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01 / Official workforce statistics

The workforce, over time.

Comparable annual census measures, with the original source attached.

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2025 census · primary452.9 FTE

All teaching posts

Permanent posts75.7%

Share of all primary posts

All teaching posts · full-time equivalent

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.

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Sources and census dates

2020 · Teacher census supplementary statistics 2020

2021 · Teacher census supplementary statistics 2021

2022 · Teacher census supplementary statistics 2022

2023 · Teacher census supplementary statistics 2023

2024 · Teacher census supplementary statistics 2024

2025 · Teacher census supplementary statistics 2025

02Local policy

Contracts and permanency

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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03 / Reviewed local research

What the sources tell us.

Every finding keeps its own period, definition and source.

Scottish Borders CouncilTax Year 2017/18 (snapshot 31/03/2018)–Tax Year 204/25 (snapshot 17/12/2024)

Casual supply by reporting period

Casual supply: Tax Year 2017/18 (snapshot 31/03/2018): 183, Tax Year 2018/19 (snapshot 31/03/2019): 187, Tax Year 2019/20 (snapshot 31/03/2020): 182, Tax Year 2020/21 (snapshot 31/03/2021): 211, Tax Year 2021/22 (snapshot 31/03/2022): 237, Tax Year 2022/23 (snapshot 31/03/2023): 201, Tax Year 2023/24 (snapshot 31/03/2024): 174, Tax Year 204/25 (snapshot 17/12/2024): 207

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; machine-readable attachment table parsed without aggregation. The source labels the final period '204/25' and gives a 17 December 2024 snapshot; that label is reproduced verbatim.

Archived document 6c620ccf (XLSX) · sheet Sheet1!A3:E11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Scottish Borders CouncilTax Year 2017/18 (snapshot 31/03/2018)–Tax Year 204/25 (snapshot 17/12/2024)

Fixed term by reporting period

Fixed term: Tax Year 2017/18 (snapshot 31/03/2018): 168, Tax Year 2018/19 (snapshot 31/03/2019): 181, Tax Year 2019/20 (snapshot 31/03/2020): 199, Tax Year 2020/21 (snapshot 31/03/2021): 238, Tax Year 2021/22 (snapshot 31/03/2022): 263, Tax Year 2022/23 (snapshot 31/03/2023): 201, Tax Year 2023/24 (snapshot 31/03/2024): 185, Tax Year 204/25 (snapshot 17/12/2024): 199

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; machine-readable attachment table parsed without aggregation. The source labels the final period '204/25' and gives a 17 December 2024 snapshot; that label is reproduced verbatim.

Archived document 6c620ccf (XLSX) · sheet Sheet1!A3:E11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Scottish Borders CouncilTax Year 2017/18 (snapshot 31/03/2018)–Tax Year 204/25 (snapshot 17/12/2024)

Permanent by reporting period

Permanent: Tax Year 2017/18 (snapshot 31/03/2018): 1042, Tax Year 2018/19 (snapshot 31/03/2019): 1059, Tax Year 2019/20 (snapshot 31/03/2020): 1040, Tax Year 2020/21 (snapshot 31/03/2021): 1008, Tax Year 2021/22 (snapshot 31/03/2022): 977, Tax Year 2022/23 (snapshot 31/03/2023): 1041, Tax Year 2023/24 (snapshot 31/03/2024): 1070, Tax Year 204/25 (snapshot 17/12/2024): 1054

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; machine-readable attachment table parsed without aggregation. The source labels the final period '204/25' and gives a 17 December 2024 snapshot; that label is reproduced verbatim.

Archived document 6c620ccf (XLSX) · sheet Sheet1!A3:E11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Scottish Borders CouncilTax Year 2017/18 (snapshot 31/03/2018)–Tax Year 204/25 (snapshot 17/12/2024)

Grand total by reporting period

Grand total: Tax Year 2017/18 (snapshot 31/03/2018): 1393, Tax Year 2018/19 (snapshot 31/03/2019): 1427, Tax Year 2019/20 (snapshot 31/03/2020): 1421, Tax Year 2020/21 (snapshot 31/03/2021): 1457, Tax Year 2021/22 (snapshot 31/03/2022): 1477, Tax Year 2022/23 (snapshot 31/03/2023): 1443, Tax Year 2023/24 (snapshot 31/03/2024): 1429, Tax Year 204/25 (snapshot 17/12/2024): 1460

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; machine-readable attachment table parsed without aggregation. The source labels the final period '204/25' and gives a 17 December 2024 snapshot; that label is reproduced verbatim.

Archived document 6c620ccf (XLSX) · sheet Sheet1!A3:E11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Scottish Borders Council2024-09-09 to 2024-09-13

Scottish Borders census-week supply table

The council table records 695.89 long-term-supply hours and 365.21 short-term-supply hours across 9–13 September 2024, with 93 and 71 headcount respectively.

Context and source

Do not add hours to headcount or infer unique people.

Archived document 389c861a (TXT) · line 34
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Scottish Borders Council2024/25

Scottish Borders 2024/25 NQT requests

The council records 2024/25 NQT requests of 42 primary and 27 secondary.

Context and source

Requested counts are not completion or permanent-employment counts.

Archived document ce0bb0a8 (TXT) · line 35
Reviewed 2026-09-07

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04 / Research coverage

The questions on record.

Coverage describes the available research, not council performance.

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Public requests
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Requests with files
23Can include acknowledgements as well as substantive responses
Reviewed findings
6

Scottish Borders Council · 2024-10-23

Council–Scottish Government teacher communications

Not yet assessed · 5 source files

Archived April 2026: Awaiting clarification

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