The Record
A sourced record of teacher-employment commitments, political statements, press coverage and official statistics. It is designed to make claims easy to check, not to turn manifestos into campaign verdicts.
Official school census
Share of each Teacher Induction Scheme cohort in a full-time permanent post in a publicly funded Scottish school the following September.
2024/25 cohort · September 2025
The latest census point: 23% full-time permanent, down from a high of 57%.
Use the slider or select a year. These figures describe posts at the census date, not everyone’s contract or employment history.
Source for 2025 ↗| Census year | Induction cohort | Full-time permanent | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2007/08 | 25% | 2008 statistics ↗ |
| 2009 | 2008/09 | 17% | 2009 statistics ↗ |
| 2010 | 2009/10 | 13% | 2010 statistics ↗ |
| 2011 | 2010/11 | 16% | 2011 statistics ↗ |
| 2012 | 2011/12 | 28% | 2012 statistics ↗ |
| 2013 | 2012/13 | 35% | 2013 statistics ↗ |
| 2014 | 2013/14 | 39% | 2014 statistics ↗ |
| 2015 | 2014/15 | 45% | 2015 statistics ↗ |
| 2016 | 2015/16 | 55% | 2016 statistics ↗ |
| 2017 | 2016/17 | 57% | 2017 statistics ↗ |
| 2018 | 2017/18 | 55% | 2018 statistics ↗ |
| 2019 | 2018/19 | 48% | 2019 statistics ↗ |
| 2020 | 2019/20 | 38% | 2020 statistics ↗ |
| 2021 | 2020/21 | 31% | 2021 statistics ↗ |
| 2022 | 2021/22 | 33% | 2022 statistics ↗ |
| 2023 | 2022/23 | 29% | 2023 statistics ↗ |
| 2024 | 2023/24 | 25% | 2024 statistics ↗ |
| 2025 | 2024/25 | 23% | 2025 statistics ↗ |
Coverage since 2008
4 May 2025 · The Sunday Post
The Sunday Post reports STfP surveys about staffing instability and includes responses from unions and the Scottish Government.
View source context1 December 2008 · The Herald
GTCS figures showed 21% of new teachers without work. Labour called it casualisation; Conservatives called it a depressing message.
View source context8 July 2021 · Tes
Gemma Munro describes founding Scotland’s Teachers Working Together for Fair Employment after post-probation unemployment. The piece uses #letusteach. It is not STfP.
View source context2026 manifestos
Source extracts with the original PDF page. Delivery is not assessed here.
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Compare manifestos
Manifesto extracts are linked to their source PDF and page. The current manifesto review is deliberately bounded and is not presented as a complete audit of every education policy in every document. A blank comparison cell means no matching teacher-employment commitment was identified in this review; it does not mean a party is opposed to the policy. Delivery is not assessed here.
Coverage is curated rather than a live news feed. Earlier campaigns are labelled separately from Scottish Teachers for Permanence. The chart uses the official school-census series for full-time permanent posts after induction.
