FOI Request: Teachers Identifying as Ethnic Minority

Request 101002622139

1. How many (a) head teachers, (b) deputy head teachers, and (c) teachers excluding (a) and (b), were employed by the local authority in the academic year (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19, and (iii) 2019/20.
2. How many of the (a) head teachers, (b) deputy head teachers, and (c) teachers excluding (a) and (b), employed by the local authority in the academic year (i) 2017/18, (ii) 2018/19, and (iii) 2019/20, identified as ethnic minority.
3. How many ELC staff were employed by local authority in the academic year (a) 2017/18, (b) 2018/19, and (c) 2019/20.
4. How many of the ELC staff employed by the local authority in the academic year (a) 2017/18, (b) 2018/19, and (c) 2019/20, identified as ethnic minority.

Response 08-12-2020

1. and 3. Please find the total number of staff for each year below. 

2017/2018 
Head Teachers 55
Depute Head Teachers 55
Teachers 944
ELC Staff 87

2018/2019 
Head Teachers 51
Depute Head Teachers 56
Teachers 925
ELC Staff 132

2019/2020 
Head Teachers 69
Depute Head Teachers 62
Teachers 1114
ELC Staff 165

2. and 4. For each year, the number of staff recorded as ethnic minority is exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 'personal information' as the numbers are so few that disclosure could risk identifying individuals. Please note, however, that the recorded information we hold is reported on a voluntary basis and is not necessarily reflective of exact numbers.