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The HeraldOfficial post-probationer data showed only 24% of the 2024/25 cohort found permanent work in their first year, down from 58% in 2016/17; only three councils now hire more NQTs permanently than temporarily.
The Scotsman
Experienced temporary teachers began lobbying MSPs over fears the SNP's pledged three-year guaranteed placement for new teachers (the Teacher Jobs Guarantee) would squeeze their route to permanent posts; FOI papers show ministers still considering it.
The Herald
Glasgow City Council is pursuing the Glasgow City Parents Group for over £40,000 in costs after its failed judicial review of the now-abandoned plan to cut about 450 teaching posts. The piece recaps FOI emails on softening budget wording around teacher reductions.
Glasgow
SSTASSTA blames specialist secondary shortages on years of poor workforce planning and worsening conditions, and highlights continued use of temporary and short-term contracts affecting newly qualified teachers.
EISAndrea Bradley tells the 2026 AGM the workload deal will cut class contact and create jobs, with an extra £40 million to get more teachers into schools and begin tackling the precarity that has affected the profession for years.
Ferret Fact Service rated Meghan Gallacher's claim Mostly True: FTE teachers rose only 75 between 2020 and 2025 (53,400 to 53,475) against a 3,500 pledge, and an estimated 939 surplus primary teachers were not working by 2022-23.
The Scotsman
Official data showed post-induction primary teachers in full-time permanent jobs fell from 41.1% (2018/19) to 10.8% (2024/25); secondary fell from 57.9% to 42.5%. The Lib Dems and NASUWT criticised workforce planning.
Inverness CourierA council answer to Cllr Alasdair Christie showed 57 unfilled teaching vacancies across Highland, with pressure in STEM, English and primary cover; council leader Raymond Bremner expected the primary picture to improve.
Highland
GTC ScotlandGTCS published 'Reimagining Teacher Education in Scotland: Teacher Induction', feeding into the government's review of the Teacher Induction Scheme, with five recommendations including reaffirming the true purpose of induction and aligning funding.
TesThe GTCS said the Teacher Induction Scheme had drifted towards probationers filling vacancies rather than development, and called for one national induction model. 4,372 provisionally registered teachers on 11 March 2026: 2,258 on TIS, 2,114 on the flexible route.
EISEIS suspends industrial action after the Scottish Government, COSLA and EIS agree the promised 90-minute cut in weekly class contact time, which the union says will create jobs for newly and recently qualified teachers seeking secure work.
COSLADeal with the EIS, ratified by COSLA, phases in a 90-minute cut in class contact time from August 2027, with £40m in 2026-27 to recruit the additional teachers needed and later funding modelled jointly with COSLA.
COSLACoverage is a curated selection, not an exhaustive archive. Dates are shown only at the precision recorded. Related topics do not establish causation.
This is a curated public record, not a live or exhaustive news feed. Each item is dated and linked to its source. Material from before the current campaign is not presented as Scottish Teachers for Permanence activity.
