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Teaching posts, staffing and the campaign’s FOI evidence for North Lanarkshire: 24 FOI requests, 4 datasets and 3 findings.

Teaching posts that are permanent · 2025
81.1%
21st of 32 · Scotland 81.6%
Teaching posts that are temporary · 2025
13.9%
12th of 32 · Scotland 13.7%
Teachers per 1,000 pupils · 2025
76.8
18th of 32 · Scotland 75.8
Permanent posts81.1%Temporary posts13.9%Teachers per 1,000 pupils76.8Teacher FTE since 2015+8.6%Pupils since 2015−1.6%
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01 Contracts

How secure are North Lanarkshire’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 81.1%Temporary (not induction) 13.9%Induction scheme 5.0%

02 Against the other 31

Where North Lanarkshire ranks

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

Teaching posts that are permanent

81.1% · 21st 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% · 12th 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

5.0% · 11th 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

76.8 · 18th 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: 81.1%; Temporary posts: 13.9%; Teachers per 1,000 pupils: 76.8; Teacher FTE since 2015: +8.6%; Pupils since 2015: −1.6%.

03 Staffing

Teachers for every 1,000 pupils

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

  • North Lanarkshire
  • Scotland
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04 FOI evidence FOI

What North Lanarkshire 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.

All reviewed datasets (4)

  • After probation · harmonisedTIS places allocatedallocated places · all
    1472022-23Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedTIS completionscompleted TIS · all
    1412022-23Reply →
  • After probationSeptember employment outcomespermanent/fixed-term/supply/not-in-teaching · primary
    0not-in-teachingReply →
  • After probationSeptember employment outcomespermanent/fixed-term/supply/not-in-teaching · secondary
    3not-in-teachingReply →
All 24 FOI requests to North Lanarkshire
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