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Protecting teacher numbers, pupil support staff and learning hours

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Scottish Government · 7 Feb 2023

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Scottish GovernmentGovernment · 7 Feb 2023

Places remain available for probationer teachers who need them through the Teacher Induction Scheme.

Ministers write to COSLA spokespeople making £233.5m conditional on councils keeping teacher and support-staff numbers at 2022 census levels and keeping Teacher Induction Scheme places for all probationers; £37m is tied to TIS places.

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People named: Shirley-Anne Somerville, John Swinney, Katie Hagmann, Tony Buchanan

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Places remain available for probationer teachers who need them through the Teacher Induction Scheme.

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