Diversity in the teaching profession: annual data report

Third edition of an annual publication which collates and reports data relating to the ethnic diversity of the teaching profession in Scotland in order to inform future policy development and delivery.


6. Annex B - Ethnicity of Teachers in Scottish Local Authority Schools

In the following tables the ethnic minority group includes the following categories: African – African / Scottish / British, Caribbean or Black – Caribbean / British / Scottish, Asian – Indian/British/Scottish, Asian – Pakistani / British / Scottish, Asian –Bangladeshi / British / Scottish, Asian – Chinese / British / Scottish, Mixed or multiple ethnic groups, Asian – Other, Caribbean or Black – Other, African – Other, Other – Arab, Other – Other.

6.1 Full time equivalent (FTE) ethnic minority teachers by grade and sector, 2018-2022

Promoted posts
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Primary 26 24 32 29 28
Secondary 55 58 56 58 58
Special c c c 5 c
Teachers
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Primary 251 272 292 293 288
Secondary 367 386 439 479 513
Special c c c 31 c
All teachers
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Primary 276 296 324 323 317
Secondary 422 444 496 537 571
Special 35 33 34 36 39

Excludes centrally employed teachers.

Promoted posts includes head teachers, deputy head teacher or principal teachers. From 2022 promoted posts also include lead teachers.

Teachers includes teachers with grade as teacher or chartered teacher.

6.2 Ethnic minority teachers by grade and sector as a percentage of teacher workforce, 2018-2022

Promoted posts
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Primary 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
Secondary 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8
Special c c c 1.1 c
Teachers
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Primary 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
Secondary 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.8
Special c c c 2.0 c
All teachers
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Primary 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2
Secondary 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.3
Special 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9

Excludes centrally employed teachers.

Promoted posts includes head teachers, deputy head teacher or principal teachers. From 2022 promoted posts also include lead teachers.

Teachers includes teachers with grade as teacher or chartered teacher.

6.3 Full time equivalent (FTE) ethnic minority teachers by sector and local authority, 2018-2022

Primary
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Aberdeen City 15 18 21 19 23
Aberdeenshire 10 16 18 21 16
Angus 8 7 6 c c
Argyll and Bute c c 5 c c
City of Edinburgh 28 31 29 29 29
Clackmannanshire c c c c c
Dumfries and Galloway c 6 c 5 c
Dundee City 12 13 12 12 12
East Ayrshire c c c c c
East Dunbartonshire 7 11 14 16 11
East Lothian c c c c c
East Renfrewshire 14 14 17 13 11
Falkirk 8 8 8 8 6
Fife 11 14 17 14 16
Glasgow City 81 76 84 79 83
Highland c c c c 5
Inverclyde c c c 6 6
Midlothian 6 6 5 6 5
Moray c c c c c
Na h-Eileanan Siar 0 0 0 0 0
North Ayrshire c c c c c
North Lanarkshire 14 12 18 22 17
Orkney Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Perth and Kinross c c c c c
Renfrewshire 6 5 7 7 6
Scottish Borders 0 c c c c
Shetland Islands c c c c c
South Ayrshire c c c c c
South Lanarkshire 12 12 12 9 11
Stirling c c c c c
West Dunbartonshire c c c c c
West Lothian 13 13 17 16 19
All local authorities 276 296 324 322 316
Secondary
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Aberdeen City 23 29 31 35 46
Aberdeenshire 27 31 32 31 35
Angus 10 9 8 c 7
Argyll and Bute c c 5 7 c
City of Edinburgh 34 40 44 49 70
Clackmannanshire c c c c 5
Dumfries and Galloway c c 5 5 5
Dundee City 14 16 14 18 16
East Ayrshire 6 9 10 9 10
East Dunbartonshire 11 12 16 15 14
East Lothian 8 5 5 8 6
East Renfrewshire 18 18 23 27 20
Falkirk 8 9 11 11 13
Fife 24 20 24 26 22
Glasgow City 101 103 111 125 133
Highland 14 10 11 15 13
Inverclyde c c c c 5
Midlothian 8 11 13 13 13
Moray c c c 6 c
Na h-Eileanan Siar c c 0 0 0
North Ayrshire 6 5 5 5 5
North Lanarkshire 9 11 13 16 18
Orkney Islands c c c c c
Perth and Kinross 5 5 c 6 5
Renfrewshire 11 10 15 12 16
Scottish Borders c c 12 8 11
Shetland Islands c c c c c
South Ayrshire 6 c 5 7 5
South Lanarkshire 30 34 34 33 33
Stirling 5 c 5 5 c
West Dunbartonshire c 8 5 5 6
West Lothian 15 17 20 20 21
All local authorities 422 444 496 536 570
Special
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Aberdeen City c c c 0 c
Aberdeenshire c c c c c
Angus z z z z z
Argyll and Bute 0 0 0 0 0
City of Edinburgh 6 6 6 8 7
Clackmannanshire 0 0 0 0 0
Dumfries and Galloway 0 0 c c 0
Dundee City 0 c c 0 c
East Ayrshire 0 0 0 0 c
East Dunbartonshire c c c c c
East Lothian z z z z z
East Renfrewshire c c c c c
Falkirk c c c c c
Fife c c 0 0 0
Glasgow City 7 5 8 9 11
Highland c c c c 0
Inverclyde c c c c c
Midlothian c 0 0 0 c
Moray z z z z z
Na h-Eileanan Siar z z z z z
North Ayrshire 0 0 0 0 0
North Lanarkshire c c c c c
Orkney Islands z z z z z
Perth and Kinross 0 0 0 0 0
Renfrewshire c c c c c
Scottish Borders 0 0 0 0 0
Shetland Islands z z z z z
South Ayrshire 0 0 0 0 0
South Lanarkshire c c c c c
Stirling 0 0 0 0 0
West Dunbartonshire c c c c c
West Lothian c c c c c
All local authorities 35 33 34 36 39

