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Highland Council has the highest education vacancy rate in Scotland amid concerns temporary contracts are impacting ‘on our children’s education’

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Inverness CourierMedia coverage · 30 Aug 2024

if it is looking after children numbers then we should have better planning mechanisms in order to have permanent contracts

Highland had 126 education vacancies on myjobscotland, 61% temporary and 31% permanent, far more than comparable rural councils; opposition leader Alasdair Christie called for an investigation into the temporary contract disparity.

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Perth & Kinross

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if it is looking after children numbers then we should have better planning mechanisms in order to have permanent contracts

Original source: Highland Council has the highest education vacancy rate in Scotland amid concerns temporary contracts are impacting ‘on our children’s education’
Source check recorded: 24 Sept 2026

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