Supply in my area doesn’t really exist now. There have been 3 advertised posts so far this year and they have all been for subject specific cases. So have been unable to get anything. ELC have been pursuing a redundancy plan in its schools for the last few years now which has not made things great either.
If I can[not] get a permanent full time job with a decent salary I’ll have no choice but to leave teaching and that is devastating. Me and my wife are pausing having children because the job market just does not exist.
This is answer 123 of the 269 written answers that teachers let us quote anonymously in the Scottish Teacher Employment Survey 2026. It answers the survey’s last question: what do the people who make decisions about teacher employment need to know?
We have corrected spelling, added paragraph breaks and removed details that could identify anyone. Words in square brackets are ours.