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Diversity in the teaching profession: annual data report 2025

Fifth edition of an annual publication which aims to gather and share data relating to the diversity of the teaching profession in order to inform and evaluate future work.


7.3 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) minority ethnic teachers by sector and local authority, 2019-2024

Local authority FTEs are rounded separately so the breakdown may not sum to the total shown for all local authorities.

Excludes centrally employed teachers and grant-aided schools.

7.3.1 Minority ethnic teachers (FTE) by local authority – Primary

Local authority 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Aberdeen City 18 21 19 23 21 20
Aberdeenshire 16 18 21 16 17 12
Angus 7 6 c c c c
Argyll and Bute c 5 c c c 4
City of Edinburgh 31 29 29 29 34 32
Clackmannanshire c c c c c c
Dumfries and Galloway 6 c 5 c 5 5
Dundee City 13 12 12 12 12 10
East Ayrshire c c c c c c
East Dunbartonshire 11 14 16 11 11 11
East Lothian c c c c 5 c
East Renfrewshire 14 17 13 11 13 13
Falkirk 8 8 8 6 5 6
Fife 14 17 14 16 14 12
Glasgow City 76 84 79 83 77 64
Highland c c c 5 6 5
Inverclyde c c 6 6 5 5
Midlothian 6 5 6 5 8 9
Moray c c c c c 4
Na h-Eileanan Siar 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Ayrshire c c c c c c
North Lanarkshire 12 18 22 17 16 16
Orkney Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perth and Kinross c c c c 5 c
Renfrewshire 5 7 7 6 9 5
Scottish Borders c c c c c c
Shetland Islands c c c c c c
South Ayrshire c c c c c 5
South Lanarkshire 12 12 9 11 13 10
Stirling c c c c c c
West Dunbartonshire c c c c c 5
West Lothian 13 17 16 19 14 13
All local authorities 296 324 322 316 317 284

7.3.2 Minority ethnic teachers (FTE) by local authority – Secondary

Local authority 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Aberdeen City 29 31 35 46 51 49
Aberdeenshire 31 32 31 35 40 45
Angus 9 8 c 7 9 7
Argyll and Bute c 5 7 c c c
City of Edinburgh 40 44 49 70 79 85
Clackmannanshire c c c 5 5 5
Dumfries and Galloway c 5 5 5 7 8
Dundee City 16 14 18 16 12 14
East Ayrshire 9 10 9 10 7 8
East Dunbartonshire 12 16 15 14 11 12
East Lothian 5 5 8 6 4 7
East Renfrewshire 18 23 27 20 18 28
Falkirk 9 11 11 13 10 9
Fife 20 24 26 22 24 31
Glasgow City 103 111 125 133 130 133
Highland 10 11 15 13 16 18
Inverclyde c c c 5 c 5
Midlothian 11 13 13 13 13 12
Moray c c 6 c c 4
Na h-Eileanan Siar c 0 0 0 0 c
North Ayrshire 5 5 5 5 5 6
North Lanarkshire 11 13 16 18 15 20
Orkney Islands c c c c c c
Perth and Kinross 5 c 6 5 5 4
Renfrewshire 10 15 12 16 15 14
Scottish Borders c 12 8 11 8 10
Shetland Islands c c c c c 4
South Ayrshire c 5 7 5 6 c
South Lanarkshire 34 34 33 33 38 31
Stirling c 5 5 c 7 7
West Dunbartonshire 8 5 5 6 7 c
West Lothian 17 20 20 21 27 24
All local authorities 444 496 536 570 590 618

