Teacher Vacancies and Probationer Allocations 2010

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Table 2: Posts vacant for more than 3 months (1) by sector and subject

Vacancies

% of full

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

complement

Pre-school

10

27

27

22

7

7

2

4

0.3

Primary

Head, Depute Head

41

35

32

11

17

39

16

13

0.4

Other

127

71

102

73

33

22

26

23

0.1

Total Primary

168

106

133

84

51

61

42

36

0.2

of which Gaelic medium (2)

#

7

4

1

1

2

1

-

-

Secondary (by main subject)

Head, Depute Head

5

8

6

8

2

6

9

5

0.3

Maths

11

33

33

10

6

31

7

7

0.3

English

3

28

39

13

10

18

3

9

0.3

Modern Languages

7

11

14

6

5

5

4

1

0.1

Science (general)

2

3

-

1

-

-

-

2

1.4

Biology

1

5

6

3

-

3

-

-

-

Chemistry

-

6

12

3

3

2

-

2

0.2

Physics

3

7

11

1

3

2

1

1

0.1

Geography

1

2

2

2

-

1

-

-

-

History

1

4

10

1

-

2

1

-

-

Modern Studies

-

9

5

2

-

3

-

-

-

Business Studies

1

7

8

-

3

4

1

-

-

Computing

5

7

6

1

1

-

-

-

-

Home Economics

2

9

13

10

11

9

7

8

0.9

Technical Studies

5

15

21

4

3

8

3

2

0.2

Art

3

1

4

10

1

2

1

1

0.1

Music

3

6

10

4

1

1

4

-

-

Religious Education

-

7

7

3

4

3

1

1

0.2

Physical Education

1

7

7

1

7

6

-

2

0.1

Drama

-

1

4

-

2

1

1

-

-

Learning Support

3

9

16

3

5

6

8

4

0.4

Additional Support Needs (3)

#

#

#

6

3

7

3

4

0.5

Other

6

1

10

1

1

2

1

1

0.1

Total Secondary

63

185

244

91

71

122

55

50

0.2

of which Gaelic medium (2)

#

4

2

-

-

1

2

1

1.6

Special

9

18

35

49

8

4

10

-

-

Centrally Employed (4)

#

#

#

#

1

6

7

4

0.3

Total

250

335

439

245

138

200

115

95

0.2

Educational Psychologists (2)

Permanent

#

5

9

7

17

6

20

16

3.7

Project based

#

2

-

-

1

-

2

-

-

(1) See footnote to Table 1 regarding Edinburgh data. There were no long term vacancies in Edinburgh in the 2008, 2009 and 2010 surveys. The teaching complement for Edinburgh secondary subjects is only included in the totals in Table 2.
Vacancy data not available for Aberdeenshire 2003.
(2) Gaelic medium and educational psychologist vacancy data not collected prior to 2004.
(3) Additional Support Needs vacancy data collected for the first time in 2006. These may previously have been included in either the "other" category or under "Special" school vacancies. Some authorities may still be including this under "Special".
(4) Centrally employed category not collected prior to 2007.

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