Publication - Progress report

Teaching profession - diversity: annual data report - March 2021

Published: 24 March 2021
Directorate: Learning Directorate
Topic: Education, Equality and rights
ISBN: 9781800048706

Version 1 of a new 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.

Part of

Diversity in the Teaching Profession and Education Workforce subgroup

Supporting documents

5. Ethnicity of teachers in Scottish Local Authority schools

5.1 Full time equivalent (FTE) ethnic minority teachers by grade and sector, 2016-2020

Promoted posts^[10]						Teachers^[11]					All teachers
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Primary	18.6	18.8	25.8	23.8	31.6	210.2	234.4	250.5	271.7	292.7	228.8	253.2	276.3	295.5	324.3
Secondary	50.0	52.6	55.0	58.4	56.5	328.4	340.9	367.0	386.0	439.1	378.4	393.5	422.0	444.4	495.6
Special	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	31.6	25.8	35.0	32.5	33.9

Ethnic minority group includes the following categories: African – African / Scottish / British, Caribbean or Black – Caribbean / British / Scottish, Asian – Indian/British/Scottish, Asian – Pakistani / British / Scottish, Asian –Bangladeshi / British / Scottish, Asian – Chinese / British / Scottish, Mixed or multiple ethnic groups, Asian – Other, Caribbean or Black – Other, African – Other, Other – Arab, Other – Other

5.2 Ethnic minority teachers by grade and sector as a percentage of teacher workforce, 2016-2020

Promoted posts⁹						Teachers¹⁰					All teachers
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Primary	0.4%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	1.1%	1.2%	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%	1.2%	1.3%
Secondary	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	2.0%	2.1%	2.2%	2.3%	2.5%	1.6%	1.7%	1.8%	1.9%	2.1%
Special	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	1.7%	1.4%	1.9%	1.7%	1.8%

5.3 Full time equivalent (FTE) ethnic minority teachers by sector and local authority, 2016-2020

	Primary					Secondary					Special
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Aberdeen City	14	17	15	18	21	20	19	23	29	31	*	0	*	*	*
Aberdeenshire	6	7	10	16	18	26	24	27	31	32	*	*	*	*	*
Angus	*	7	*	7	6	10	16	10	9	8	:	:	:	:	:
Argyll and Bute	*	0	*	*	5	*	*	*	*	5	0	0	0	0	0
Clackmannanshire	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	*	6	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	*
Dundee City	9	10	*	13	12	12	12	14	16	14	*	*	0	*	*
East Ayrshire	*	*	*	*	*	5	5	6	9	10	0	0	*	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	5	*	7	11	14	11	9	11	12	16	*	*	*	*	*
East Lothian	*	*	*	*	*	5	5	8	5	5	:	:	:	:	:
East Renfrewshire	10	15	14	14	17	8	16	18	18	23	*	*	*	*	*
Edinburgh, City of	25	28	28	31	29	22	32	34	40	44	*	5	6	6	6
Na h-Eileanan Siar	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	*	*	0	:	:	:	:	:
Falkirk	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	11	*	*	*	*	*
Fife	10	9	11	14	17	19	21	24	20	24	*	*	*	*	0
Glasgow City	63	66	81	76	84	84	93	101	103	111	12	7	7	5	8
Highland	*	*	*	*	*	11	12	14	10	11	*	0	*	*	*
Inverclyde	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Midlothian	*	*	6	6	5	7	8	8	11	13	0	0	*	0	0
Moray	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	:	:	:	:	:
North Ayrshire	*	*	*	*	*	6	5	6	5	*	0	0	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	14	12	14	12	18	11	12	9	11	13	*	*	*	*	*
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	:	:	:	:	:
Perth and Kinross	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	5	5	*	0	0	*	0	0
Renfrewshire	*	6	6	5	7	22	15	11	10	15	0	*	*	*	*
Scottish Borders	0	0	0	*	*	5	5	*	*	12	:	:	0	0	0
Shetland Islands	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	:	:	:	:	:
South Ayrshire	*	*	*	*	*	*	5	6	*	5	0	0	0	0	0
South Lanarkshire	17	17	12	12	12	34	31	30	34	34	*	*	*	*	*
Stirling	*	*	*	*	*	6	5	5	*	5	*	0	0	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	*	5	*	*	*	*	*	*	8	5	*	*	*	*	*
West Lothian	8	11	13	13	17	16	12	15	17	20	*	*	*	*	*
All local authorities	229	253	276	296	324	378	393	422	444	496	32	26	35	33	34

Excludes centrally employed teachers.

