Remote primary to shut in new year because of staffing crisis
A remote primary school in the Highlands is to shut in the new year because of a staffing crisis – placing a question mark over its long-term future, according to one councillor. The 17 primary and two...
View ArticleREVEALED: 250 teachers have left their jobs in Aberdeen this year
An army of more than 250 teachers have left the profession in Aberdeen in the last year – as bullying and grievance complaints hit a three-year high. City council chiefs are battling to fill 83 vacant...
View Article‘Eye-watering’ £50million spent on north and north-east supply teachers in...
Councils across northern Scotland have spent more than £50million on supply teachers over the past three years. Schools in Aberdeenshire were the biggest spenders, with a total of £26million pounds...
View Article‘Classroom bouncer’ fears over growing violence in north-east schools
Nearly 1,400 pupils – some as young as five – have been excluded from schools across Aberdeenshire for assaulting other children and staff in just five years – with more than 100 weapons involved. This...
View ArticleNorth teaching crisis deepens: Almost 900 jobs had to be re-advertised
Nearly 900 teaching jobs in the north of Scotland have had to be re-advertised since 2014. Shetland MSP Tavish Scott, the Scottish Liberal Democrats’ education spokesman, said parents would be worried...
View ArticleMoray Council spending on advertising teacher posts slashed – despite...
Moray Council’s advertising spend on teacher vacancies has plummeted – despite the ongoing recruitment crisis. Depsite having to advertise for nearly 300 classroom vacancies last year, the Press and...
View ArticleAxing up to 300 educations jobs proposed in draft Highland Council papers
Potential savings outlined in draft Highland Council papers suggest axing up to 300 education jobs – including 40 teachers and 30 additional needs staff – in a bid to plug a £25.8million budget gap....
View ArticleGMB Union “welcomes” Highland Council decision to save 300 teaching staff
The GMB Union welcomed news that the Highland Council had vetoed proposals to axe 300 specialist teaching roles in schools. The council’s budget team said on Wednesday draft proposals that envisioned...
View ArticleHighland council scrap decision to axe teacher jobs
Highland Council chiefs have scrapped controversial plans to axe up to 40 secondary teachers in a bid to plug a multi-million pound budget gap. The decision followed a public outcry over proposed cuts...
View ArticleJust one teacher dismissed for incompetence in the last 20 years across north...
Just one teacher has been dismissed for incompetence in the last 20 years across all of the north and north-east, it has emerged. Former Dingwall Academy head teacher and now local councillor, Graham...
View ArticleNew approach pays off as 22 new teachers ease Moray recruitment crisis
More than 20 newly trained teachers have been hired to ease classroom shortages across Moray next term, following a shake-up of the recruitment process. The announcement that 22 teachers will fill...
View ArticleJohn Swinney faces call to deliver ‘fair pay’ for all school staff
Education Secretary John Swinney is under growing pressure to ensure all school staff receive the same level of pay rise as teachers. Aberdeenshire-based members of the Unison trade union have written...
View ArticleEight people apply for teaching job on remote Hebridean island
At least eight people have applied to become a teacher for ten children on a remote Hebridean island after a Facebook campaign was launched by parents. The hunt for a teacher on Muck was started after...
View ArticlePupil support assistants in Aberdeen schools ‘abused at work on a regular basis’
Pupil support assistants feel undervalued and are being “abused at work on a regular basis” in the city, it has been claimed. A new GMB survey, which received 423 written responses from PSAs employed...
View ArticleNorth-east schools to start new term 140 teachers short
Schools in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire will start the year with 140 unfilled teacher vacancies. As pupils return to the classroom next week, figures have shown that Aberdeen has 85 unfilled positions,...
View ArticleTeam of probationers ready to teach across Aberdeenshire
Newly qualified teachers are ready to take up new roles in the classroom at schools across Aberdeenshire next week. More than 100 probationers were welcomed at an induction event at Meldrum Academy...
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Guns, knives and furniture used in daily attacks on teachers
North and north-east teachers are being attacked on a daily basis with weapons including BB guns, saws and classroom furniture. Shocking figures have revealed hundreds of such incidents in schools...
View ArticleThree years of school time lost due to teacher stress
Teachers in Aberdeen have taken more than 700 days off due to stress in the space of a year. During the last school year, staff called in sick on 721 days – with some remaining away from the classroom...
View ArticleEducation experts join together to find new head teachers for Scotland’s schools
A crack team of education experts has been assembled to find teachers willing to “rise to the challenge” of leading the nation’s schools. Announced by education secretary John Swinney yesterday, the...
View ArticleDrive to recruit former oil workers into teaching attracts seven people
A Scottish Government scheme set up to help oil workers who lost their jobs in the downturn retrain as teachers has recruited just nine people since it launched. Deputy First Minister John Swinney...
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