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Rise in probationers ‘leaves teachers without work’

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Tes · 2 Jul 2021

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TesMedia coverage · 2 Jul 2021

teaching employment is currently a postcode lottery

3,617 probationers were expected to start in August 2021, up from 3,116, while qualified teachers struggled to find jobs. The article includes an Edinburgh-trained teacher who was told two days before the end of term that there were no vacancies in his council.

North Lanarkshire

People named: Beatrice Wishart, Frank McNally

This source refers to a predecessor campaign (#LetUsTeach), not Scottish Teachers for Permanence.

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teaching employment is currently a postcode lottery

Original source: Rise in probationers ‘leaves teachers without work’
Source check recorded: 24 Sept 2026

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