Paid 3 grades below what I should have been
I am expected to do my job to the same standard as a permanent member of staff despite not having access to Seemis, Glow, or any of my resources or be able to connect a USB to school computers.
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- 98Teacher voice
Probationers prioritised over teachers seeking work for years
Why are we still training so many primary teachers every year when so few jobs are available? Universities need to drastically cut teacher training numbers until the job situation is resolved.
- 99Teacher voice
Relying on food banks to keep my young family
I am in a very serious amount of debt, relying on food banks, welfare grants and Universal Credit advance payments to survive and keep my young family.
- 100Teacher voice
Retrained in the pandemic, now back to freelancing
6 years on, I’m back freelancing, doing the hustle, juggling with single parenting and doubting the conviction of my decisions.
- 101Teacher voice
Same school five years, no post through central recruitment
My HT was shocked I didn’t secure a post and would have loved to have kept me however has openly said we were a ‘tick box school’ and was unwilling to bend any rules to keep me.
- 102Teacher voice
Three months with no income over the summer
What other job requires a person to jump through so many hoops to get hee haw at the end of it???
- 103Teacher voice
Told I’d get 7 hours, timesheet said 5.5
I refuse to take the cut, and have been told by schools I would be paid 7 hours, only to see the 5.5 on my timesheet. I am a professional, not a hobbyist working for pin money.
- 104Teacher voice
Working, but moving between short-term posts
It makes it much harder to make longer-term financial decisions, such as applying for a mortgage or planning where to live, when you do not know whether you will have employment after the end date of your current contract.
- 105Guide
Making sense of teacher workforce figures
People, posts and working hours tell different stories. Here is how to read the numbers and avoid misleading comparisons.
- 106Teacher voice
I want to teach, but I need security
Since qualifying as a teacher, finding stable employment has been incredibly difficult. I have continued to work across different schools and settings, including both mainstream and ASN, gaining experience and developing professionally, yet I am still reliant
- 107Teacher voice
A teacher’s experience
I completed my probation year 25/26 and was completely let down by my council who had promised us interviews for permanence from the start. They completely pivoted and told us it was unlikely we would receive any work until January 2027. When they did advertis
- 108Teacher voice
Qualified, experienced and desperate for the chance to teach: the reality for teachers in Scotland
It can feel as though experience is actually working against teachers. Experienced teachers come with a higher salary cost, and with councils facing huge financial pressures, it can feel like there is an incentive to employ someone newer to the profession beca