Council research
Workforce figures and source-checked research for City of Edinburgh. Each finding has a stated period and definition.
Research coverage measures the archive, not council performance. Files may include acknowledgements rather than substantive responses.
Probationers placed in vacancies: 2018: 161, 2019: 210, 2020: 182, 2021: 190, 2022: 193, 2023: 186, 2024: 153
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; post history split is unavailable in the response.
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Probationers distinct headcount: 2017: 234, 2018: 132, 2019: 200, 2020: 163, 2021: 173, 2022: 186, 2023: 166, 2024: 3
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; source reports a corresponding grand total.
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Fixed term contracts: 2017: 95, 2018: 55, 2019: 121, 2020: 90, 2021: 80, 2022: 65, 2023: 71, 2024: 1
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; source reports a corresponding grand total.
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Casual supply list: 2017: 65, 2018: 52, 2019: 123, 2020: 68, 2021: 85, 2022: 113, 2023: 58, 2024: 3
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; source reports a corresponding grand total.
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144 completed TIS by June 2025: 75 primary and 69 secondary.
Authority response; allocation/non-completion referred to an earlier request.
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Primary: 3 permanent, 29 fixed-term, 32 supply and 12 not-in-teaching; secondary: 25 permanent, 5 fixed-term, 28 supply and 25 not-in-teaching.
Reported outcome categories do not reconcile with the stated completed cohort (76 vs 75 primary; 83 vs 69 secondary). No shares or totals are derived; council-reported status also does not capture employment outside the council.
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Primary-school teaching posts, full-time equivalent (FTE), on each annual census day. These are posts rather than individual teachers.
| Year | Permanent | Temporary excluding TIS | TIS | Total | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,363.5 | 200.6 | 88 | 1,652.1 | Workbook ↗ |
| 2021 | 1,318.3 | 269.1 | 97 | 1,684.4 | Workbook ↗ |
| 2022 | 1,308.2 | 251 | 92 | 1,651.2 | Workbook ↗ |
| 2023 | 1,304.2 | 242.5 | 95 | 1,641.7 | Workbook ↗ |
| 2024 | 1,258.9 | 249.2 | 79 | 1,587.2 | Workbook ↗ |
| 2025 | 1,274.2 | 211.4 | 84 | 1,569.6 | Workbook ↗ |
| Topic | Requests | With files |
|---|---|---|
| After probation | 5 | 5 |
| Contracts & job security | 4 | 4 |
| Recruitment & vacancies | 3 | 3 |
| Supply teaching | 2 | 2 |
| Class sizes & staffing | 2 | 2 |
| Funding & workforce planning | 8 | 8 |
| Teacher education | 0 | 0 |
Substantive material verified · 3 recovered files
Archived April 2026: Successful
Not yet assessed · 3 recovered files
Archived April 2026: Information not held
Not yet assessed · 3 recovered files
Archived April 2026: Information not held
Not yet assessed · 5 recovered files
Archived April 2026: Needs status update
Not yet assessed · 6 recovered files
Archived April 2026: Partially successful
City of Edinburgh Council · count · probationer teachers
Total number of probationers placed in vacancies; response states posts previously filled versus newly created cannot be determined.
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Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; post history split is unavailable in the response.
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City of Edinburgh Council · count · probationary teachers
Distinct headcount by probation year; 2024 is January–August in the authority response.
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Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; source reports a corresponding grand total.
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City of Edinburgh Council · count · probationary teachers
Distinct headcount by probation year; 2024 is January–August in the authority response.
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Focus a point to read its value.
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; source reports a corresponding grand total.
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City of Edinburgh Council · count · probationary teachers
Distinct headcount by probation year; 2024 is January–August in the authority response.
Scroll to see all periods, or switch to the table.
Focus a point to read its value.
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; source reports a corresponding grand total.
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City of Edinburgh Council · people · primary
Council-reported categories.
The published category counts exceed the 144 completed total and are therefore not mutually exclusive for charting; council-only status also does not capture employment outside the council.
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City of Edinburgh Council · people · secondary
Council-reported categories.
Reported outcome categories do not reconcile with the stated completed cohort (83 vs 69 secondary). No shares or totals are derived; categories are not mutually exclusive for charting and council-only status does not capture employment outside the council. Do not stack these categories as a disjoint total.
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