PEF guidance anticipates the costs that arise when recruited staff become permanent.
03Partly established
Funding · Workforce planning · Permanent employment
Follow the funding from announcement to staffing outcome
What did teacher funding require, how was it allocated, and what evidence shows what happened to employment afterwards?
What the reviewed evidence establishes
What we know.
Additionality describes the purpose of funded provision; it is not the same as a blanket requirement to keep staff temporary.
An aggregate teacher count or funding allocation is not itself evidence of how many permanent jobs resulted.
Evidence boundary
What this does not establish.
- The reviewed pack did not audit every council allocation through to payroll.
- Mixed funding can make one-to-one attribution of a post to one funding stream difficult.
Original evidence
Check the sources.
Source notes state what was reviewed and the qualification that should remain attached when the material is cited.
Pupil Equity Funding national operational guidance 2026–27: staffing considerations
Scottish Government
Staffing subsection
What this source can and cannot establish
Additionality and employment security are different questions. The guidance does not guarantee an individual post or future funding.
Cabinet Secretary follow-up to Scottish Attainment Challenge evidence
Scottish Government, published by the Scottish Parliament
PDF p. 3: temporary contracts funded by PEF
What this source can and cannot establish
The figures cited concern 2024 and use different bases. They should not be combined into a current 2026 estimate.
Next investigation
04Who gets access to teaching jobs?