Clear words for
complicated work.

We campaign for stable contracts, predictable work and secure incomes for teachers across Scotland. Stability matters to teachers’ lives and to continuity in schools. We bring teachers’ experiences and checkable evidence into public discussion and ask decision-makers to explain what they will do.

No. The name reflects where the campaign began, but permanent employment is not the only route to stability. Different forms of teaching work exist. Our concern is whether teachers have fair terms, reliable information and work and income they can plan around.

They are central to the campaign. Temporary and supply arrangements are not all the same, and a label alone does not describe someone’s security. We look at the actual contract, predictability of work, continuity and income. For individual contract questions, speak to your union, Acas or a qualified adviser.

Teachers can share an experience, join eligible research or contribute through the members’ workspace when applications are open. Parents, carers and other supporters can use the evidence, contact an MSP and share campaign briefings. Journalists, researchers and decision-makers can use the public sources and request a briefing.

Scottish Teachers for Permanence is an independent, teacher-led campaign. It campaigns, carries out research and publishes evidence. It does not provide individual employment representation or personalised legal advice.

We keep the source, period, geography, unit, definition and important limitations with a finding. FOI answers and official statistics are checked against the underlying document. We distinguish what a source establishes from our interpretation, preserve suppressed or missing values, and avoid turning one council’s answer into a national claim.

Please send a correction request with the page address and the source or context we should check. We review the underlying material before changing a published claim and keep revision information where it helps readers understand what changed.

The original submission and contact details stay private to authorised reviewers. Publication is anonymous, requires your consent and happens only after review. Light editing may improve spelling or readability and remove identifying details without changing the meaning.

The campaign reviews the question, supporting information and whether it can be answered responsibly. A suggestion is not automatically sent or published. If organisers take it forward, correspondence and findings are reviewed before wider publication.

The original reply is stored privately for authorised review. Sharing it does not make it public. A public summary or excerpt needs separate permission, review and anonymisation, and original files are never published.