7.3.3 Minority ethnic teachers (FTE) by local authority – Special

Local authority 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Aberdeen City c c 0 c c 0
Aberdeenshire c c c c c c
Angus z z z z z z
Argyll and Bute 0 0 0 0 0 0
City of Edinburgh 6 6 8 7 6 9
Clackmannanshire 0 0 0 0 0 c
Dumfries and Galloway 0 c 0 0 0 0
Dundee City c c 0 c c c
East Ayrshire 0 0 0 c c c
East Dunbartonshire c c c c c c
East Lothian z z z z z z
East Renfrewshire c c c c c c
Falkirk c c c c 0 0
Fife c 0 0 0 c c
Glasgow City 5 8 9 11 7 9
Highland c c c 0 0 0
Inverclyde c c c c c 0
Midlothian 0 0 0 c c c
Moray z z z z z z
Na h-Eileanan Siar z z z z z z
North Ayrshire 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Lanarkshire c c c c c c
Orkney Islands z z z z z z
Perth and Kinross 0 0 0 0 0 0
Renfrewshire c c c c c c
Scottish Borders 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shetland Islands z z z z z z
South Ayrshire 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Lanarkshire c c c c c c
Stirling 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Dunbartonshire c c c c c c
West Lothian c c c c c c
All local authorities 33 34 36 39 35 41

7.4 Minority ethnic teachers by sector and local authority as a percentage of the teacher workforce, 2019-2024

Excludes centrally employed teachers and grant-aided schools.

7.4.1 Minority ethnic teachers (percentage) by local authority – Primary

Local authority 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Aberdeen City 2 2 2 3 2 2
Aberdeenshire 1 1 1 1 1 1
Angus 1 1 c c c c
Argyll and Bute c 1 c c c 1
City of Edinburgh 2 2 2 2 2 2
Clackmannanshire c c c c c c
Dumfries and Galloway 1 c 1 c 1 1
Dundee City 2 2 2 2 2 2
East Ayrshire c c c c c c
East Dunbartonshire 2 2 3 2 2 2
East Lothian c c c c 1 c
East Renfrewshire 2 3 2 2 2 2
Falkirk 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fife 1 1 1 1 1 1
Glasgow City 3 3 3 3 3 2
Highland c c c 0 1 1
Inverclyde c c 2 2 1 2
Midlothian 1 1 1 1 1 2
Moray c c c c c 1
Na h-Eileanan Siar 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Ayrshire c c c c c c
North Lanarkshire 1 1 1 1 1 1
Orkney Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perth and Kinross c c c c 1 c
Renfrewshire 1 1 1 1 1 1
Scottish Borders c c c c c c
Shetland Islands c c c c c c
South Ayrshire c c c c c 1
South Lanarkshire 1 1 1 1 1 1
Stirling c c c c c c
West Dunbartonshire c c c c c 1
West Lothian 1 2 2 2 1 1
All local authorities 1 1 1 1 1 1

7.4.2 Minority ethnic teachers (percentage) by local authority – Secondary

Local authority 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Aberdeen City 4 4 5 6 6 6
Aberdeenshire 3 3 2 3 3 4
Angus 2 1 c 1 2 1
Argyll and Bute c 1 2 c c c
City of Edinburgh 3 3 3 4 4 5
Clackmannanshire c c c 2 2 2
Dumfries and Galloway c 1 1 1 1 1
Dundee City 3 2 3 3 2 2
East Ayrshire 2 2 2 2 1 2
East Dunbartonshire 2 2 2 2 2 2
East Lothian 1 1 2 1 1 1
East Renfrewshire 3 3 4 3 3 4
Falkirk 1 1 1 2 1 1
Fife 1 1 2 1 1 2
Glasgow City 5 5 5 5 5 6
Highland 1 1 1 1 1 1
Inverclyde c c c 1 c 1
Midlothian 3 3 3 3 3 2
Moray c c 1 c c 1
Na h-Eileanan Siar c 0 0 0 0 c
North Ayrshire 1 1 1 1 1 1
North Lanarkshire 1 1 1 1 1 1
Orkney Islands c c c c c c
Perth and Kinross 1 c 1 1 1 1
Renfrewshire 1 2 1 2 2 2
Scottish Borders c 2 2 2 2 2
Shetland Islands c c c c c 3
South Ayrshire c 1 1 1 1 c
South Lanarkshire 2 2 2 2 2 2
Stirling c 1 1 c 1 1
West Dunbartonshire 2 1 1 1 2 c
West Lothian 2 2 2 2 3 3
All local authorities 2 2 2 2 2 2

