Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland, No.3: 2012 Edition

Data on pre-school, primary and total teachers along with associated pupil teacher ratios for 2010, 2011 and 2012 have been revised to remove teachers who were double counted as a result of working in both sectors. Therefore these figures have been superseded, please use revised figures in the 2013 publication.

Chart 1: Age profile, school based teachers, 2004 to 2012

Chart 2 shows the age profile of GTCS registered pre-school teachers, where known, as at September 2012. The number of teachers generally increases with age, with a peak in the number of pre-school teachers aged between 54 and 58.