In reality, average performers will not reach SEO 1

Then the max for average farmer will be GEO5? Getting abt 150k annual?

Salary scales have been shared before - you can try searching for them in this thread.

GEO5 caps at 7845. Average annual might be around 14.5 months (12 months + 13th month + 1.25-1.5 months average C). That will be more like 114k.

Not sure what age an average performer can expect to hit this, though. And this is excluding the variable mid/end year civil service bonus, and of course the CONNECT plan payouts.

lol I think you can start looking for a new job

The cap is much higher than this

Ranking
 

When is ranking usually carried out? Is it already done for this year?

around this period. My sch just finished today

Hello, I know performance grades do not automatically affect potential ranking, but does getting higher grades like B or even A help when ranking panel is considering?

On a separate note, is there a minimum quota for A grades during panel meetings? Or do schools choose to award only in exceptional cases, which emans sometimes the highest grade is only a B?

If you really manage to become a HOD, VP or P within a small number of years, your subgrade may lag behind because of the slowed down pace of promotions across the service. So you may end up being a GEO4 HOD, or GEO5 VP still waiting for promotion.

And even if you do get promoted to SEO grades quickly, your actual salary point may be near the bottom of those scales, so it might be 7 to 9k instead of >10k. To rise through the salary points quickly, there is really no shortcut except years and years of solid merit increments in between your promotion years.

Later on when you take on management responsibilities as a young RO, you may realise that even though you are a KP, some of your JHs (direct reports) who have served many more years than you are earning more than you. It is common to see SEO1s who were promoted fast earning much less than seasoned GEO4/5s.

Feeling a bit jaded.
I love teaching and the satisfaction of seeing my students succeed, and the sense of fulfillment from helping them with their issues outside of academics.
But the sheer amount of (meaningless, irrelevant) admin work and slow progression (earning just 5k+ at 31, laughable annual increment) makes me think of jumping out of teaching.

What are some viable careers if I were to leave teaching? Could someone share some of their own experience or perhaps what they've seen others do successfully once they have left teaching?