Question reference: S5W-22108
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 13 March 2019
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2019
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13573 by John Swinney on 9 January 2018 and to question S5W-15654 by John Swinney on 15 April 2018, whether it will provide the information for 2018 regarding the number of additional support for learning (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants there were in each local authority.
Answer
(a) Additional Support Needs (ASN) Teachers - Full Time Equivalents
The following table sets out the full time equivalent of additional support for learning teachers in each authority in 2018.
This includes teachers with their main subject recorded as: Learning Support Secondary; Learning Support, Primary; Special Educational Needs (SEN) (primary) non-recorded pupils; SEN (recorded pupils); SEN (Secondary) non-recorded pupils; SEN Behavioural Support; SEN Learning Difficulties; SEN Physical Disabilities; Hearing Impairment; Visual Impairment; or English as an Additional Language (EAL). Teachers from all sectors, primary, secondary, special schools and centrally employed, are included. Teachers in grant-aided schools are not included.
FTE | 2018 |
Aberdeen City | 131 |
Aberdeenshire | 247 |
Angus | 78 |
Argyll & Bute | 49 |
Clackmannanshire | 29 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 96 |
Dundee City | 106 |
East Ayrshire | 117 |
East Dunbartonshire | 104 |
East Lothian | 38 |
East Renfrewshire | 36 |
Edinburgh City | 133 |
Falkirk | 96 |
Fife | 175 |
Glasgow City | 171 |
Highland | 175 |
Inverclyde | 35 |
Midlothian | 53 |
Moray | 91 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 24 |
North Ayrshire | 108 |
North Lanarkshire | 160 |
Orkney Islands | 31 |
Perth & Kinross | 88 |
Renfrewshire | 51 |
Scottish Borders | 69 |
Shetland Islands | 37 |
South Ayrshire | 90 |
South Lanarkshire | 111 |
Stirling | 37 |
West Dunbartonshire | 44 |
West Lothian | 55 |
All local authorities | 2,862 |
Statistics reported in S5W-13573 and S5W-15654 also include special schools with their main subject recorded as primary teaching. In 2018 there were 575 FTE teachers in special schools with their main subject recorded as primary teaching (these teachers are not included in the above table).
(b) Classroom Assistants, Additional Support Needs Auxiliaries and Care Assistants - Full Time Equivalents
The following table sets out the full time equivalent of Classroom Assistants, Additional Support Needs Auxiliaries and Care Assistants support staff in each authority in 2018. Staff in grant-aided schools are not included.
FTE | 2018 |
Aberdeen City | 508 |
Aberdeenshire | 736 |
Angus | 266 |
Argyll & Bute | 393 |
Clackmannanshire | 149 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 285 |
Dundee City | 290 |
East Ayrshire | 322 |
East Dunbartonshire | 304 |
East Lothian | 219 |
East Renfrewshire | 204 |
Edinburgh City | 864 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 84 |
Falkirk | 402 |
Fife | 848 |
Glasgow City | 1,584 |
Highland | 966 |
Inverclyde | 322 |
Midlothian | 249 |
Moray | 268 |
North Ayrshire | 345 |
North Lanarkshire | 893 |
Orkney Islands | 46 |
Perth & Kinross | 324 |
Renfrewshire | 318 |
Scottish Borders | 272 |
Shetland Islands | 112 |
South Ayrshire | 276 |
South Lanarkshire | 701 |
Stirling | 189 |
West Dunbartonshire | 273 |
West Lothian | 609 |
All local authorities | 13,620 |