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Teaching posts, staffing and the campaign’s FOI evidence for East Dunbartonshire: 24 FOI requests, 3 datasets and 3 findings.

Teaching posts that are permanent · 2025
83.0%
16th of 32 · Scotland 81.6%
Teaching posts that are temporary · 2025
9.3%
29th of 32 · Scotland 13.7%
Teachers per 1,000 pupils · 2025
79.4
8th of 32 · Scotland 75.8
Permanent posts83.0%Temporary posts9.3%Teachers per 1,000 pupils79.4Teacher FTE since 2015+15.3%Pupils since 2015+6.5%
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01 Contracts

How secure are East Dunbartonshire’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 82.9%Temporary (not induction) 9.3%Induction scheme 7.7%

02 Against the other 31

Where East Dunbartonshire ranks

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

Teaching posts that are permanent

83.0% · 16th 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

9.3% · 29th 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

7.7% · 2nd 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

79.4 · 8th 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: 83.0%; Temporary posts: 9.3%; Teachers per 1,000 pupils: 79.4; Teacher FTE since 2015: +15.3%; Pupils since 2015: +6.5%.

03 Staffing

Teachers for every 1,000 pupils

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

  • East Dunbartonshire
  • Scotland
7274767880201020122014201620182020202220242025

04 FOI evidence FOI

What East Dunbartonshire 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.

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 (3)

  • Contracts & job security · harmonisedTeachers by employment typepermanent_headcount · teachers
    1,4882025Reply →
  • Contracts & job security · harmonisedTeachers by employment typetemporary_headcount · teachers
    2352025Reply →
  • Supply teaching · harmonisedTeachers by employment typesupply_headcount · teachers
    6332025Reply →
All 24 FOI requests to East Dunbartonshire
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