Excludes centrally employed teachers.

Local authority FTEs are rounded separately so the breakdown may not sum to the total shown for all local authorities.

6.4 Ethnic minority teachers by sector and local authority as a percentage of teacher workforce, 2018-2022

Primary
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Aberdeen City 2 2 2 2 3
Aberdeenshire 1 1 1 1 1
Angus 1 1 1 c c
Argyll and Bute c c 1 c c
City of Edinburgh 2 2 2 2 2
Clackmannanshire c c c c c
Dumfries and Galloway c 1 c 1 c
Dundee City 2 2 2 2 2
East Ayrshire c c c c c
East Dunbartonshire 1 2 2 3 2
East Lothian c c c c c
East Renfrewshire 2 2 3 2 2
Falkirk 1 1 1 1 1
Fife 1 1 1 1 1
Glasgow City 3 3 3 3 3
Highland c c c c 0
Inverclyde c c c 2 2
Midlothian 1 1 1 1 1
Moray c c c c c
Na h-Eileanan Siar 0 0 0 0 0
North Ayrshire c c c c c
North Lanarkshire 1 1 1 1 1
Orkney Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Perth and Kinross c c c c c
Renfrewshire 1 1 1 1 1
Scottish Borders 0 c c c c
Shetland Islands c c c c c
South Ayrshire c c c c c
South Lanarkshire 1 1 1 1 1
Stirling c c c c c
West Dunbartonshire c c c c c
West Lothian 1 1 2 2 2
All local authorities 1 1 1 1 1
Secondary
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Aberdeen City 3 4 4 5 6
Aberdeenshire 2 3 3 2 3
Angus 2 2 1 c 1
Argyll and Bute c c 1 2 c
City of Edinburgh 2 3 3 3 4
Clackmannanshire c c c c 2
Dumfries and Galloway c c 1 1 1
Dundee City 2 3 2 3 3
East Ayrshire 1 2 2 2 2
East Dunbartonshire 2 2 2 2 2
East Lothian 2 1 1 2 1
East Renfrewshire 3 3 3 4 3
Falkirk 1 1 1 1 2
Fife 2 1 1 2 1
Glasgow City 5 5 5 5 5
Highland 1 1 1 1 1
Inverclyde c c c c 1
Midlothian 2 3 3 3 3
Moray c c c 1 c
Na h-Eileanan Siar c c 0 0 0
North Ayrshire 1 1 1 1 1
North Lanarkshire 1 1 1 1 1
Orkney Islands c c c c c
Perth and Kinross 1 1 c 1 1
Renfrewshire 1 1 2 1 2
Scottish Borders c c 2 2 2
Shetland Islands c c c c c
South Ayrshire 1 c 1 1 1
South Lanarkshire 2 2 2 2 2
Stirling c c 1 c c
West Dunbartonshire c 2 1 1 1
West Lothian 2 2 2 2 2
All local authorities 2 2 2 2 2
Special
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Aberdeen City c c c 0 c
Aberdeenshire c c c c c
Angus z z z z z
Argyll and Bute 0 0 0 0 0
City of Edinburgh 4 4 4 5 4
Clackmannanshire 0 0 0 0 0
Dumfries and Galloway 0 0 c c 0
Dundee City 0 c c 0 c
East Ayrshire 0 0 0 0 c
East Dunbartonshire c c c c c
East Lothian z z z z z
East Renfrewshire c c c c c
Falkirk c c c c c
Fife c c 0 0 0
Glasgow City 2 2 3 3 3
Highland c c c c 0
Inverclyde c c c c c
Midlothian c 0 0 0 c
Moray z z z z z
Na h-Eileanan Siar z z z z z
North Ayrshire 0 0 0 0 0
North Lanarkshire c c c c c
Orkney Islands z z z z z
Perth and Kinross c 0 0 0 0
Renfrewshire c c c c c
Scottish Borders 0 0 0 0 0
Shetland Islands z z z z z
South Ayrshire 0 0 0 0 0
South Lanarkshire c c c c c
Stirling 0 0 0 0 0
West Dunbartonshire c c c c c
West Lothian c c c c c
All local authorities 2 2 2 2 2

