It’s the most draining, anxiety-inducing process for those of us who have qualified and been through probation year and have to worry every summer about if they’ll have a job come August, or if their service will break, or if they can actually enjoy their summer.
I had an experience where my service broke because of a family member passing and the council wouldn’t allow any leeway for that with my service. I also think it’s awful that different councils offer different levels of service for permanency, it should be across the board of how much service you need to have.
I think that the need for teachers in class is so much, class sizes are getting bigger and the level of need is getting higher with no support, you aren’t getting it right for any child at that point.
This is answer 183 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.