The HeraldMedia coverage · 19 Feb 2021Many local authorities do not value the work of supply teachers as they feel they would be paid for doing little or no work.
SSTA survey of 120 secondary supply teachers found over 61% had no teaching work in January 2021 despite government funding for extra teachers; one feared using a food bank, another was told to apply for clerical jobs.
COSLAPeople named: Seamus Searson, Patrick Roach, Larry Flanagan
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Many local authorities do not value the work of supply teachers as they feel they would be paid for doing little or no work.
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- Coronavirus Scotland: Supply teachers hit by jobs crisis
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- 24 Sept 2026
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