Topic findings

Contracts & job security

Permanent, temporary and casual work: see what councils record about security in teaching.

What the sources tell us

33 verified findings · 31 numerical series

Aberdeenshire Council2023–2024

Teacher permanency through accrual

Teachers achieving permanency: 2023: 1, 2024: 11

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; no inference is made about teachers outside the reported process.

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Reviewed 2026-09-07

Dumfries and Galloway Council2021/2022–2023/2024
32teachers achieved permanency in 2023/24

Teacher permanency through accrual

Teachers achieving permanency: 2021/2022: 25, 2022/2023: 38, 2023/2024: 32

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; no inference is made about teachers outside the reported process.

Archived document 1b682171 (TXT) · line 22
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Renfrewshire Council2022/23–2024/25

Teacher permanency through accrual

Permanent matches: 2022/23: 10, 2023/24: 39, 2024/25: 3

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; no inference is made about teachers outside the reported process.

Archived document 3f2e78a1 (TXT) · line 39
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Aberdeen City Council2017–2024

Permanent employees by year

Permanent employees: 2017: 1540, 2018: 1599, 2019: 1700, 2020: 1788, 2021: 1826, 2022: 1864, 2023: 1894, 2024: 1961

Context and source

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

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Reviewed 2026-09-07

Aberdeen City Council2017–2024

Fixed term employees by year

Fixed term employees: 2017: 168, 2018: 122, 2019: 196, 2020: 174, 2021: 156, 2022: 186, 2023: 206, 2024: 198

Context and source

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

Archived document 01a3d9b4 (CSV) · lines 1-5
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Aberdeen City Council2017–2024

Relief workers by year

Relief workers: 2017: 564, 2018: 328, 2019: 367, 2020: 371, 2021: 439, 2022: 480, 2023: 500, 2024: 548

Context and source

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

Archived document 01a3d9b4 (CSV) · lines 1-5
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Aberdeenshire Council2017–2025

Teaching staff by status and measure

Fixed term headcount: 2017: 431, 2018: 380, 2019: 415, 2020: 474, 2021: 454, 2022: 449, 2023: 439, 2024: 384, 2025: 396

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; values read from the authority's Headcount/FTE table.

Archived document ca544ed1 (XLSX) · sheet Results!A1:G11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Aberdeenshire Council2017–2025

Teaching staff by status and measure

Fixed term fte: 2017: 332.303, 2018: 277.494, 2019: 325.586, 2020: 385.356, 2021: 342.584, 2022: 336.274, 2023: 322.081, 2024: 278.917, 2025: 290.344

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; values read from the authority's Headcount/FTE table.

Archived document ca544ed1 (XLSX) · sheet Results!A1:G11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Aberdeenshire Council2017–2025

Teaching staff by status and measure

Permanent headcount: 2017: 2860, 2018: 2916, 2019: 2958, 2020: 2947, 2021: 2965, 2022: 2936, 2023: 2955, 2024: 2907, 2025: 2883

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; values read from the authority's Headcount/FTE table.

Archived document ca544ed1 (XLSX) · sheet Results!A1:G11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Aberdeenshire Council2017–2025

Teaching staff by status and measure

Permanent fte: 2017: 2355.09, 2018: 2378.05, 2019: 2398.94, 2020: 2375.57, 2021: 2398.24, 2022: 2382.33, 2023: 2397.39, 2024: 2368.19, 2025: 2327.07

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; values read from the authority's Headcount/FTE table.

Archived document ca544ed1 (XLSX) · sheet Results!A1:G11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Aberdeenshire Council2017–2025

Teaching staff by status and measure

Relief headcount: 2017: 1193, 2018: 1295, 2019: 1368, 2020: 1405, 2021: 1449, 2022: 1478, 2023: 1530, 2024: 1478, 2025: 1422

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; values read from the authority's Headcount/FTE table.

Archived document ca544ed1 (XLSX) · sheet Results!A1:G11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Aberdeenshire Council2017–2025

Teaching staff by status and measure

Relief fte: 2017: 0, 2018: 0, 2019: 0.4, 2020: 0, 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; values read from the authority's Headcount/FTE table.

Archived document ca544ed1 (XLSX) · sheet Results!A1:G11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Angus Council2017-2018–2024-ongoing

Permanent by reporting period

Permanent: 2017-2018: 1086, 2018-2019: 1066, 2019-2020: 1078, 2020-2021: 1041, 2021-2022: 1013, 2022-2023: 1061, 2023-2024: 1085, 2024-ongoing: 1039

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; machine-readable attachment table parsed without aggregation.

