Gender Pay Gap Reporting

Inspire is committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, and see the publishing of Gender Pay Gap data as a positive step in talking about gender equality.  We have a largely female workforce, with females making up 76.2% of our staff.  The information below shows our gender pay gap, as required by legislation, looking at mean average (adding up all of the numbers and dividing the result by how many numbers were in the list) and median average (listing all of the numbers in numerical order and finding the number in the middle). The data is a snapshot of the difference between the average hourly pay levels of all women compared to all men who are employees of Inspire, expressed as a percentage of men’s average pay.  Also displayed are the pay quartiles, which show the gender distribution across Inspire in four equally sized hourly pay segments.

The gender pay gap is different from equal pay, which is concerned with ensuring that men and women are paid the same for carrying out the same work, or work of equal value.  All of our jobs are evaluated externally by an independent job evaluation assessor, to ensure that we uphold equal pay.

Our data indicates that the gender pay gap is due to proportionately more men being in senior and professional roles, which attract a higher level of pay, whilst proportionately more females are in our part-time, customer service and support roles. 

We are continuing to work with colleagues to look at how we can ensure that all staff, regardless of gender, can fulfil their potential within Inspire. 

I certify that the information contained in this report is accurate.

Peter Gaw

Chief Executive Officer

Directly Employed Headcount in scope: 635

Female: 76.2%

Male: 23.8%

• Mean gender pay gap in hourly rate: 9.8% lower
• Median gender pay gap in hourly rate: 13.3% lower

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