5.4 Ethnic minority teachers by sector and local authority as a percentage of teacher workforce, 2016-2020

	Primary					Secondary					Special
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Aberdeen City	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	*	0	*	*	*
Aberdeenshire	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	*	*	*	*	*
Angus	*	2	*	1	1	2	4	2	2	1	:	:	:	:	:
Argyll and Bute	*	0	*	*	1	*	*	*	*	1	0	0	0	0	0
Clackmannanshire	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	0
Dumfries and Galloway	*	*	*	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	*
Dundee City	1	2	*	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	*	*	0	*	*
East Ayrshire	*	*	*	*	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	*	0	0
East Dunbartonshire	1	*	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	*	*	*	*	*
East Lothian	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	2	1	1	:	:	:	:	:
East Renfrewshire	2	3	2	2	3	1	2	3	3	3	*	*	*	*	*
Edinburgh, City of	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	*	3	4	4	4
Na h-Eileanan Siar	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	*	*	0	:	:	:	:	:
Falkirk	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	*	*	*	*
Fife	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	*	*	*	*	0
Glasgow City	3	3	4	3	3	5	5	6	5	5	4	2	3	2	3
Highland	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	1	1	1	*	0	*	*	*
Inverclyde	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Midlothian	*	*	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	*	0	0
Moray	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	:	:	:	:	:
North Ayrshire	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	1	1	*	0	0	0	0	0
North Lanarkshire	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	*	*	*	*
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	:	:	:	:	:
Perth and Kinross	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	*	0	0	*	0	0
Renfrewshire	*	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	2	0	*	*	*	*
Scottish Borders	0	0	0	*	*	1	1	*	*	2	:	:	0	0	0
Shetland Islands	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	:	:	:	:	:
South Ayrshire	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	*	1	0	0	0	0	0
South Lanarkshire	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	*	*	*	*	*
Stirling	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	1	*	1	*	0	0	0	0
West Dunbartonshire	*	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	2	1	*	*	*	*	*
West Lothian	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	*	*	*	*	*
All local authorities	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Percentage of those with known ethnic background (i.e. excludes teachers categorised as 'not known' or 'not disclosed')

Excludes centrally employed teachers.

5.5 Scotland's Census 2011^[12] - Ethnic Group by Local Authority

	White - Scottish	White - Other British	White - Irish	White - Polish	White - Other (inc White - Gypsy / Traveller)	Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British	Other ethnic groups	minority ethnic
Total	84%	8%	1%	1%	2%	3%	1%	4%
Aberdeen City	75%	8%	1%	3%	5%	4%	4%	8%
Aberdeenshire	82%	12%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%
Angus	88%	8%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%
Argyll & Bute	79%	17%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%
Clackmannanshire	88%	7%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%
Dumfries & Galloway	80%	16%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Dundee City	84%	5%	1%	1%	2%	4%	2%	6%
East Ayrshire	93%	5%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%
East Dunbartonshire	89%	5%	1%	0%	1%	3%	1%	4%
East Lothian	86%	9%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%
East Renfrewshire	87%	4%	2%	0%	1%	5%	1%	6%
Edinburgh, City of	70%	12%	2%	3%	5%	6%	3%	8%
Eilean Siar	87%	11%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%
Falkirk	91%	5%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%
Fife	86%	9%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%
Glasgow City	79%	4%	2%	1%	2%	8%	4%	12%
Highland	80%	15%	1%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%
Inverclyde	94%	3%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%
Midlothian	90%	6%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%
Moray	78%	18%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%
North Ayrshire	92%	5%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%
North Lanarkshire	93%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%
Orkney Islands	79%	18%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%
Perth & Kinross	82%	11%	1%	2%	2%	1%	1%	2%
Renfrewshire	91%	3%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	3%
Scottish Borders	79%	16%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%
Shetland Islands	81%	14%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%
South Ayrshire	90%	7%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%
South Lanarkshire	92%	4%	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%	2%
Stirling	82%	11%	1%	1%	3%	2%	1%	3%
West Dunbartonshire	93%	3%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	2%
West Lothian	88%	6%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	3%

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