TesMedia coverage · 27 Jun 2023The more confident councils are in their budgets, the more permanent contracts there will be - that is an iron law.
North Lanarkshire told 130 teachers they would have no contract after the summer, as GTCS data showed just 20% of new primary teachers had permanent jobs in September 2022, despite £145.5m to councils to protect teacher numbers.
North LanarkshirePeople named: Graham Donaldson, Douglas Hutchison, Jenny Gilruth
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The more confident councils are in their budgets, the more permanent contracts there will be - that is an iron law.
- Original source
- Teacher recruitment failings: what is happening in Scotland?
- Statistical series
- GTCS survey (not the school census)
- Source check recorded
- 24 Sept 2026
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