and professional training; and in accordance with current economic
ideas should receive a salary proportionate to the outlay involved.
The scheme of salaries approved by the Assistant Mistresses'
Association in January 1912 suggests £120 as the initial minimum
salary (non-residential) for a mistress with degree and training,
rising in ten years to £220 in ordinary cases, to £250 where
"positions of special responsibility" are occupied. £100 to £180 is
suggested for non-graduates. "These salaries are higher than those
provided by the Girls' Public Day School Trust, and other governing
bodies outside the London County Council. In most cases £120 to £130
a year may be taken as a fair average for an assistant mistress."[5]
Headmistresses' salaries vary from £200 to, at least in one
exceptional case, £1,500. They often depend in part on capitation
fees. The Headmistresses' Association considers that the minimum
should be £300.

In secondary schools as in other grades of educational work the
salaries of women are lower than those of men, as may be illustrated
by the London County Council scale of salaries.

Men: Assistants . . £150-£300 (or £350)
Heads . . £400-£600 (or £800)

Women: Assistants . . £120-£220 (or £250)
Heads . . £300-£450 (or £600)

The difference between the salaries of heads and assistants is in many
cases greater than is desirable. Things being as they are, it is
well that there should be some prizes to attract ability into the
profession. On the other hand, a woman, whose best work is that of