As of 5 April 2025, we employed 1,572 people in receipt of full pay: 1,508 women (95.9%) and 64 men (4.1%). A small cohort of men in senior and specialist positions has a meaningful upward effect on the male average salary; this is the primary driver of our reported pay gap, not a systematic difference in how we pay men and women doing the same jobs.
We think the median pay gap of 9.4% is the more honest representation of what’s happening across our workforce day to day, and it is much less susceptible to being pulled around by a small number of high earners. The gap that does exist is largely explained by a higher proportion of our female employees working in part‑time roles which carry lower full‑pay equivalent salaries.
Women make up the substantial majority of our workforce in all four pay quartiles, ranging from 95.9% in the lower quartile to 94.3% in the upper quartile. We’re particularly proud of the female representation at the top of our organisation; our CEO, Chief Growth Officer, Education & Quality Director, Operations Director, People Director, Head of Environmental Quality, Head of Quality Assurance and Compliance, Head of Apprenticeships, Head of Sales Operations, and Head of Financial Planning & Analysis are all women.
A slightly higher proportion of our female employees (2.5%) than male employees (1.6%) received a bonus, and most of our bonus scheme participants are female nursery managers and regional leaders.
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