Information pertaining to probationary teachers: FOI release

Information requested

1. What percentage of probationer teachers opted for the Preference Waiver Payment during the Student Teacher Probation Allocation Scheme?

2. The number of probationer teachers who opted for the Preference Waiver Payment during the Student Teacher Probation Allocation Scheme?

3. How many probationer teachers did not receive their first preference placement for their probationary year?

4. How many probationer teachers received their first preference placement for their probationary year for the 2022- 23 academic year?

5. How many probationer teachers received their second preference placement for their probationary year for the 2022-23 academic year?

6. How many probationer teachers received their third preference placement for their probationary year for the 2022-23 academic year?

7. How many probationer teachers received their fourth preference placement for their probationary year for the 2022-23 academic year?

8. How many probationer teachers received their fifth preference placement for their probationary year for the 2022-23 academic year?

9. How many probationer teachers did not receive any of their preferences for their probationary year for the 2022- 23 academic year?

10. How many probationer teachers who opted for the Preference Waiver Payment did each council receive for the 2022-23 academic year?

Response

We have assumed that all 10 of your questions relate to the 2022-23 Teacher Induction Scheme (TIS).

1. At time of allocation, 10.2% (rounded) of eligible probationer teachers opted for the Preference Waiver Payment.

2. At time of allocation, 10.2% (rounded) of eligible probationer teachers opted for the Preference Waiver Payment.

3-8, Information on preference placements is held by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS). This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

9. All probationers who express a preference are allocated to one of their five preferred authorities.

10. Probationer teachers who opted for the Preference Waiver Payment were allocated as per the table below:
 

Aberdeen City Council	11
Aberdeenshire Council	12
Angus Council	4
Argyll and Bute Council	1
City of Edinburgh Council	2
Clackmannanshire Council	3
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	2
Dumfries and Galloway Council	12
Dundee City Council	7
East Ayrshire Council	6
East Dunbartonshire Council	0
East Lothian Council	7
East Renfrewshire Council	0
Falkirk Council	4
Fife Council	53
Glasgow City Council	0
Highland Council	6
Inverclyde Council	4
Midlothian Council	2
Moray Council	50
North Ayrshire Council	7
North Lanarkshire Council	1
Orkney Islands Council	5
Perth and Kinross Council	2
Renfrewshire Council	1
Scottish Borders Council	15
Shetland Islands Council	2
South Ayrshire Council	17
South Lanarkshire Council	8
Stirling Council	2
West Dunbartonshire Council	1
West Lothian Council	7

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