Teacher vacancies 2018
- Published
- 10 December 2018
- Directorate
- Learning Directorate
- Topic
- Education
The table included is a snapshot of advertised vacancies for local authority teaching posts as at September 2018.
Teacher vacancies 2018
The statistics also show posts that had been first advertised more than three months before and remained unfilled at September. This information is not formal statistics.
It should be noted that the vacancy figures are inflated the inclusion in some areas of Pupil Equity Funding (PEF) additional posts, most notably in Glasgow City Council in 2017.
The information on teacher vacancies and on recruitment into initial teacher education will be used to inform the 2019 to 2020 teacher workforce planning exercise which provides guidance to the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) on setting student intakes to initial teacher education.
Table 1: Permanent full and part time teacher vacancies, 2018
Note: these figures exclude head and depute head teachers.
| Local authority |
Pre-school/primary vacancies |
Pre-school/primary vacancies which are > three months |
Secondary vacancies |
Secondary vacancies which are > three months |
| Aberdeen City |
28 |
15 |
32 |
13 |
| Aberdeenshire |
14 |
6 |
33 |
12 |
| Angus |
2 |
0 |
22 |
13 |
| Argyll & Bute |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
| Clackmannanshirt |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| Dumfries & Galloway |
5 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
| Dundee City |
5 |
1 |
13 |
6 |
| East Ayrshire |
9 |
3 |
12 |
1 |
| East Dunbartonshire |
12 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
| East Lothian |
6 |
0 |
15 |
7 |
| East Renfrewshire |
6 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
| Edinburgh, City of |
2 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
| Falkirk |
6 |
0 |
17 |
3 |
| Fife |
16 |
16 |
24 |
24 |
| Glasgow City |
43 |
2 |
40 |
16 |
| Highland |
5 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
| Inverclyde |
0 |
0 |
8 |
5 |
| Midlothian |
2 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
| Moray |
6 |
1 |
21 |
0 |
| Na h-Eilean Siar |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
| North Ayrshire |
4 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
| North Lanarkshire |
5 |
2 |
16 |
9 |
| Orkney Islands |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| Perth & Kinross |
1 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
| Renfrewshire |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Scottish Borders |
7 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
| Shetland Islands |
1 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
| South Ayrshire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| South Lanarkshire |
10 |
0 |
25 |
12 |
| Stirling |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
| West Dunbartonshire |
3 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
| West Lothian |
1 |
0 |
10 |
7 |
| Total |
204 |
49 |
402 |
148 |
Table 2: Permanent full time headteacher and depute headteacher vacancies, 2018
| Sector |
Headteachers |
Depute Headteachers |
| Primary |
55 |
47 |
| Secondary |
6 |
19 |
Table 3: Permanent full and part time secondary teacher vacancies by subject, 2018
| Subject |
2018 |
| Principal Teachers |
68 |
| English |
51 |
| Gaelic |
1 |
| Modern Languages |
16 |
| Maths |
60 |
| Biology |
10 |
| Chemistry |
10 |
| Physics |
18 |
| General Science |
1 |
| Geography |
2 |
| History |
3 |
| Modern Studies |
3 |
| Business Studies |
19 |
| Computing |
11 |
| Home Economics |
23 |
| Psychology |
0 |
| Technical Studies |
23 |
| Art |
1 |
| Drama |
7 |
| Music |
15 |
| Religious Education |
8 |
| Physical Education |
14 |
| Learning Support |
8 |
| Additional Support Needs |
25 |
| Other |
5 |
| Total |
402 |
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