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Teaching posts, staffing and the campaign’s FOI evidence for Falkirk: 24 FOI requests, 6 datasets and 2 findings.

Teaching posts that are permanent · 2025
79.7%
24th of 32 · Scotland 81.6%
Teaching posts that are temporary · 2025
13.9%
13th of 32 · Scotland 13.7%
Teachers per 1,000 pupils · 2025
78.0
13th of 32 · Scotland 75.8
Permanent posts79.7%Temporary posts13.9%Teachers per 1,000 pupils78.0Teacher FTE since 2015+4.2%Pupils since 2015−1.4%
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01 Contracts

How secure are Falkirk’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 79.7%Temporary (not induction) 13.9%Induction scheme 6.4%

02 Against the other 31

Where Falkirk ranks

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

Teaching posts that are permanent

79.7% · 24th 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

13.9% · 13th 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

6.4% · 3rd 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

78.0 · 13th 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: 79.7%; Temporary posts: 13.9%; Teachers per 1,000 pupils: 78.0; Teacher FTE since 2015: +4.2%; Pupils since 2015: −1.4%.

03 Staffing

Teachers for every 1,000 pupils

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

  • Falkirk
  • Scotland
72747678201020122014201620182020202220242025

04 FOI evidence FOI

What Falkirk 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.

New teachers moving into permanent posts

teachers

  • Primary
  • Secondary
01020302022/232023/242024/25
Definition and sources

Probationers the council reports as offered or moving into a permanent post with the council after induction.

New teachers moving into temporary posts

teachers

  • Primary
  • Secondary
510152022/232023/242024/25
Definition and sources

Probationers the council reports as moving into fixed-term or temporary posts with the council.

New teachers moving onto supply lists

teachers

  • Primary
  • Secondary
1020302022/232023/242024/25
Definition and sources

Probationers the council reports as added to its supply, relief or casual list. A place on a list does not guarantee work.

New teachers in permanent council posts

% of reported destinations

  • All
  • Primary
  • Secondary
0%20%40%60%80%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) × 100, primary and secondary added together

All reviewed datasets (6)

  • After probation · harmonisedEmployment destinationspermanent · primary
    02024-25Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedEmployment destinationstemporary · primary
    162024-25Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedEmployment destinationssupply · primary
    222024-25Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedEmployment destinationspermanent · secondary
    92024-25Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedEmployment destinationstemporary · secondary
    72024-25Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedEmployment destinationssupply · secondary
    112024-25Reply →
All 24 FOI requests to Falkirk
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