FOI Request - Teacher Employment Statistics

Request 101003169856

Please supply figures from 2012-2022 for all questions, broken down by year, where possible.

1.How many primary school probationer teachers working in schools within the local authority are registered as living in the same local authority area?
2. How many primary school probationer teachers working in schools within the local authority are registered as living in other local authority areas?
3. How many permanent contracts were given to primary school teachers?
4.How many primary school teachers have a permanent contract in total?
5.How many temporary contracts were given to primary school teachers?
6.How many primary teachers have a temporary contract in total?
7.How many supply teachers are registered in primary schools?
8.How many supply teachers have a short-term contract in primary schools?
9.Can you provide statistics for the average number of hours primary school supply teachers work?
10. How much money in additional funding was given to recruit primary school teachers and how was that money spent?
11. How many supply teachers were recruited for primary schools?
12. How many probationary teachers were recruited for primary schools? (Please show a breakdown which ascertains how many probationers were recruited at the request of local authorities and how many were allocated by the GTCS)
13. How many displaced primary school teachers were recruited?
14. What are the exact criteria required of primary school teachers to apply for a permanent position?
15. Does a permanent position mean that primary school teachers are permanent to a certain school or a cluster of schools within the local authority?
16. How many primary school teachers have a temporary contract and are registered to provide supply work either within the entire local authority area or a cluster of schools within the local authority?
17.How many school teachers working in primary schools have a permanent contract and are registered to a specific school?
18. How many school teachers working in primary schools are registered to the local authority and do not have a permanent contract?

Please provide the same information and statistics for secondary teachers (2012-2022, broken down by year).

Response 11-11-2022

The information requested is held per individual contract, so to provide the requested information would cost the Council in excess of £600. Therefore in accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act, excessive cost, we are unable to comply with your request. Also please note that that data is only held from 2017 onwards.