Excludes centrally employed teachers.

Local authority percentages are rounded separately so the breakdown may not sum to the total shown for all local authorities.

6.5 Full time equivalent (FTE) teachers by ethnicity and local authority, 2022

FTE
  White Ethnic minority Not Disclosed Not Known
Aberdeen City 1,579 71 121 43
Aberdeenshire 2,617 56 43 7
Angus 1,059 10 61 15
Argyll and Bute 798 8 8 1
City of Edinburgh 3,440 112 56 63
Clackmannanshire 534 9 2 8
Dumfries and Galloway 1,263 8 30 69
Dundee City 1,278 32 25 18
East Ayrshire 1,208 13 9 0
East Dunbartonshire 1,268 27 40 24
East Lothian 937 7 38 44
East Renfrewshire 1,296 32 24 4
Falkirk 1,595 20 12 20
Fife 3,431 40 97 89
Glasgow City 4,647 249 510 320
Highland 2,202 18 63 39
Inverclyde 732 13 6 17
Midlothian 978 19 12 57
Moray 921 8 16 15
Na h-Eileanan Siar 303 c c 0
North Ayrshire 1,310 7 36 69
North Lanarkshire 3,556 43 33 73
Orkney Islands 243 c c 3
Perth and Kinross 1,167 9 63 134
Renfrewshire 1,651 24 33 56
Scottish Borders 1,004 14 25 2
Shetland Islands 320 5 0 3
South Ayrshire 1,101 10 10 8
South Lanarkshire 3,285 47 50 105
Stirling 914 7 19 29
West Dunbartonshire 904 12 4 6
West Lothian 1,860 42 56 99
All local authorities 49,401 977 1,517 1,441
Percentage
  White Ethnic minority Not Disclosed Not Known
Aberdeen City 87 4 7 2
Aberdeenshire 96 2 2 0
Angus 92 1 5 1
Argyll and Bute 98 1 1 0
City of Edinburgh 94 3 2 2
Clackmannanshire 97 2 0 1
Dumfries and Galloway 92 1 2 5
Dundee City 94 2 2 1
East Ayrshire 98 1 1 0
East Dunbartonshire 93 2 3 2
East Lothian 91 1 4 4
East Renfrewshire 96 2 2 0
Falkirk 97 1 1 1
Fife 94 1 3 2
Glasgow City 81 4 9 6
Highland 95 1 3 2
Inverclyde 95 2 1 2
Midlothian 92 2 1 5
Moray 96 1 2 2
Na h-Eileanan Siar 96 c c 0
North Ayrshire 92 1 3 5
North Lanarkshire 96 1 1 2
Orkney Islands 96 c c 1
Perth and Kinross 85 1 5 10
Renfrewshire 94 1 2 3
Scottish Borders 96 1 2 0
Shetland Islands 97 2 0 1
South Ayrshire 97 1 1 1
South Lanarkshire 94 1 1 3
Stirling 94 1 2 3
West Dunbartonshire 98 1 0 1
West Lothian 90 2 3 5
All local authorities 93 2 3 3

Local authority FTEs and percentages are rounded separately so the breakdown may not sum to the totals shown for all local authorities.

