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All teaching posts
Share of all primary posts
Posts are measured in full-time equivalent (FTE), not headcount. Temporary posts exclude the Teacher Induction Scheme (TIS). A post’s employment type may differ from the employee’s contract.
2020 · Teacher census supplementary statistics 2020
2021 · Teacher census supplementary statistics 2021
2022 · Teacher census supplementary statistics 2022
2023 · Teacher census supplementary statistics 2023
02Local policy
No current local policy has been verified for this comparison yet. This is a gap in the published evidence, not evidence that the council has no policy.
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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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Archived April 2026: Partially successful
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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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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 · 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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