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One in five newly qualified teachers now unemployed

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The Herald · 2008 · exact date not recorded

The Herald

GTCS figures showed 21% of new teachers without work. Labour called it casualisation; Conservatives called it a depressing message.

People named: Fiona Hyslop, Rhona Brankin, Liz Smith

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SNP “hell bent on the casualisation of teaching”.

The live page does not print a calendar date. The month is inferred from the October 2008 GTCS survey it reports.

Original source: One in five newly qualified teachers now unemployed
Statistical series: GTCS survey (not the school census)
Source check recorded: 11 Sept 2026

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