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Teaching posts, staffing and the campaign’s FOI evidence for Aberdeenshire: 24 FOI requests, 17 datasets and 15 findings.

Teaching posts that are permanent · 2025
88.0%
2nd of 32 · Scotland 81.6%
Teaching posts that are temporary · 2025
8.9%
31st of 32 · Scotland 13.7%
Teachers per 1,000 pupils · 2025
72.4
29th of 32 · Scotland 75.8
Permanent posts88.0%Temporary posts8.9%Teachers per 1,000 pupils72.4Teacher FTE since 2015−2.3%Pupils since 2015+1.5%
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01 Contracts

How secure are Aberdeenshire’s teaching posts?

Teaching-post FTE by contract type at each September census. Induction-scheme posts are the probation year.

Sector
  • Permanent
  • Temporary (not induction)
  • Induction scheme
0%20%40%60%80%100%202020212022202320242025
2025Permanent 88.0%Temporary (not induction) 8.9%Induction scheme 3.1%

02 Against the other 31

Where Aberdeenshire ranks

Each dot is a council. The dashed line is Scotland.

Teaching posts that are permanent

88.0% · 2nd of 32 · 2025

Scotland 81.6%Angus: 88.3%Aberdeenshire: 88.0%Clackmannanshire: 87.6%Perth and Kinross: 86.6%Aberdeen City: 86.2%Argyll and Bute: 86.2%South Lanarkshire: 86.1%Dundee City: 85.7%North Ayrshire: 84.9%Dumfries and Galloway: 84.7%Orkney Islands: 84.2%City of Edinburgh: 84.0%Scottish Borders: 83.6%Moray: 83.3%Stirling: 83.0%East Dunbartonshire: 83.0%Midlothian: 82.4%East Lothian: 82.2%Shetland Islands: 81.5%West Lothian: 81.5%North Lanarkshire: 81.1%East Ayrshire: 80.4%Highland: 80.0%Falkirk: 79.7%Renfrewshire: 78.2%South Ayrshire: 77.9%West Dunbartonshire: 77.6%East Renfrewshire: 77.2%Glasgow City: 75.7%Fife: 74.1%Na h-Eileanan Siar: 73.7%Inverclyde: 73.2%72%90%

Teaching posts that are temporary

8.9% · 31st of 32 · 2025

Scotland 13.7%Na h-Eileanan Siar: 24.3%Fife: 22.0%Inverclyde: 21.3%Glasgow City: 18.8%West Dunbartonshire: 18.1%Renfrewshire: 17.7%South Ayrshire: 16.0%Highland: 15.5%East Renfrewshire: 14.6%Shetland Islands: 14.6%East Ayrshire: 14.0%North Lanarkshire: 13.9%Falkirk: 13.9%Midlothian: 13.4%West Lothian: 13.3%Orkney Islands: 13.3%Moray: 13.1%East Lothian: 12.3%Scottish Borders: 12.2%Argyll and Bute: 12.1%North Ayrshire: 12.0%Dumfries and Galloway: 11.3%City of Edinburgh: 11.1%Stirling: 10.8%Dundee City: 9.9%Perth and Kinross: 9.8%South Lanarkshire: 9.7%Aberdeen City: 9.4%East Dunbartonshire: 9.3%Angus: 9.0%Aberdeenshire: 8.9%Clackmannanshire: 8.1%8%26%

Teaching posts held by probationers

3.1% · 28th of 32 · 2025

Scotland 4.7%East Renfrewshire: 8.3%East Dunbartonshire: 7.7%Falkirk: 6.4%Stirling: 6.2%South Ayrshire: 6.1%East Ayrshire: 5.7%Inverclyde: 5.6%Glasgow City: 5.5%East Lothian: 5.5%West Lothian: 5.2%North Lanarkshire: 5.0%City of Edinburgh: 4.9%Highland: 4.5%Dundee City: 4.4%Aberdeen City: 4.4%West Dunbartonshire: 4.3%Clackmannanshire: 4.3%South Lanarkshire: 4.3%Scottish Borders: 4.3%Midlothian: 4.1%Renfrewshire: 4.1%Dumfries and Galloway: 4.1%Shetland Islands: 4.0%Fife: 3.9%Moray: 3.6%Perth and Kinross: 3.6%North Ayrshire: 3.1%Aberdeenshire: 3.1%Angus: 2.8%Orkney Islands: 2.5%Na h-Eileanan Siar: 2.0%Argyll and Bute: 1.8%2%9%

