A qualifying period is not the same thing as an automatic permanent appointment.
01Partly established
Permanency · Temporary contracts · Council policy
Routes to permanence are not the same across councils
How do council permanency and accrual routes differ, and what actually happens after a teacher meets a threshold?
What the reviewed evidence establishes
What we know.
Reviewed local documents describe materially different service windows and continuity rules.
Some routes lead to a request, vacancy priority or interview; others describe a permanent supply-pool offer.
Evidence boundary
What this does not establish.
- The pack does not verify every council’s operative September 2026 policy.
- Historic or ambiguous policies are not used as an individual eligibility calculator.
Original evidence
Check the sources.
Source notes state what was reviewed and the qualification that should remain attached when the material is cited.
LNCT 24: use of temporary contracts for teaching staff
Highland Council / LNCT
Transfer and continuity provisions; PDF pp. 3–4
What this source can and cannot establish
A right to request, assessment, hours offered and an actual permanent placement are separate events.
Code of Practice on Use of Temporary Contracts: Teachers and Music Instructors
North Lanarkshire Council / JNCT
Sections 4–5; PDF pp. 3–4
What this source can and cannot establish
Supplied by the council with its November 2024 FOI response. Check later amendments before individual advice.
JNC 20: transfer of temporary teaching staff to permanency
Renfrewshire Council / JNC
Eligibility, application, vacancy and hours provisions; PDF pp. 3–5
What this source can and cannot establish
A service week is not a full-time-equivalent week. Approval is not the same as beginning a paid permanent appointment.
Use of Temporary Contracts for Teaching Staff
Aberdeen City Council / LNCT
Section 4, especially 4.2–4.3; PDF pp. 6–7
What this source can and cannot establish
Published agreement reviewed; operation and later amendments were not separately confirmed for September 2026.
LNCT 24-07: transfer of temporary teaching staff to permanency
Aberdeenshire Council / LNCT
PDF pp. 3–5
What this source can and cannot establish
The file contains old two-year wording and a proposed three-year route. Current operative wording requires confirmation.
Next investigation
02When temporary work continues after a contract ends