Question reference: S5W-29075
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 15 May 2020
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 June 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-28271 by John Swinney on 20 April 2020, whether it will provide figures for the number of additional support needs (ASN) teachers in each year from 2010 to 2018 using the same category of teacher used in the answer.
Answer
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 from 2010 to 2018.
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
Aberdeen City | 191 | 181 | 187 | 167 | 136 | 128 | 135 | 131 | 131 |
Aberdeenshire | 297 | 292 | 284 | 272 | 248 | 269 | 269 | 255 | 247 |
Angus | 97 | 103 | 94 | 83 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 78 |
Argyll & Bute | 42 | 42 | 43 | 41 | 40 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 49 |
City of Edinburgh | 189 | 182 | 173 | 170 | 155 | 139 | 135 | 131 | 133 |
Clackmannanshire | 30 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 29 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 136 | 128 | 136 | 127 | 122 | 107 | 103 | 96 | 96 |
Dundee City | 165 | 154 | 157 | 146 | 147 | 137 | 126 | 114 | 106 |
East Ayrshire | 110 | 109 | 111 | 111 | 107 | 107 | 112 | 114 | 117 |
East Dunbartonshire | 59 | 57 | 63 | 64 | 56 | 61 | 71 | 62 | 104 |
East Lothian | 56 | 58 | 55 | 49 | 50 | 46 | 43 | 37 | 38 |
East Renfrewshire | 36 | 34 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 45 | 38 | 36 |
Falkirk | 134 | 136 | 127 | 127 | 118 | 110 | 104 | 105 | 96 |
Fife | 236 | 210 | 209 | 212 | 173 | 194 | 199 | 180 | 176 |
Glasgow City | 325 | 280 | 311 | 293 | 260 | 230 | 200 | 157 | 171 |
Highland | 191 | 172 | 164 | 151 | 130 | 165 | 166 | 176 | 175 |
Inverclyde | 49 | 44 | 48 | 46 | 37 | 41 | 46 | 41 | 35 |
Midlothian | 40 | 38 | 40 | 60 | 57 | 51 | 52 | 46 | 53 |
Moray | 103 | 103 | 104 | 97 | 92 | 92 | 82 | 88 | 91 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 24 |
North Ayrshire | 117 | 123 | 121 | 125 | 125 | 126 | 117 | 115 | 108 |
North Lanarkshire | 190 | 180 | 167 | 145 | 146 | 134 | 166 | 154 | 161 |
Orkney Islands | 22 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 31 |
Perth & Kinross | 73 | 62 | 69 | 84 | 92 | 90 | 89 | 88 | 88 |
Renfrewshire | 53 | 58 | 55 | 58 | 53 | 49 | 43 | 42 | 51 |
Scottish Borders | 66 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 78 | 74 | 69 |
Shetland Islands | 50 | 44 | 41 | 41 | 37 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 37 |
South Ayrshire | 106 | 101 | 109 | 106 | 103 | 100 | 94 | 91 | 90 |
South Lanarkshire | 157 | 158 | 152 | 150 | 137 | 130 | 115 | 116 | 111 |
Stirling | 44 | 40 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 42 | 38 | 37 | 37 |
West Dunbartonshire | 48 | 51 | 50 | 48 | 60 | 55 | 47 | 45 | 44 |
West Lothian | 88 | 76 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 62 | 61 | 55 |
All Local Authorities | 3524 | 3384 | 3389 | 3290 | 3075 | 3036 | 2988 | 2836 | 2863 |
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.