The number of teachers by gender and ethnicities: FOI release
- Directorate
- Learning Directorate
- Part of
- Education, Equality and rights, Public sector
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
How many black female qualified teachers you have in Scotland from the year 2015-2020?
How many black male teachers qualified teachers you have in Scotland from the year 2015-2020?
Response
The below table shows the number of teachers by gender and selected ethnicities from the 2015-2020 staff census.
| Fulltime equivalent (FTE) of teachers by gender, 2015 - 2020 |
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Gender |
African (1) |
Caribbean or Black(2) |
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups |
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| 2015 |
Female |
21.2 |
44.2 |
65.6 |
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| Male |
27.2 |
15.9 |
26.4 |
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| 2016 |
Female |
24.3 |
42.7 |
77.1 |
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| Male |
24.4 |
21.0 |
23.8 |
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| 2017 |
Female |
25.0 |
31.5 |
77.8 |
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| Male |
24.9 |
21.0 |
25.3 |
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| 2018 |
Female |
26.6 |
37.2 |
90.7 |
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| Male |
29.6 |
18.0 |
34.9 |
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| 2019 |
Female |
23.0 |
36.1 |
103.1 |
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| Male |
34.2 |
16.0 |
37.1 |
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| 2020 |
Female |
30.4 |
42.5 |
131.1 |
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| Male |
32.6 |
18.0 |
44.7 |
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| 1. African contains the following ethnicity categories: African – African / Scottish / British and African – Other |
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| 2. Caribbean or Black contains the following ethnicity categories: Caribbean or Black – Caribbean / British / Scottish and Caribbean or Black – Other |
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