Summary Statistics for Schools in Scotland, No 5: 2014 Edition

In table 2.4 the "Other" category includes those teaching elsewhere, including in the independent sector, those who have found supply work, and those who are unemployed or who have left teaching, although this detail is not included in the census data. Table 2.5 shows that some of these teachers secure posts as they become available later in the year or in subsequent years. For example while 63 per cent of the 2008/09 cohort were present in the 2010 census, in the following censuses the percentage increased to 68 per cent in 2011, 69 per cent 2012, and 70 per cent in 2013 and 2014.

Table 2.5: Percentage of post-probationers in permanent or temporary employment, 2007 to 2014