7.4.3 Minority ethnic teachers (percentage) by local authority – Special

Local authority 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Aberdeen City c c 0 c c 0
Aberdeenshire c c c c c c
Angus z z z z z z
Argyll and Bute 0 0 0 0 0 0
City of Edinburgh 4 4 5 4 3 5
Clackmannanshire 0 0 0 0 0 c
Dumfries and Galloway 0 c 0 0 0 0
Dundee City c c 0 c c c
East Ayrshire 0 0 0 c c c
East Dunbartonshire c c c c c c
East Lothian z z z z z z
East Renfrewshire c c c c c c
Falkirk c c c c 0 0
Fife c 0 0 0 c c
Glasgow City 2 3 3 3 2 2
Highland c c c 0 0 0
Inverclyde c c c c c 0
Midlothian 0 0 0 c c c
Moray z z z z z z
Na h-Eileanan Siar z z z z z z
North Ayrshire 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Lanarkshire c c c c c 1
Orkney Islands z z z z z z
Perth and Kinross 0 0 0 0 0 0
Renfrewshire c c c c c 2
Scottish Borders 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shetland Islands z z z z z z
South Ayrshire 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Lanarkshire c c c c c c
Stirling 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Dunbartonshire c c c c c c
West Lothian c c c c c c
All local authorities 2 2 2 2 2 2

7.5 Full time equivalent (FTE) by ethnicity and local authority, 2024

Local authority FTEs are rounded separately so the breakdown may not sum to the total shown for all local authorities.

Excludes grant-aided schools.

Local authority White Minority ethnic Not Disclosed Not Known
Aberdeen City 1,606 70 127 64
Aberdeenshire 2,523 62 36 7
Angus 1,042 11 31 39
Argyll and Bute 795 7 15 4
City of Edinburgh 3,411 131 60 67
Clackmannanshire 540 9 2 9
Dumfries and Galloway 1,265 13 40 51
Dundee City 1,298 27 23 19
East Ayrshire 1,161 11 7 0
East Dunbartonshire 1,253 26 46 23
East Lothian 937 9 28 36
East Renfrewshire 1,297 42 30 3
Falkirk 1,608 15 8 17
Fife 3,375 45 87 73
Glasgow City 4,410 224 581 276
Highland 2,171 23 53 43
Inverclyde 718 10 6 13
Midlothian 985 25 17 49
Moray 876 9 20 14
Na h-Eileanan Siar 284 c c 12
North Ayrshire 1,262 9 34 68
North Lanarkshire 3,493 42 55 72
Orkney Islands 245 c c 3
Perth and Kinross 1,181 8 75 99
Renfrewshire 1,613 21 31 65
Scottish Borders 1,020 12 22 3
Shetland Islands 316 5 1 2
South Ayrshire 1,102 11 6 4
South Lanarkshire 3,209 44 56 116
Stirling 906 9 41 6
West Dunbartonshire 863 11 4 4
West Lothian 1,889 40 45 100
All local authorities 48,655 987 1,603 1,360

7.6 Teachers by ethnicity and local authority as a percentage of the teacher workforce, 2024

Excludes grant-aided schools.

