England
Gender pay gap reporting at the applicable employee threshold
Official wording, responsibilities and review duties.
Requirement and scope
Choose the governance type; academy and maintained duties differ. Choose a phase; confirm age and provision conditions. Confirm locally: Has 250 or more employees under the reporting rules.
Maintained school
Required document [1]
Must publish. Website publication within the stated scope. [1]
- Source-established phases
- Primary, Secondary, All-through, Special
- Source-established school types
- Mainstream school, Special school
- EYFS condition
- No separate EYFS condition stated
- Accountable
- not stated in the source
- Approval
- not stated in the source
- Operational owner
- not stated in the source
- Review cycle
- set by the school
Conditions: Has 250 or more employees under the reporting rules.
Independent schools and pupil referral units are outside this catalogue’s supported governance mapping.
Academy or free school
Required document [2]
Must publish. Website publication within the stated scope. [2]
- Source-established phases
- Primary, Secondary, All-through, Special
- Source-established school types
- Mainstream school, Special school
- EYFS condition
- No separate EYFS condition stated
- Accountable
- not stated in the source
- Approval
- not stated in the source
- Operational owner
- not stated in the source
- Review cycle
- set by the school
Conditions: Has 250 or more employees under the reporting rules.
Independent schools and pupil referral units are outside this catalogue’s supported governance mapping.
The threshold and reporting entity matter. Do not infer employee counts from school size or a trust name.
Official wording
Pay gap reporting
Schools with 250 or more employees must, in line with the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017: report their gender pay gap information to the government via the gender pay gap service publish this information in a prominent place on their website within one year of their ‘snapshot date’, which, for most public authority employers, will be 31 March
What maintained schools must or should publish online · Reviewed 2026-10-26
Pay gap reporting
Academy trusts, academies and FE colleges with 250 or more employees must, in line with the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017: report their gender pay gap information to the government via the gender pay gap service publish this information in a prominent place on their website within one year of their ‘snapshot date’, which, for most public authority employers, will be 31 March
What academies and further education colleges must or should publish online · Reviewed 2026-10-26
Sources and updates
Official evidence reviewed 2026-10-26. Check the source edition and conditions before acting.
What maintained schools must or should publish online
Reviewed edition matches. Source text matches the reviewed edition.
- Reviewed on
- 2026-10-26
- Reviewed version
- 2024-10-24T13:22:43+01:00
- Last checked
- 2026-10-27T11:00:36.203Z
- Reviewed text digest (SHA-256)
b9b1f18649ff2aa39b0a9df87f62c3aeb29bb48753d2bb174e50a411ac33a1f0- Official content identity
- 601afc48-7631-11e4-a3cb-005056011aef
- Official content digest (SHA-256)
b3b7c2dedfb7e1fe1d249c685ca0f56f901e00aef72bbc7fba327afd2ccf9596
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-maintained-schools-must-publish-online
What academies and further education colleges must or should publish online
Reviewed edition matches. Source text matches the reviewed edition.
- Reviewed on
- 2026-10-26
- Reviewed version
- 2024-10-24T13:22:46+01:00
- Last checked
- 2026-10-27T11:00:36.203Z
- Reviewed text digest (SHA-256)
c97340181ef278fa159ebd90b83d1f974cfc65dd3107bfb3379793aec044b7df- Official content identity
- 805a09d7-7542-41b7-aefe-1b0935777e49
- Official content digest (SHA-256)
48649d639b13916fb1950e252294ddcfb0016986359c01fe4842291a81faba96
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-academies-free-schools-and-colleges-should-publish-online
Guidance, not legal advice. Local checks are not a compliance judgement; other duties may apply.