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2026 manifesto source record
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Relevant manifesto extracts
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What the manifesto says
excessive use of short-term and zero hours contracts for teachers and ensure pupils have the teachers and subject choice they deserve, by: Creating a new School Workforce Strategy, developed and agreed with local authorities.
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Before 2026
Scottish Parliament
+1Names STfP
At the education committee, convener Douglas Ross asked Jenny Gilruth when she had last met Scottish Teachers for Permanence. She said a meeting was scheduled, pointed to inconsistent council use of contracts and a 'huge overreliance on probation', and committed to a review.
COSLA
STV NewsLib 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 CityCOSLAScottish Parliament
+2Willie 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
The ScotsmanOn the day census figures show 621 fewer FTE teachers, Gilruth releases the £145.5m and offers £186.5m next year under a COSLA deal to restore 2023 levels; Willie Rennie calls it an embarrassing climb-down.
COSLA
Inverness CourierHighland had 126 education vacancies on myjobscotland, 61% temporary and 31% permanent, far more than comparable rural councils; opposition leader Alasdair Christie called for an investigation into the temporary contract disparity.
HighlandArgyll & Bute
Aberdeenshire
Perth & KinrossMoray
Aberdeen LiveGTCS figures obtained by the Lib Dems showed 1,337 teachers left the register within five years of starting since 2018, with 338 in the latest year; Willie Rennie linked it to probationers not getting stable contracts.
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