The number of teachers by gender and ethnicities: FOI release
- Published
- 8 March 2021
- Directorate
- Learning Directorate
- FOI reference
- FOI/202100133377
- Date received
- 7 January 2021
- Date responded
- 1 February 2021
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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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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