Personally, in my opinion and view, I think that employers really need to take their jobs more seriously and think of the impact that their superiority is having on newly qualified teachers’ lives. Taking myself as an example, I have been qualified for four years, I am in my 30s now and I work and study hard.
I have yet to secure a permanent position, even with the local authority I serve with. I have returned to university to study a fourth degree (crazy, I know). Also, I am registered on multiple local authority supply lists however I would rather stay where I have built my service.
I value all work that I have experienced across the different primary schools I have worked in but the HR department across the board, really need to get their act together and start thinking of the frontline workers and the impact that their “decision-making” is having on our lives as educators of the future generations.
This is answer 200 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.