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| Eton College, the school that boasts of educating more British prime ministers than any other, has revealed a gender pay gap among its staff well above the national average – but below some of its rivals, including Westminster School. | Eton College, the school that boasts of educating more British prime ministers than any other, has revealed a gender pay gap among its staff well above the national average – but below some of its rivals, including Westminster School. |
| Figures published by Eton, as part of a report on pay and gender required by the government, show that the median hourly pay of female members of staff was 31% below that of men. That compares with the 18.4% national average pay gap, according to the government’s statisticians. Westminster reported a median hourly pay gap of more than 53% which means that when comparing median hourly rates, women working at the school earn 46p for every £1 that men earn. | |
| William Waldegrave, the provost of Eton, said the school was concerned with redressing the gender balance in staff and pay, and had several plans underway. “We recognise we have further work to do to increase the number of women and other groups currently underrepresented in our teaching community,” Lord Waldegrave said in a statement accompanying the release. | |
| The school has recently named Dame Helena Morrissey, the head of personal investing at Legal and General, as a fellow, and last year appointed the first woman as deputy head in Eton’s 567-year history. | The school has recently named Dame Helena Morrissey, the head of personal investing at Legal and General, as a fellow, and last year appointed the first woman as deputy head in Eton’s 567-year history. |
| The figures also revealed that Eton’s 1,000-strong workforce was split between men and women, with about 250 of the total employed as teachers. | The figures also revealed that Eton’s 1,000-strong workforce was split between men and women, with about 250 of the total employed as teachers. |
| “As a school, most of our higher paid staff are our teaching staff. Like many single-sex schools, our teachers are still predominantly of the same gender as the pupils. This factor combined with a low turnover of teaching staff, means that our more highly paid teachers tend to be male,” the school said. | “As a school, most of our higher paid staff are our teaching staff. Like many single-sex schools, our teachers are still predominantly of the same gender as the pupils. This factor combined with a low turnover of teaching staff, means that our more highly paid teachers tend to be male,” the school said. |
| Eton’s pay gap was put in the shade by some of those reported by state-funded multi-academy trusts, with several reporting pay gaps almost twice as high. | Eton’s pay gap was put in the shade by some of those reported by state-funded multi-academy trusts, with several reporting pay gaps almost twice as high. |
| As of 4pm on Friday, six academy chains had reported gender pay gaps of more than 60%, while the chains make up a high proportion of institutions reporting the widest gaps between genders. | As of 4pm on Friday, six academy chains had reported gender pay gaps of more than 60%, while the chains make up a high proportion of institutions reporting the widest gaps between genders. |
| Westminster said that its gender pay gap “should not be confused with equal pay. Equal pay is about differences in actual earnings of men and women doing equal work.” | Westminster said that its gender pay gap “should not be confused with equal pay. Equal pay is about differences in actual earnings of men and women doing equal work.” |
| The school charges £26,000 a year for day pupils and £37,000 a year for boarders, with girls only admitted in the sixth form. | The school charges £26,000 a year for day pupils and £37,000 a year for boarders, with girls only admitted in the sixth form. |
| About 70% of the school’s staff were men, with men making up the majority of senior management and senior teachers. The upper quartile for pay had 77% of men and just 23% of women. | About 70% of the school’s staff were men, with men making up the majority of senior management and senior teachers. The upper quartile for pay had 77% of men and just 23% of women. |
| “The significantly larger pay gap arises in the support staff area due to an imbalance of male and female staff in different job roles across the school”, Westminster said in its statement accompanying the report. | |
| Other famous public schools with wide pay gaps included Shrewsbury, with a 58% gap in median hourly pay. But the worst offender among independent schools, based on figures published by the Friday deadline, was that of the Royal Hospital School in Ipswich, which reported a median pay gap of 66%. | Other famous public schools with wide pay gaps included Shrewsbury, with a 58% gap in median hourly pay. But the worst offender among independent schools, based on figures published by the Friday deadline, was that of the Royal Hospital School in Ipswich, which reported a median pay gap of 66%. |
| The Royal Hospital School said that while women made up a majority of its workforce, two-thirds worked as support staff, including cleaners and laundry staff. | The Royal Hospital School said that while women made up a majority of its workforce, two-thirds worked as support staff, including cleaners and laundry staff. |
| But the figures also show huge variations in pay and employment patterns throughout the independent schools sector, as in the state school sector, with some schools managing relatively equal pay distribution while other, similar schools showed a wide gap. | But the figures also show huge variations in pay and employment patterns throughout the independent schools sector, as in the state school sector, with some schools managing relatively equal pay distribution while other, similar schools showed a wide gap. |
| The Dragon School in Oxford, famous for educating a string of actors including Hugh Lawrie and Emma Watson, reported a gender pay gap of just 0.2%. Wycombe Abbey School, a prestigious girls’ school in High Wycombe, had a median advantage in favour of women of nearly 3% pay per hour. | |
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