Archived document 677b8c78 (XLSX) · sheet FOI-671394549!A3:E11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Angus Council2017-2018–2024-ongoing

Fixed term by reporting period

Fixed term: 2017-2018: 399, 2018-2019: 415, 2019-2020: 460, 2020-2021: 437, 2021-2022: 447, 2022-2023: 497, 2023-2024: 517, 2024-ongoing: 484

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; machine-readable attachment table parsed without aggregation.

Archived document 677b8c78 (XLSX) · sheet FOI-671394549!A3:E11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Angus Council2017-2018–2024-ongoing

Grand total by reporting period

Grand total: 2017-2018: 2256, 2018-2019: 2269, 2019-2020: 2369, 2020-2021: 2379, 2021-2022: 2530, 2022-2023: 2522, 2023-2024: 2648, 2024-ongoing: 2420

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; machine-readable attachment table parsed without aggregation.

Archived document 677b8c78 (XLSX) · sheet FOI-671394549!A3:E11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Argyll and Bute Council2017/18–2024/25

Employees by contract type

Permanent number of employees: 2017/18: 864, 2018/19: 858, 2019/20: 863, 2020/21: 876, 2021/22: 870, 2022/23: 877, 2023/24: 904, 2024/25: 914

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; forward-filled grouped table reconstructed without aggregation.

Archived document 62f16449 (XLSX) · sheet Reply!A1:C26
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Argyll and Bute Council2017/18–2024/25

Employees by contract type

Temporary number of employees: 2017/18: 150, 2018/19: 167, 2019/20: 179, 2020/21: 192, 2021/22: 173, 2022/23: 156, 2023/24: 128, 2024/25: 143

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; forward-filled grouped table reconstructed without aggregation.

Archived document 62f16449 (XLSX) · sheet Reply!A1:C26
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 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

East Dunbartonshire Council2017–2025

Teachers by employment type

Permanent headcount: 2017: 1274, 2018: 1298, 2019: 1329, 2020: 1352, 2021: 1393, 2022: 1438, 2023: 1467, 2024: 1497, 2025: 1488

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; grouped blocks reconstructed without aggregation.

Archived document 4be393cd (XLSX) · sheet Sheet1!A1:C44
Reviewed 2026-09-07

East Dunbartonshire Council2017–2025

Teachers by employment type

Temporary headcount: 2017: 133, 2018: 144, 2019: 129, 2020: 134, 2021: 236, 2022: 227, 2023: 196, 2024: 211, 2025: 235

Context and source

Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Needs status update; grouped blocks reconstructed without aggregation.

Archived document 4be393cd (XLSX) · sheet Sheet1!A1:C44
Reviewed 2026-09-07

East Renfrewshire Council2020-2021–2024

Temp teacher snct fte full time equivalent by reporting period

Temp teacher snct fte full time equivalent: 2020-2021: 260.6, 2021-2022: 290, 2022-2023: 285, 2023-2024: 250.08, 2024: 211.88

Context and source

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

Archived document 80c2f6cc (XLSX) · sheet Sheet1!B2:D11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

East Renfrewshire Council2020-2021–2024

Perm teacher snct fte full time equivalent by reporting period

Perm teacher snct fte full time equivalent: 2020-2021: 1128.2, 2021-2022: 1102.8, 2022-2023: 1152.6, 2023-2024: 1159.59, 2024: 1164.89

Context and source

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

Archived document 80c2f6cc (XLSX) · sheet Sheet1!B2:D11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Highland Council2025–2022

Permanent by reporting period

Permanent: 2025: 1348, 2024: 1373, 2023: 1303, 2022: 1290

Context and source

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

Archived document 073bd7dc (XLSX) · sheet Sheet1!A1:C5
Reviewed 2026-09-07

Highland Council2025–2022

Fixed by reporting period

Fixed: 2025: 514, 2024: 455, 2023: 488, 2022: 538

Context and source

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

Archived document 073bd7dc (XLSX) · sheet Sheet1!A1:C5
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

Orkney Islands Council2025-01-03 request; response 2025-02-20

Teacher-number and contract discussions

The council said that teacher numbers were being maintained and that no discussions about reducing posts or replacing permanent roles with casual supply or fixed-term roles had taken place.

Context and source

Information-not-held response; attributed council statement only.

Archived document de79614b (TXT) · line 11
Reviewed 2026-09-07

North Ayrshire Council2022/23 staffing exercise

North Ayrshire temporary recruitment instruction

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.

Context and source

Internal communication supplied in an FOI response; specified posts and period only.

Archived document c9e64b51 (PDF) · page 1
Reviewed 2026-09-07

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