special needs education teaching professionals Average salary: £47,430
  UK employment: +50.5% last 3 years
• 11. Further education teaching professionals Average salary: £42,220
  UK employment: -12.1% last 3 years
• 12. Higher education teaching professionals Average salary: £52,840
  UK employment: +8.5% last 3 years
• 13. Head teachers and principals Average salary: £72,190
  UK employment: +46% last 3 years
• 14. Education advisers and school inspectors Average salary: £44,550
  UK employment: -1.8% last 3 years
• 15. Early education and childcare services proprietors Average salary: £42,750
  UK employment: +6.8% last 3 years
• 16. Early education and childcare practitioners Average salary: £23,720
  UK employment: +32.2% last 3 years
• 17. Higher level teaching assistants Average salary: £25,430
  UK employment: -6.6% last 3 years
• 18. Nursery education teaching professionals Average salary: £37,590
  UK employment: +16.5% last 3 years
• 19. Educational support assistants Average salary: £21,450
  UK employment: +104% last 3 years