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South Ayrshire

Teaching posts, staffing and the campaign’s FOI evidence for South Ayrshire: 23 FOI requests, 8 datasets and 2 findings.

Teaching posts that are permanent · 2025
77.9%
26th of 32 · Scotland 81.6%
Teaching posts that are temporary · 2025
16.0%
7th of 32 · Scotland 13.7%
Teachers per 1,000 pupils · 2025
83.7
6th of 32 · Scotland 75.8
Permanent posts77.9%Temporary posts16.0%Teachers per 1,000 pupils83.7Teacher FTE since 2015+8.2%Pupils since 2015−2.3%
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01 Contracts

How secure are South Ayrshire’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 77.9%Temporary (not induction) 16.0%Induction scheme 6.1%

02 Against the other 31

Where South Ayrshire ranks

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

Teaching posts that are permanent

77.9% · 26th 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

16.0% · 7th 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

6.1% · 5th 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

83.7 · 6th 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: 77.9%; Temporary posts: 16.0%; Teachers per 1,000 pupils: 83.7; Teacher FTE since 2015: +8.2%; Pupils since 2015: −2.3%.

03 Staffing

Teachers for every 1,000 pupils

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

  • South Ayrshire
  • Scotland
758085201020122014201620182020202220242025

04 FOI evidence FOI

What South Ayrshire 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 (8)

  • After probationSouth Ayrshire total probationerstotal probationers · all
    552023/24Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedSouth Ayrshire successfully completedsuccessfully completed · primary
    362023/24Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedSouth Ayrshire successfully completedsuccessfully completed · secondary
    192023/24Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedSouth Ayrshire permanent offerspermanent offers · primary
    22023/24Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedSouth Ayrshire permanent offerspermanent offers · secondary
    42023/24Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedSouth Ayrshire added to supplyadded to supply · primary
    292023/24Reply →
  • After probation · harmonisedSouth Ayrshire added to supplyadded to supply · secondary
    112023/24Reply →
  • After probationTIS cohortallocated/completed/non-completed · all
    6opted out/did not completeReply →
All 23 FOI requests to South Ayrshire
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