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Comparable annual census measures, with the original source attached.
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.
Every finding keeps its own period, definition and source.
A council correspondence attachment records that the 2024 North Ayrshire estimate was 1,386 FTE teachers, 36 lower than the prior year’s 1,422 FTE.
Council correspondence estimate; not a full independent census release.
Archived document 0c1a6735 (PDF) · page 1
Reviewed 2026-09-07
An internal staffing-exercise attachment states that further recruitment to specified posts during the 2022/23 session would be on a fixed-term or temporary basis rather than permanent, with an end date no later than 16 August 2023.
Internal communication supplied in an FOI response; specified posts and period only.
Archived document c9e64b51 (PDF) · page 1
Reviewed 2026-09-07
The answer grid records primary probationer bids falling from 32 in 2017/18 to 25 in 2023/24, while secondary bids rise from 43 to 47 over the same sessions.
Bid counts are not allocated or completed counts.
Archived document cd981eab (XLSX) · sheet1!A4:C11
Reviewed 2026-09-07
North Ayrshire reported 43 allocated, 28 completed and 15 did not commence or complete in 2024-25; September outcomes were primary 2 permanent, 1 fixed-term and 17 supply, and secondary 0 permanent, 0 fixed-term and 7 supply, with one secondary no longer employed by the council.
The council states information on people no longer employed is not held beyond the supplied count.
Archived document 5c98453d (DOCX) · document body, Response Q1-Q2
Reviewed 2026-09-07
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North Ayrshire Council · teachers · primary
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North Ayrshire Council · teachers · secondary
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North Ayrshire Council · teachers · primary
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North Ayrshire Council · teachers · secondary
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North Ayrshire Council · teachers · secondary
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North Ayrshire Council · teachers · primary
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North Ayrshire Council · teachers · secondary
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North Ayrshire Council · people · all
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North Ayrshire Council · people · primary/secondary
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No-longer-employed information is not held beyond the supplied count.
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