Local authority White Minority ethnic Not Disclosed Not Known
Aberdeen City 86.1 3.7 6.8 3.4
Aberdeenshire 96.0 2.4 1.4 0.3
Angus 92.8 1.0 2.8 3.5
Argyll and Bute 96.9 0.9 1.8 0.5
City of Edinburgh 93.0 3.6 1.6 1.8
Clackmannanshire 96.4 1.6 0.4 1.7
Dumfries and Galloway 92.4 1.0 2.9 3.7
Dundee City 95.0 2.0 1.7 1.4
East Ayrshire 98.4 1.0 0.6 0.0
East Dunbartonshire 93.0 2.0 3.4 1.7
East Lothian 92.7 0.9 2.8 3.6
East Renfrewshire 94.5 3.0 2.2 0.2
Falkirk 97.6 0.9 0.5 1.0
Fife 94.3 1.2 2.4 2.0
Glasgow City 80.3 4.1 10.6 5.0
Highland 94.8 1.0 2.3 1.9
Inverclyde 96.0 1.4 0.9 1.7
Midlothian 91.5 2.3 1.6 4.6
Moray 95.4 0.9 2.2 1.5
Na h-Eileanan Siar 91.4 c c 3.7
North Ayrshire 91.9 0.7 2.5 4.9
North Lanarkshire 95.4 1.1 1.5 2.0
Orkney Islands 96.6 c c 1.1
Perth and Kinross 86.7 0.6 5.5 7.3
Renfrewshire 93.2 1.2 1.8 3.8
Scottish Borders 96.5 1.1 2.1 0.3
Shetland Islands 97.4 1.6 0.4 0.6
South Ayrshire 98.1 1.0 0.6 0.4
South Lanarkshire 93.7 1.3 1.6 3.4
Stirling 94.2 0.9 4.2 0.7
West Dunbartonshire 98.0 1.2 0.4 0.4
West Lothian 91.0 1.9 2.2 4.8
All local authorities 92.5 1.9 3.0 2.6

7.7 Number of minority ethnic Teacher Induction Scheme (TIS) probationers by sector, for cohorts 2019/20 to 2024/25

Does not include probationers in special schools or centrally employed.

Sector 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25
Primary 37 38 33 35 41 28
Secondary 34 58 57 47 46 34

7.8 Minority ethnic TIS probationers by sector as a percentage of the TIS probationer cohort, for cohorts 2019/20 to 2024/25

Does not include probationers in special schools or centrally employed.

Sector 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25
Primary 2.1 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.6 2.0
Secondary 2.6 4.3 3.8 3.6 4.3 3.7

7.9 Percentage of TIS probationers teaching in the year following their probation, for cohorts 2018/19 to 2023/24

7.9.1 TIS probationers (percentage) teaching in the year following their probation – Primary, all ethnicities

Primary Cohort 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Permanent 43 30 23 20 17 13
Temporary 41 54 54 44 45 42
Other 17 17 23 36 38 45
Headcount of teachers in Cohort 1,625 1,774 1,767 1,709 1,600 1,597

7.9.2 TIS probationers (percentage) teaching in the year following their probation – Primary, minority ethnic

Primary Cohort 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Permanent 21 22 16 c 17 c
Temporary 46 49 55 c 23 c
Other 33 30 29 52 60 71
Headcount of teachers in Cohort 24 37 38 33 35 41

7.9.3 TIS probationers (percentage) teaching in the year following their probation – Secondary, all ethnicities

Secondary Cohort 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Permanent 59 52 45 50 47 47
Temporary 26 35 40 27 35 34
Other 15 14 16 23 18 19
Headcount of teachers in Cohort 1,213 1,308 1,365 1,508 1,293 1,078

7.9.4 TIS probationers (percentage) teaching in the year following their probation – Secondary, minority ethnic

Secondary Cohort 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Permanent 48 26 40 23 45 37
Temporary 24 41 38 35 26 35
Other 27 32 22 42 30 28
Headcount of teachers in Cohort 33 34 58 57 47 46

Data suppression

Data points which are four or less are suppressed in the data sets included in this section, as personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin is categorised as a special category of data in General Data Protection Regulation. The Scottish Government use appropriate statistical disclosure control methods to ensure any statistics produced do not reveal the identity of an individual or organisation, or any private information relating to them. In order to follow General Data Protection Regulation and Government Statistical Service guidance, any cell with 4 or less has been suppressed.

Symbols

The following symbols are used:

0 = nil or rounds to nil

c =suppressed

z = not applicable

x = not available

Contact

Email: Emma.Bunting@gov.scot

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