The CourierMedia coverage · 28 Jul 2022They are using newly qualified teachers to fill schools because they are on a considerably lower salary.
A Dundee NQT without a permanent contract faced relying on foodbanks. Lib Dem figures showed permanent offers to new primary teachers fell from 58% (2016/17) to 23% (2020/21); over half of NQTs in Angus, Dundee and Fife were temporary.
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They are using newly qualified teachers to fill schools because they are on a considerably lower salary.
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- 'We are looking at foodbanks': Newly-qualified teachers speak out on employment struggle facing thousands
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- 24 Sept 2026
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