What the manifesto says
End the endemic use of temporary contracts for teachers by providing ringfenced funding for councils to transfer teachers on temporary contracts onto permanent full-time contracts.
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2026 manifesto source record
Scottish Green Party
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Scope of this review
These extracts were checked against the source PDF. The collection is focused on teacher employment and closely related staffing policy and should not be read as a complete summary of the party's education manifesto. Classification and campaign interpretation remain separate from the quoted source wording.
Before 2026
Earlier coverage
Scottish Parliament
+2Teaching Workforce
Willie Rennie's Lib Dem debate (S6M-17669) called for a new teaching workforce plan. Jenny Gilruth announced a review of the teacher induction scheme and probationer allocation. The amended motion was agreed 89 to 23.
COSLA
Glasgow LiveGlasgow teaching numbers to be returned to 2023 levels under budget deal
Glasgow councillors backed a budget funding 120 extra teachers, after the city's teacher numbers fell from 5,612 in 2023 to 5,492 in 2024 following the previous year's cuts; Labour, SNP and Green councillors traded blame.
Glasgow
The HeraldGlasgow teacher cuts: officials given 'no other choice'
An email to headteachers confirmed the first 172 Glasgow teacher cuts had been actioned (136 FTE in primaries, 36 in secondaries) via an adjusted staffing formula saving £6.741m; Labour said SNP and Green councillors left officials no alternative.
Glasgow
Glasgow TimesMotion concerning Glasgow huge teacher cuts defeated
At full council, a Labour motion calling for the planned removal of 450 teaching posts to be urgently addressed was defeated by SNP and Green councillors, who passed an amendment citing a £107m funding gap and calling for more government funding.
GlasgowGlasgow TimesBig cuts to teachers coming to Glasgow amid budget shortfall
Glasgow City Council's 'education service reform', part of the SNP-Green budget to close a £107m gap, could remove 172 teaching posts across primary and secondary schools to save £27.8m over three years.
Glasgow
The Edinburgh ReporterPlans to cut transition teachers criticised
Edinburgh council budget papers proposed saving £1.6m, rising to £2.4m in 2024/25, mainly by cutting about 20 transition teacher posts. One of those teachers said the staff were on permanent contracts, not temporary Covid-recovery roles.
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