MERCIA LEARNING TRUST

MERCIA LEARNING TRUST has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 8 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Thursday, 16 Oct 2025 at 07:43 UTC.

Employer ID 8344
Company Number 08119703
Employer Size 500 to 999
Years Submitted
20172018202020212022202320242025

Overall workforce composition

Deviation from a 50:50 gender split, averaged across all four pay quartiles per year. 0% represents an equal split of men and women; positive values mean more women, negative means fewer women.

Hourly pay gap over time

Positive values indicate women's hourly pay is lower than men's by that percentage. A value of 0 indicates equal pay; negative values indicate women earn more.

Pay quartile breakdown

Each band shows the percentage of that quartile that is male vs female.

Lower quartile bottom 25% of earners

Lower-middle quartile 25–50th percentile

Upper-middle quartile 50–75th percentile

Top quartile top 25% of earners

Bonus pay

Percentage of each gender who received a bonus payment.

Bonus pay gap — positive values indicate women's bonus pay is lower than men's.

Year by year

Each year's submission in full. Most recent year shown first.

2025 Mean pay gap 18.9%

In this organisation, women earned 55p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 64.0% of the highest paid quarter and 82.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 18.9%
Median hourly pay gap 45.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.0%
36.0%
Upper-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower-middle 77.0%
23.0%
Lower quartile 82.0%
18.0%
2024 Mean pay gap 18.9%

In this organisation, women earned 63p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 68.0% of the highest paid quarter and 83.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 18.9%
Median hourly pay gap 37.4%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 68.0%
32.0%
Upper-middle 67.0%
33.0%
Lower-middle 75.0%
25.0%
Lower quartile 83.0%
17.0%
2023 Mean pay gap 17.3%

In this organisation, women earned 63p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 74.0% of the highest paid quarter and 81.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 17.3%
Median hourly pay gap 37.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 74.0%
26.0%
Upper-middle 58.0%
42.0%
Lower-middle 79.0%
21.0%
Lower quartile 81.0%
19.0%
2022 Mean pay gap 17.7%

In this organisation, women earned 66p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 61.0% of the highest paid quarter and 81.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 17.7%
Median hourly pay gap 34.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.0%
39.0%
Upper-middle 75.0%
25.0%
Lower-middle 71.0%
29.0%
Lower quartile 81.0%
19.0%
2021 Mean pay gap 21.5%

In this organisation, women earned 71p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 61.0% of the highest paid quarter and 83.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 21.5%
Median hourly pay gap 29.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.0%
39.0%
Upper-middle 78.0%
22.0%
Lower-middle 76.0%
24.0%
Lower quartile 83.0%
17.0%
2020 Mean pay gap 24.6%

In this organisation, women earned 53p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 63.0% of the highest paid quarter and 87.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 24.6%
Median hourly pay gap 47.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 63.0%
37.0%
Upper-middle 78.0%
22.0%
Lower-middle 72.0%
28.0%
Lower quartile 87.0%
13.0%
2018 Mean pay gap 31.3%

In this organisation, women earned 54p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 66.0% of the highest paid quarter and 82.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 31.3%
Median hourly pay gap 45.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 66.0%
34.0%
Upper-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower-middle 86.0%
14.0%
Lower quartile 82.0%
18.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 36.9%

In this organisation, women earned 40p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 58.2% of the highest paid quarter and 93.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 36.9%
Median hourly pay gap 59.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.2%
41.8%
Upper-middle 69.1%
30.9%
Lower-middle 85.6%
14.4%
Lower quartile 93.6%
6.4%