Council research

Na h-Eileanan Siar

Workforce figures and source-checked research for Na h-Eileanan Siar. Each finding has a stated period and definition.

24catalogue requests
23requests with recovered files
5requests with verified material

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Findings and series

Comhairle nan Eilean SiarAugust 2024–12 December 2024

Council–Scottish Government teacher communications

The Comhairle said in its response dated 12 December 2024 that it held no discussions with the Scottish Government about teacher numbers, recruitment, or the availability of permanent or temporary teaching posts during the requested period

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Information not held; this is an authority statement about records/discussions, not evidence that no related activity occurred elsewhere.

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Reviewed 2026-09-07

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar1 January 2022–12 December 2024

Workforce planning discussions

The Comhairle said in its response dated 12 December 2024 that it held no discussions or meetings with the Scottish Government or COSLA about workforce planning in relation to teacher numbers during the requested period

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Information not held; this is an authority statement about records/discussions, not evidence that no related activity occurred elsewhere.

Archived document 4f01fc99 (TXT) · line 3
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar2017–2024

Ft permanent by year

Ft permanent: 2017: 234, 2018: 236, 2019: 228, 2020: 222, 2021: 214, 2022: 214, 2023: 224, 2024: 189

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; wide machine-readable table transposed without aggregation.

Archived document ea93b037 (XLSX) · sheet IR0026!A3:A17
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar2017–2024

Ft temporary by year

Ft temporary: 2017: 37, 2018: 42, 2019: 40, 2020: 36, 2021: 42, 2022: 45, 2023: 28, 2024: 33

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; wide machine-readable table transposed without aggregation.

Archived document ea93b037 (XLSX) · sheet IR0026!A3:A17
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar2017–2024

Pt casual by year

Pt casual: 2017: 0, 2018: 0, 2019: 0, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; wide machine-readable table transposed without aggregation.

Archived document ea93b037 (XLSX) · sheet IR0026!A3:A17
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar2017–2024

Pt permanent by year

Pt permanent: 2017: 61, 2018: 71, 2019: 75, 2020: 89, 2021: 92, 2022: 84, 2023: 94, 2024: 101

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; wide machine-readable table transposed without aggregation.

Archived document ea93b037 (XLSX) · sheet IR0026!A3:A17
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar2017–2024

Pt supply by year

Pt supply: 2017: 1, 2018: 0, 2019: 0, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; wide machine-readable table transposed without aggregation.

Archived document ea93b037 (XLSX) · sheet IR0026!A3:A17
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar2017–2024

Pt temporary by year

Pt temporary: 2017: 42, 2018: 57, 2019: 44, 2020: 47, 2021: 46, 2022: 44, 2023: 32, 2024: 34

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; wide machine-readable table transposed without aggregation.

Archived document ea93b037 (XLSX) · sheet IR0026!A3:A17
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar2024-09-09 to 2024-09-13
8–14supply teachers deployed per day during census week

Census-week supply deployment

The council recorded 8, 14, 12, 12 and 10 supply teachers deployed Monday to Friday during 9–13 September 2024.

Context and source

Successful response; counts are authority-specific.

Archived document 12cfef44 (TXT) · line 6
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar2024-25

TIS cohort and outcomes

12 allocated, 7 successful (3 primary, 4 secondary), 5 opted out/did not complete; 2024-25 outcomes include 3 primary temporary and secondary 1 part-time temporary, 1 supply-only and 2 not teaching.

Context and source

Some categories are combined post types.

Archived document c54ea691 (XLSX) · Sheet1!B4:B19
Reviewed 2026-09-07

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Teaching posts over time

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Primary-school teaching posts, full-time equivalent (FTE), on each annual census day. These are posts rather than individual teachers.

Na h-Eileanan Siar · primary teaching posts · Scottish Government
YearPermanentTemporary excluding TISTISTotalSource
202099.9464149.9Workbook ↗
2021113.435.112160.6Workbook ↗
2022121.430.76158.1Workbook ↗
2023123.422.87153.2Workbook ↗
2024115.130.83148.9Workbook ↗
2025103.142.81146.9Workbook ↗
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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar · 2024-10-23

Council–Scottish Government teacher communications

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Archived April 2026: Information not held