Men paid eight per cent more than women at Ofsted

A new gender pay gap report by Ofsted shows that men are paid an average of 8.1 per cent more than women.

In addition, it shows that men get around 20 per cent more bonuses on average.

Around 70 per cent of men get bonuses, compared with 62.2 per cent of women.

Overall, women make up 63 per cent of Ofsted staff, with more women being at senior level (45 per cent) than the civil service average of 42 per cent.

Ofsted’s analysis of the pay gap shows that overall there are more women in more junior grades, where pay is lower, and more men in the upper pay quartiles.

The Ofsted report states: “We will explore how we can attract more men into our workforce to create a more even gender balance, given that we have more women at most levels of our organisation.

“We’ll consider this specifically for our administrative, professional and technical workforce.”