Aberdeenshire Council2023–2024
Teacher permanency through accrual
Teachers achieving permanency: 2023: 1, 2024: 11
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; no inference is made about teachers outside the reported process.
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Aberdeenshire Council2021/22–2023/24
3,320unsuccessful applications for teaching interviews in 2023/24 (3,421 the year before)
Unsuccessful teaching interviews
Unsuccessful interview applications: 2021/22: 2970, 2022/23: 3421, 2023/24: 3320
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; response says figures cover all listed teaching post categories.
Archived document 4997e842 (TXT) · line 29
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Aberdeenshire Council2018-19–2023-24
Probationers and contract outcomes
Probationers requested primary: 2018-19: 83, 2019-20: 112, 2020-21: 101, 2021-22: 97, 2022-23: 92, 2023-24: 94
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Partially successful; values are authority-reported annual figures.
Archived document 9371b65d (TXT) · line 11
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Aberdeenshire Council2018-19–2023-24
Probationers and contract outcomes
Probationers requested secondary: 2018-19: 41, 2019-20: 61, 2020-21: 57, 2021-22: 75, 2022-23: 16, 2023-24: 44
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Partially successful; values are authority-reported annual figures.
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Aberdeenshire Council2018-19–2023-24
Probationers and contract outcomes
Probationers employed primary: 2018-19: 96, 2019-20: 118, 2020-21: 101, 2021-22: 102, 2022-23: 104, 2023-24: 91
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Partially successful; values are authority-reported annual figures.
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Aberdeenshire Council2018-19–2023-24
Probationers and contract outcomes
Probationers employed secondary: 2018-19: 63, 2019-20: 38, 2020-21: 41, 2021-22: 46, 2022-23: 25, 2023-24: 12
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Partially successful; values are authority-reported annual figures.
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Aberdeenshire Council2021–2023
Class sizes and teacher employment
Average primary class size: 2021: 22.14, 2022: 22.8, 2023: 23.22
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; response wording and any limitations should be retained.
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Aberdeenshire Council2017–2025
Teaching staff by status and measure
Fixed term headcount: 2017: 431, 2018: 380, 2019: 415, 2020: 474, 2021: 454, 2022: 449, 2023: 439, 2024: 384, 2025: 396
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; values read from the authority's Headcount/FTE table.
Archived document ca544ed1 (XLSX) · sheet Results!A1:G11
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Aberdeenshire Council2017–2025
Teaching staff by status and measure
Fixed term fte: 2017: 332.303, 2018: 277.494, 2019: 325.586, 2020: 385.356, 2021: 342.584, 2022: 336.274, 2023: 322.081, 2024: 278.917, 2025: 290.344
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; values read from the authority's Headcount/FTE table.
Archived document ca544ed1 (XLSX) · sheet Results!A1:G11
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Aberdeenshire Council2017–2025
Teaching staff by status and measure
Permanent headcount: 2017: 2860, 2018: 2916, 2019: 2958, 2020: 2947, 2021: 2965, 2022: 2936, 2023: 2955, 2024: 2907, 2025: 2883
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; values read from the authority's Headcount/FTE table.
Archived document ca544ed1 (XLSX) · sheet Results!A1:G11
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Aberdeenshire Council2017–2025
Teaching staff by status and measure
Permanent fte: 2017: 2355.09, 2018: 2378.05, 2019: 2398.94, 2020: 2375.57, 2021: 2398.24, 2022: 2382.33, 2023: 2397.39, 2024: 2368.19, 2025: 2327.07
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; values read from the authority's Headcount/FTE table.
Archived document ca544ed1 (XLSX) · sheet Results!A1:G11
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Aberdeenshire Council2017–2025
Teaching staff by status and measure
Relief headcount: 2017: 1193, 2018: 1295, 2019: 1368, 2020: 1405, 2021: 1449, 2022: 1478, 2023: 1530, 2024: 1478, 2025: 1422
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; values read from the authority's Headcount/FTE table.
Archived document ca544ed1 (XLSX) · sheet Results!A1:G11
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Aberdeenshire Council2017–2025
Teaching staff by status and measure
Relief fte: 2017: 0, 2018: 0, 2019: 0.4, 2020: 0, 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; values read from the authority's Headcount/FTE table.
Archived document ca544ed1 (XLSX) · sheet Results!A1:G11
Reviewed 2026-09-07
Aberdeenshire Council2024 grant correspondence
Teacher-number grant withholding basis
A Scottish Government correspondence attachment says that where teacher numbers are not maintained and mitigations are not fully accepted, funding would be withheld on a per-FTE basis.
Context and source
Attached correspondence; attribute the condition to the source document.
Archived document 327fd1ef (PDF) · page 4
Reviewed 2026-09-07
Aberdeenshire Council2023-24 to 2024-25
Aggregate outcomes
Aberdeenshire reported 88 primary and 20 secondary in 2024-25, with 8 primary and 12 secondary not completing; aggregate outcome sheets report fixed-term, no-longer-employed, permanent and relief totals for September 2023-2025.
Context and source
Outcome sheet is aggregate and not split by sector.
Archived document ffc1555f (XLSX) · Total Probationers!A1:C2; Did Not Complete!A1:C2; Employment Outcomes!A1:B21
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