Question reference: S5W-35415
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 22 February 2021
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many teachers are in post, and how this compares with May 2007.
Answer
Information on the number of teachers in posts was collected in the September 2020 school staff census and were published in December in the 2020 the Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland, available here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/summary-statistics-schools-scotland-2020/
The Scottish Government collects data on an annual basis in the school staff census in September of each year so does not hold data on the number of teachers in post in May 2007. Information on the numbers of teacher in post in the September 2006 staff census, from the same academic year as May 2007, is available in table 6.1 of the 2019 Teacher Census Supplementary Statistics, available here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/teacher-census-supplementary-statistics/