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Table 7.4: Average age of primary school teachers, 2003-2007

Average age

Percentage aged 55+

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Aberdeen City

43

42

43

42

42

14

17

18

18

19

Aberdeenshire

44

44

44

44

44

15

18

19

20

19

Angus

44

43

43

43

43

14

14

15

16

17

Argyll & Bute

47

45

46

46

46

17

16

21

23

24

Clackmannanshire

44

42

44

43

42

15

14

18

22

21

Dumfries & Galloway

44

43

43

44

44

13

14

17

19

19

Dundee City

44

43

44

43

43

16

18

21

22

21

East Ayrshire

46

44

45

44

44

17

20

21

22

23

East Dunbartonshire

43

42

44

43

43

16

17

19

20

21

East Lothian

42

41

42

41

42

13

13

14

16

17

East Renfrewshire

42

40

41

41

41

12

12

13

13

14

Edinburgh, City of

42

41

43

42

42

13

14

15

16

20

Eilean Siar

45

43

44

44

43

25

22

21

23

21

Falkirk

42

41

41

41

41

13

12

14

14

15

Fife

43

42

43

43

43

12

13

15

15

16

Glasgow City

44

44

44

44

44

14

15

16

19

20

Highland

46

44

45

45

45

16

17

19

20

22

Inverclyde

46

45

45

45

44

17

18

18

20

20

Midlothian

44

43

43

43

43

16

15

18

18

22

Moray

45

43

44

45

45

13

14

15

18

18

North Ayrshire

45

44

45

45

44

15

18

17

22

23

North Lanarkshire

44

42

42

41

41

15

16

16

16

16

Orkney Islands

45

44

44

44

44

19

18

17

18

23

Perth & Kinross

44

42

44

43

42

16

16

17

19

19

Renfrewshire

45

44

45

44

43

15

17

18

18

20

Scottish Borders

44

43

43

43

43

15

16

15

15

16

Shetland Islands

43

41

43

42

43

12

12

15

13

14

South Ayrshire

47

45

46

45

44

19

16

19

22

21

South Lanarkshire

43

41

42

42

43

11

12

13

14

17

Stirling

44

42

42

42

42

14

13

15

17

16

West Dunbartonshire

44

42

43

43

43

16

14

17

19

19

West Lothian

42

41

42

42

41

12

13

12

12

14

Scotland

44

44

43

43

43

14

15

16

18

19

National figures here.

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