Burnham scale

Burnham scale

(ˈbɜːnəm)
n
(Education) the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
[C20: named after Lord Burnham (1862–1933), chairman of the committee that originally set it up]
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pounds 19 a week on the Burnham Scale as a science teacher How do you keep fit?
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And I wonder how happy they were 50 years ago when the basic Burnham scales for primary and secondary school teachers were from pounds 450 to pounds 725 a year - and that was for men.
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