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Teaching posts, staffing and the campaign’s FOI evidence for Na h-Eileanan Siar: 24 FOI requests, 8 datasets and 10 findings.

Teaching posts that are permanent · 2025
73.7%
31st of 32 · Scotland 81.6%
Teaching posts that are temporary · 2025
24.3%
1st of 32 · Scotland 13.7%
Teachers per 1,000 pupils · 2025
100.9
2nd of 32 · Scotland 75.8
Permanent posts73.7%Temporary posts24.3%Teachers per 1,000 pupils100.9Teacher FTE since 2015−4.1%Pupils since 2015−7.9%
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01 Contracts

How secure are Na h-Eileanan Siar’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 73.7%Temporary (not induction) 24.3%Induction scheme 2.0%

02 Against the other 31

Where Na h-Eileanan Siar ranks

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

Teaching posts that are permanent

73.7% · 31st 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

24.3% · 1st 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

2.0% · 31st 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

100.9 · 2nd 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: 73.7%; Temporary posts: 24.3%; Teachers per 1,000 pupils: 100.9; Teacher FTE since 2015: −4.1%; Pupils since 2015: −7.9%.

03 Staffing

Teachers for every 1,000 pupils

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

  • Na h-Eileanan Siar
  • Scotland
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04 FOI evidence FOI

What Na h-Eileanan Siar 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.

Supply, relief and casual teachers

teachers

  • All
00.511.5220172018201920202021202220232024
Definition and sources

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

Sum of vs-0042 + vs-0044

Contracted teachers who are temporary

% of permanent + temporary

  • All
0%5%10%15%20%25%20172018201920202021202220232024
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 (8)

  • Contracts & job securityFt permanent by yearft_permanent · teaching staff
    1892024Reply →
  • Contracts & job securityFt temporary by yearft_temporary · teaching staff
    332024Reply →
  • Contracts & job securityPt casual by yearpt_casual · teaching staff
    12024Reply →
  • Contracts & job securityPt permanent by yearpt_permanent · teaching staff
    1012024Reply →
  • Supply teachingPt supply by yearpt_supply · teaching staff
    02024Reply →
  • Contracts & job securityPt temporary by yearpt_temporary · teaching staff
    342024Reply →
  • Supply teachingSupply teachers deployed during census weekteachers deployed · all
    102024-09-13Reply →
  • After probationTIS cohortallocated/completed/non-completed · all
    5opted-out-or-did-not-completeReply →
All 24 FOI requests to Na h-Eileanan Siar
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