For my probation year I was allocated Aberdeenshire through the Teacher Induction Scheme after being based in Aberdeen City and completing all of my uni placements there. Aberdeen City give their probationers an opportunity to interview and allocate either permanent, fixed-term, supply or not successful through the interview. This puts me at a major disadvantage as I did not have that opportunity purely because I was based in the shire through no choice of my own.
Jobs are advertised internally which I can’t access as I don’t work in Aberdeen City and I have had the opportunity to apply for 3 jobs this year based in Aberdeen City. It is completely unfair and needs to be addressed ASAP as [it] is having a negative impact on so many qualified teachers’ wellbeing and is driving educators out of the sector due to the lack of access to jobs and financial security.
This 3 year guarantee proposal is a great idea but will it help the people who are already qualified and stuck without work? – they should be the priority!!
This is answer 61 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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