Strange how more experience left we without any interviews – and the cynic in me wondered if it had anything to do with my approaching two years service, which would see me placed on my council’s temp to perm list and eligible for a permanent position if and when it became available.
Scotland's teacher-led campaign
Stable work for
Scotland's
teachers.
Good education needs continuity. We campaign for stable contracts, predictable work and secure incomes for teachers across Scotland.
01 / Our purpose
Teaching demands commitment.
Teachers need secure work.
A teacher should not have to wait for a call to know whether they can work or pay their bills. Teachers need contracts they can build a life around. We bring their experiences and the evidence into the public conversation so stability is taken seriously.
Meet the campaignA national measure, with limits
23.5%of the 2024/25 TIS cohort were in a full-time permanent post at the September 2025 census.
Permanent employment is one indicator. This figure alone does not tell us how stable every teacher’s work or income is.
Scottish Government · Table 1.6 ↗02 / The evidence
Qualification does not guarantee
stable work.
The national picture matters. So do the differences between sectors, councils and years. Explore the data, understand the definitions, and draw on the original sources.
See the underlying dataEvidence in publicFOI investigation
What the agreement
leaves open.
A letter obtained through freedom of information helped expose the detail of the teacher-numbers agreement.
Tes reported the campaign's findings on 27 January 2025. The article examines the exemptions and the campaign's response.
Read the investigation coverage03 / Teacher voices
What insecure work
means in practice.
There is a person behind every employment statistic. Hear what insecurity means to teachers themselves.
Explore teacher voices04 / In the public conversation
What has been reported.
What has been discussed.
Public findings
Every figure starts
with a question.
Read source-checked findings from councils and national bodies. Follow the context, compare figures and make up your own mind.
144completed the induction scheme in 2024–25
Probationer completion
144 completed TIS by June 2025: 75 primary and 69 secondary.
Context and source
Authority response; allocation/non-completion referred to an earlier request.
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32teachers achieved permanency in 2023/24
Teacher permanency through accrual
Teachers achieving permanency: 2021/2022: 25, 2022/2023: 38, 2023/2024: 32
Context and source
Archived dashboard status (April 2026): Successful; no inference is made about teachers outside the reported process.
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8–14supply teachers deployed per day during census week
Census-week supply deployment
The council recorded 8, 14, 12, 12 and 10 supply teachers deployed Monday to Friday during 9–13 September 2024.
Context and source
Successful response; counts are authority-specific.
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