Chamber and committees

Question reference: S5W-00665

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: 9 June 2016
Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 June 2016

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many additional support for learning teachers there have been each year since 2007, broken down by local authority.

Answer

The following table sets out the number of additional support for learning teachers in each authority since 2007. These figures only represent the number of teachers in Scotland’s schools who have additional support for learning as their main subject. In 2015, 95 per cent of children and young people with additional support needs were recorded as learning within a mainstream school and received support from a wide range of teaching staff across a range of subjects.

Teachers with additional support needs for learning as their main subject, 2007 to 2015

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Aberdeen City	191	184	192	174	161	167	147	116	115
Aberdeenshire	209	227	279	292	286	277	265	242	263
Angus	94	105	97	97	102	93	82	79	82
Argyll and Bute	29	36	41	42	42	43	41	40	45
Clackmannanshire	29	33	35	30	30	26	24	30	30
Dumfries and Galloway	83	125	121	130	124	132	124	120	104
Dundee City	182	169	159	159	148	148	137	138	131
East Ayrshire	55	64	115	110	109	111	111	107	107
East Dunbartonshire	46	66	55	53	50	58	60	53	58
East Lothian	41	44	60	56	58	55	49	50	46
East Renfrewshire	43	46	43	36	34	43	42	42	41
Edinburgh City	166	176	169	168	165	153	150	138	125
Eilean Siar	15	19	25	22	22	21	23	15	14
Falkirk	112	122	148	131	133	124	124	116	108
Fife	233	235	248	236	209	208	211	173	194
Glasgow City	235	240	214	245	236	260	245	220	194
Highland	225	208	216	190	171	163	150	129	161
Inverclyde	49	55	53	47	43	47	46	36	40
Midlothian	44	40	43	40	38	40	60	57	51
Moray	79	96	98	99	99	100	92	87	87
North Ayrshire	104	117	118	116	121	119	125	124	126
North Lanarkshire	186	200	189	185	175	162	140	147	130
Orkney Islands	19	22	20	22	26	27	32	29	29
Perth and Kinross	39	79	70	73	61	68	83	90	89
Renfrewshire	85	78	62	53	57	54	57	52	49
Scottish Borders	78	80	80	65	88	87	81	86	83
Shetland Islands	40	45	52	50	44	41	41	37	41
South Ayrshire	83	76	77	106	101	109	106	103	100
South Lanarkshire	119	146	151	156	158	152	150	137	130
Stirling	27	34	35	43	40	36	38	41	42
West Dunbartonshire	28	45	52	48	51	50	48	60	55
West Lothian	92	90	87	88	76	76	73	71	66
Scotland	3,062	3,301	3,402	3,363	3,258	3,249	3,157	2,963	2,936

This includes teachers in primary, secondary, special schools, and centrally employed teachers, with their main subject recorded as: Learning Support Secondary; Learning Support, Primary; SEN (primary) non-recorded pupils; SEN (recorded pupils); SEN (Secondary) non-recorded pupils; SEN Behavioural Support; SEN Learning Difficulties; SEN Physical Disabilities; Hearing Impairment; or Visual Impairment.

The Scotland total includes teachers at grant aided schools.

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