STV NewsMedia coverage · 8 Jun 2025Qualified teachers are enduring years of short-term, zero hours contracts yet some schools are advertising roles over and over again
Lib Dem FOI data showed 1,357 teaching posts readvertised in two years, including a Papa Westray post vacant since 2019; Shetland readvertised 90, Argyll and Bute 70, Highland 62, while Western Isles advertised a PE post nine times.
Orkney
Shetland
Argyll & Bute
Highland
Eilean Siar
Moray
Aberdeen City
COSLAPeople named: Willie Rennie
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Qualified teachers are enduring years of short-term, zero hours contracts yet some schools are advertising roles over and over again
- Original source
- Teaching post in Orkney primary school vacant since March 2019
- Source check recorded
- 24 Sept 2026
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