Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland No.4 : 2013 Edition
This contains the results of the annual pupil census, annual teacher census, pre-school data, school estates data, attendance and absence data and exclusions data.
Teachers
Table 2.1 shows the teacher numbers in publicly funded schools for all sectors. There were 22,905 teachers in primary schools, 23,695 in secondary schools, 2,020 in special schools, 1,170 employed centrally and 1,256 in pre-school centres. In 2013, there were 50,932 teachers in local authority schools (including centrally employed teachers), compared to 51,100 in 2012.
Table 2.1: Teachers in publicly funded schools by sector, by LA, 2013(1)
| Pre-school (2) | School | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre-based | Home visiting | Primary | Secondary | Special | Centrally employed | ||
| Aberdeen City | 81 | - | 760 | 740 | 81 | 25 | 1,687 |
| Aberdeenshire | 107 | - | 1,302 | 1,209 | 48 | 35 | 2,701 |
| Angus | 5 | - | 557 | 570 | - | 26 | 1,157 |
| Argyll & Bute | 9 | - | 413 | 434 | 12 | - | 868 |
| Clackmannanshire | 15 | 1 | 238 | 228 | 19 | 8 | 509 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 46 | - | 594 | 754 | 7 | 133 | 1,533 |
| Dundee City | 39 | 4 | 623 | 680 | 68 | 22 | 1,436 |
| East Ayrshire | 16 | - | 523 | 552 | 53 | 11 | 1,155 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 28 | - | 499 | 601 | 63 | 21 | 1,211 |
| East Lothian | 49 | 2 | 418 | 461 | - | 24 | 954 |
| East Renfrewshire | 36 | - | 516 | 656 | 28 | 6 | 1,242 |
| Edinburgh City | 132 | 1 | 1,458 | 1,483 | 192 | 79 | 3,345 |
| Eilean Siar | 5 | - | 159 | 174 | - | 6 | 344 |
| Falkirk | 28 | - | 739 | 738 | 72 | 19 | 1,596 |
| Fife | 84 | 5 | 1,726 | 1,633 | 70 | 79 | 3,596 |
| Glasgow City | 74 | - | 2,150 | 2,031 | 440 | 192 | 4,888 |
| Highland | 20 | 5 | 1,010 | 1,208 | 38 | 85 | 2,365 |
| Inverclyde | 12 | - | 326 | 357 | 44 | 6 | 745 |
| Midlothian | 33 | 3 | 364 | 411 | 26 | 31 | 867 |
| Moray | 8 | - | 389 | 445 | - | 43 | 885 |
| North Ayrshire | 40 | - | 611 | 639 | 46 | 37 | 1,374 |
| North Lanarkshire | 72 | - | 1,627 | 1,651 | 213 | 12 | 3,575 |
| Orkney Islands | 9 | - | 114 | 128 | - | 9 | 259 |
| Perth & Kinross | 34 | 9 | 673 | 630 | 19 | 17 | 1,382 |
| Renfrewshire | 29 | - | 715 | 759 | 84 | 23 | 1,610 |
| Scottish Borders | 35 | - | 485 | 509 | - | 105 | 1,133 |
| Shetland Islands | 8 | - | 155 | 169 | - | 8 | 340 |
| South Ayrshire | 39 | - | 502 | 526 | 25 | 29 | 1,120 |
| South Lanarkshire | 79 | - | 1,512 | 1,501 | 147 | 13 | 3,253 |
| Stirling | 8 | - | 397 | 486 | 17 | 34 | 942 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 8 | - | 416 | 429 | 41 | 23 | 918 |
| West Lothian | 71 | 1 | 917 | 853 | 89 | 9 | 1,939 |
| All local authorities(3) | 1,256 | 32 | 22,888 | 23,644 | 1,942 | 1,170 | 50,932 |
| Grant aided (4) | - | - | 17 | 51 | 78 | - | 145 |
| Total | 1,256 | 32 | 22,905 | 23,695 | 2,020 | 1,170 | 51,078 |
(1) These figures refer to full-time equivalents of teachers - see background notes 3.2, 3.3 and 6.1.
(2) Includes partnership pre-school centres.
(3) See background note 3.4 for information on double counting of teacher FTE between primary and pre-school centres.
(4) In September 2013 there were eight grant aided schools, one mainstream with primary and secondary departments, and seven special schools. These schools are included in national totals, but are identified separately in local authority level tables.
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