6.6 Number and percentage of ethnic minority probationers by sector, for probationer cohorts 2018/19 to 2022/23

Number of ethnic minority probationers
Probationer Cohort 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Primary 24 37 38 33 35
Secondary 33 34 58 57 47
Percentage of probationers from an ethnic minority background
Probationer Cohort 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
Primary 1.5 2.1 2.2 1.9 2.2
Secondary 2.7 2.6 4.3 3.8 3.6

6.7 Minority Ethnic Post-probationers teaching in the year following their probation year

PRIMARY - Percentage of minority ethnic probationers
Probationer Cohort 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Permanent 38 21 22 16 c
Temporary c 46 49 55 c
Other c 33 30 29 52
Headcount of teachers in Cohort 24 24 37 38 33
PRIMARY - Percentage of all probationers
Probationer Cohort 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Permanent 55 43 30 23 20
Temporary 33 41 54 54 44
Other 12 17 17 23 36
Headcount of teachers in Cohort 1714 1625 1774 1767 1709
SECONDARY - Percentage of minority ethnic probationers
Probationer Cohort 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Permanent 50 48 26 40 23
Temporary 25 24 41 38 35
Other 25 27 32 22 42
Headcount of teachers in Cohort 20 33 34 58 57
SECONDARY - Percentage of all probationers
Probationer Cohort 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
Permanent 61 59 52 45 50
Temporary 25 26 35 40 27
Other 13 15 14 16 23
Headcount of teachers in Cohort 1132 1213 1308 1365 1508

The "Other" category includes those teaching elsewhere, including in the independent sector, those who have found supply work, and those who are unemployed or who have left teaching, although this detail is not included in the census data.

6.8 Full time equivalent (FTE) ethnic minority teachers by sector and sex 2022

FTE Minority Ethnic Teachers
  Female Male All %Female
Primary 284 33 317 90
Secondary 380 191 571 67
Special 30 8 39 78
FTE All Teachers
  Female Male All %Female
Primary 22682 2769 25451 89
Secondary 16214 8660 24874 65
Special 1626 471 2097 78

Excludes centrally employed teachers.

6.9 Scotland's Census 2011 - Ethnic Group by Local Authority

Ethnic Group by Local Authority
  White: Scottish White: Other British White: Irish White: Polish White: Other including White: Gypsy/ Traveller Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British Other ethnic groups Minority ethnic
Total 84% 8% 1% 1% 2% 3% 1% 4%
Aberdeen City 75% 8% 1% 3% 5% 4% 4% 8%
Aberdeenshire 82% 12% 0% 1% 2% 1% 1% 2%
Angus 88% 8% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Argyll and Bute 79% 17% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 1%
City of Edinburgh 70% 12% 2% 3% 5% 6% 3% 8%
Clackmannanshire 88% 7% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2%
Dumfries and Galloway 80% 16% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 1%
Dundee City 84% 5% 1% 1% 2% 4% 2% 6%
East Ayrshire 93% 5% 1% 0% 1% 1% 0% 1%
East Dunbartonshire 89% 5% 1% 0% 1% 3% 1% 4%
East Lothian 86% 9% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 2%
East Renfrewshire 87% 4% 2% 0% 1% 5% 1% 6%
Falkirk 91% 5% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2%
Fife 86% 9% 1% 1% 2% 2% 1% 2%
Glasgow City 79% 4% 2% 1% 2% 8% 4% 12%
Highland 80% 15% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 1%
Inverclyde 94% 3% 1% 0% 1% 1% 0% 1%
Midlothian 90% 6% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2%
Moray 78% 18% 0% 1% 2% 1% 0% 1%
Na h-Eileanan Siar 87% 10% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0% 1%
North Ayrshire 92% 5% 1% 0% 1% 1% 0% 1%
North Lanarkshire 93% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 0% 2%
Orkney Islands 79% 18% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 1%
Perth and Kinross 82% 11% 1% 2% 2% 1% 1% 2%
Renfrewshire 91% 3% 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 3%
Scottish Borders 79% 16% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 1%
Shetland Islands 81% 14% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 2%
South Ayrshire 90% 7% 1% 0% 1% 1% 0% 1%
South Lanarkshire 92% 4% 1% 0% 1% 2% 1% 2%
Stirling 82% 11% 1% 1% 2% 2% 1% 3%
West Dunbartonshire 93% 3% 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% 2%
West Lothian 88% 6% 1% 2% 1% 2% 1% 2%

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