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In advice for people starting teacher education, Colin McGill encourages students to investigate employment prospects across areas and specialisms. He names Scottish Teachers for Permanence as a group seeking change in access to permanent teaching contracts.
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In advice for people starting teacher education, Colin McGill encourages students to investigate employment prospects across areas and specialisms. He names Scottish Teachers for Permanence as a group seeking change in access to permanent teaching contracts.
The Sunday Post reports on the campaign’s surveys about staffing instability and pupils’ learning. The article includes James Orr’s experience of short-term teaching and responses from teaching unions and the Scottish Government about permanent jobs and classroom continuity.
Douglas Ross cited STfP’s probationer research in a question about employment prospects. The First Minister responded and referred to ministerial engagement with the campaign.
The June 2025 archive records publication of STfP’s probationer survey. The recovered feed contains the title and an introductory excerpt, rather than the full report.
Tes covers STfP’s research into staffing continuity and the effects of insecure teaching contracts on pupils’ learning.
Tes examines proposed reductions to teacher-training recruitment and the gap between training places and available jobs. The report connects the debate to Scottish Teachers for Permanence’s call for lower intake targets to support teachers already seeking employment.
Tes reports on a government letter obtained by STfP through FOI. The article examines possible exceptions to the teacher-numbers agreement and STfP’s response.
A government letter dated 10 December 2024 sets out potential exceptional circumstances for teacher numbers. Tes later reported that STfP obtained it through FOI.
In a ministerial statement, the Education Secretary confirmed meeting STfP representatives about the difficulties teachers faced in securing permanent employment.
STfP reported discussions with the Cabinet Secretary and officials about supply-teacher data, permanent staffing, probationer roles, funding and teacher-training places.
Tes reports Jenny Gilruth’s suggestion that primary teachers struggling to find stable work could gain additional-support-needs qualifications. It also reports Scottish Teachers for Permanence’s call for action on the shortage of secure teaching jobs.
Tes reports on possible reductions in primary teacher-training places and connects them with workforce-planning discussions and Scottish Teachers for Permanence’s campaign. It sets out the proposals being considered and the difficulties qualified teachers faced when seeking permanent posts.
Miles Briggs cited STfP’s campaign for permanent employment in motion S6M-15060, debated on 30 October 2024. The amended motion was not agreed to.
STV reports on qualified teachers taking other work while seeking permanent posts, and includes comments from STfP and the Scottish Government.
Tes examines the number of new teachers leaving after induction and the prospects for permanent employment. The article reports Scottish Teachers for Permanence’s calls to address the shortage of secure jobs and reconsider teacher-training intake.
Tes profiles the campaign and the difficulty qualified teachers face finding secure work. It also reports STfP’s calls for better workforce planning.
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