Question reference: S5W-36006
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many unfilled teaching posts there are in (a) Aberdeen, (b) Aberdeenshire, (c) Angus and (d) Dundee, and what action it is taking to reduce the number of these posts.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information as the recruitment and deployment of all staff in local authority schools is a matter for individual Councils.
We are firmly of the view that we will need all possible teaching resources at our disposal to compensate for any loss of learning suffered since the start of the pandemic, as well as to bring much needed resilience to the education system at this challenging time. Since the start of the pandemic we have committed over £375 million to education recovery. This includes a combination of spend to support learning, including investments to support the recruitment of additional teachers and support staff.