Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many computing science teachers it expects will be recruited in 2024.
The recruitment of teachers is a matter for local authorities. Details on the number of teachers employed in Scotland’s schools will be available in the annual teacher census which is due to be published in December.
The university intake targets for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) for the academic year 2024-25 are set by the Scottish Funding Council. The ITE target for Computing Science for 2024-25 is 52.