My concern is the children! I interviewed in April before the Easter holidays. I was told [the evening before] that I was to start [the next day; dates removed] in a school I didn’t know. I got given a stage I have never taught and no support from SLT.
It has been shocking. The strain on my MH has been immense. I had no grasp on the children I was going to be teaching and this has had a huge impact on them over the first few weeks. I think [it] is a disgrace that it takes a L.A nearly 5 months to recruit and place teachers.
This is answer 23 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?
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