Anonymous survey answerSurvey Nº 057
Head teachers are requesting staff but the local authority say no and replace staff with new people a lot.
Published 5 October 2026 · 1 min read
Head teachers are requesting staff but the local authority say no and replace staff with new people a lot.
This is answer 57 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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