Teachers per 1,000 pupils

72.4 · 29th of 32 · 2025

Scotland 75.8Shetland Islands: 102.3Na h-Eileanan Siar: 100.9Orkney Islands: 90.8Clackmannanshire: 86.9Argyll and Bute: 84.9South Ayrshire: 83.7North Ayrshire: 80.7East Dunbartonshire: 79.4Inverclyde: 79.4Angus: 78.8Highland: 78.4Stirling: 78.2Falkirk: 78.0Glasgow City: 77.9Dumfries and Galloway: 77.4Perth and Kinross: 77.4East Renfrewshire: 76.9North Lanarkshire: 76.8Moray: 76.3Scottish Borders: 75.9West Dunbartonshire: 75.4South Lanarkshire: 75.0East Ayrshire: 74.5Midlothian: 74.4West Lothian: 74.3Fife: 74.3Dundee City: 73.1Aberdeen City: 72.5Aberdeenshire: 72.4Renfrewshire: 72.4East Lothian: 67.9City of Edinburgh: 67.165105

Fingerprint: Permanent posts: 88.0%; Temporary posts: 8.9%; Teachers per 1,000 pupils: 72.4; Teacher FTE since 2015: −2.3%; Pupils since 2015: +1.5%.

03 Staffing

Teachers for every 1,000 pupils

A staffing ratio across all school sectors, not class size. Scotland includes grant-aided schools.

  • Aberdeenshire
  • Scotland
727476201020122014201620182020202220242025

04 FOI evidence FOI

What Aberdeenshire told us

Figures from the council’s own replies to campaign FOI requests. Each council counts things its own way, so read definitions before comparing.

Probationers requested by the council

teachers

  • Primary
  • Secondary
0501002018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/24
Definition and sources

Induction-scheme places the council asked for or bid for in the session.

New teachers in permanent council posts

% of reported destinations

  • All
0%5%10%15%20%25%2022/232023/242024/25
Definition and sources

Permanent destinations divided by all destinations the same council reported in the same reply, for the same session and sector. Each council defines its categories slightly differently.

permanent ÷ (permanent + temporary + supply + left) × 100, primary and secondary added together

Supply, relief and casual teachers

teachers

  • All
1,2001,3001,4001,5001,600201720182019202020212022202320242025
Definition and sources

Teachers held on supply, relief or casual lists. People on a list may work very little or not at all.

Contracted teachers who are temporary

% of permanent + temporary

  • All
0%5%10%15%201720182019202020212022202320242025
Definition and sources

Temporary contracts divided by permanent plus temporary contracts, from the same council reply and period. Supply lists are excluded.

temporary ÷ (permanent + temporary) × 100

All reviewed datasets (17)

  • Contracts & job securityTeacher permanency through accrualteachers_achieving_permanency · teachers on temporary contracts
    112024Reply →
  • Recruitment & vacanciesUnsuccessful teaching interviewsunsuccessful_interview_applications · teaching position applications
    3,3202023/24Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedProbationers and contract outcomesprobationers_requested_primary · primary/secondary teachers
    942023-24Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedProbationers and contract outcomesprobationers_requested_secondary · primary/secondary teachers
    442023-24Reply →
  • After probationProbationers and contract outcomesprobationers_employed_primary · primary/secondary teachers
    912023-24Reply →
  • After probationProbationers and contract outcomesprobationers_employed_secondary · primary/secondary teachers
    122023-24Reply →
  • Class sizes & staffing · harmonisedClass sizes and teacher employmentaverage_primary_class_size · primary schools
    23.22023Reply →
  • Contracts & job security · harmonisedTeaching staff by status and measurefixed_term_headcount · teachers
    3962025Reply →
  • Contracts & job securityTeaching staff by status and measurefixed_term_fte · teachers
    290.32025Reply →
  • Contracts & job security · harmonisedTeaching staff by status and measurepermanent_headcount · teachers
    2,8832025Reply →
  • Contracts & job securityTeaching staff by status and measurepermanent_fte · teachers
    2,327.12025Reply →
  • Contracts & job security · harmonisedTeaching staff by status and measurerelief_headcount · teachers
    1,4222025Reply →
  • Contracts & job securityTeaching staff by status and measurerelief_fte · teachers
    02025Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedAggregate employment outcomesfixed-term · all
    9September 2025Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedAggregate employment outcomesno-longer-employed · all
    9September 2025Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedAggregate employment outcomespermanent · all
    4September 2025Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedAggregate employment outcomesrelief · all
    16September 2025Reply →
All 24 FOI requests to Aberdeenshire
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