Children from deprived areas struggling to meet literacy and numeracy targets
Fewer than three out of five youngsters leaving primary school in Scotland’s most deprived areas achieve the expected standards in literacy.
Teachers
51% of teachers say work pressure has impacted their mental health, survey finds
Seven out of 10 teachers feel they lack the training to help pupils with mental health problems – while just over half say the pressures of the job have contributed to them suffering from conditions such as depression and anxiety.
Teaching support staff struggle with mental health as classroom vacancies pile on the pressure
Shocking new figures reveal teacher support staff in schools across Aberdeen are crumbling under the pressure of growing work-loads.
Prof Morag Redford: A lesson in how to find more teachers
We are all aware of the shortage of teachers across the north of Scotland and the range of ways local authorities have tried to support teachers to come and teach in our rural schools.
Drive to recruit former oil workers into teaching attracts seven people
A Scottish Government scheme set up to help oil workers who lost their jobs in the downturn retrain as teachers has recruited just nine people since it launched.
Teachers third biggest influence on people’s lives – survey
Teachers are the biggest influence on a person’s life behind only parents and friends, new research suggests.
‘Teachers work almost a full day more in hours per week than public estimates’
The public under-estimates the weekly number of hours teachers work by almost a full school day, research suggests.
120 teachers contact ministers after Nicola Sturgeon’s job concerns offer
More than 100 teachers have written to the Scottish Government in the month since the First Minister said they were “free to contact her” with concerns about their jobs.
Education experts join together to find new head teachers for Scotland’s schools
A crack team of education experts has been assembled to find teachers willing to “rise to the challenge” of leading the nation's schools.
30,000 march through Glasgow calling for increase in teachers’ pay
Some 30,000 marchers have taken to the streets of Glasgow to support teachers campaigning for a 10% pay rise, organisers have said.
20,000 join march in Glasgow calling for increase in teachers’ pay
Thousands of teachers from across Scotland have staged a march in support of calls for a 10% rise in pay.
Thousands of teachers expected to march in Glasgow over pay
Thousands of teachers from across Scotland are expected to march in Glasgow today to demand a rise in their salary and working conditions.
Teachers to be balloted over pay offer
Teachers are to be balloted on the latest pay offer which they are being urged to reject.
Teachers voice anger as pay talks break down
Talks over teachers’ pay have broken down, with “angry and disappointed” workers accusing Scottish ministers of having walked away from the discussions.
Three years of school time lost due to teacher stress
Teachers in Aberdeen have taken more than 700 days off due to stress in the space of a year.
Guns, knives and furniture used in daily attacks on teachers
North and north-east teachers are being attacked on a daily basis with weapons including BB guns, saws and classroom furniture.
Teachers reject ‘derisory’ 3% pay rise offer
Teachers’ organisations have rejected the offer of a 3% pay rise, branding it “derisory”.
Team of probationers ready to teach across Aberdeenshire
Newly qualified teachers are ready to take up new roles in the classroom at schools across Aberdeenshire next week.
North-east schools to start new term 140 teachers short
Schools in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire will start the year with 140 unfilled teacher vacancies.
Pupil support assistants in Aberdeen schools ‘abused at work on a regular basis’
Pupil support assistants feel undervalued and are being “abused at work on a regular basis” in the city, it has been claimed.
Eight people apply for teaching job on remote Hebridean island
At least eight people have applied to become a teacher for ten children on a remote Hebridean island after a Facebook campaign was launched by parents.
John Swinney faces call to deliver ‘fair pay’ for all school staff
Education Secretary John Swinney is under growing pressure to ensure all school staff receive the same level of pay rise as teachers.
New approach pays off as 22 new teachers ease Moray recruitment crisis
More than 20 newly trained teachers have been hired to ease classroom shortages across Moray next term, following a shake-up of the recruitment process.
Just one teacher dismissed for incompetence in the last 20 years across north and north-east
Just one teacher has been dismissed for incompetence in the last 20 years across all of the north and north-east, it has emerged.
Highland council scrap decision to axe teacher jobs
Highland Council chiefs have scrapped controversial plans to axe up to 40 secondary teachers in a bid to plug a multi-million pound budget gap.
GMB Union “welcomes” Highland Council decision to save 300 teaching staff
The GMB Union welcomed news that the Highland Council had vetoed proposals to axe 300 specialist teaching roles in schools.
Axing up to 300 educations jobs proposed in draft Highland Council papers
Potential savings outlined in draft Highland Council papers suggest axing up to 300 education jobs – including 40 teachers and 30 additional needs staff – in a bid to plug a £25.8million budget gap.
Moray Council spending on advertising teacher posts slashed – despite recruitment crisis
Moray Council’s advertising spend on teacher vacancies has plummeted - despite the ongoing recruitment crisis.
North teaching crisis deepens: Almost 900 jobs had to be re-advertised
Nearly 900 teaching jobs in the north of Scotland have had to be re-advertised since 2014.
‘Classroom bouncer’ fears over growing violence in north-east schools
Nearly 1,400 pupils - some as young as five - have been excluded from schools across Aberdeenshire for assaulting other children and staff in just five years - with more than 100 weapons involved.
‘Eye-watering’ £50million spent on north and north-east supply teachers in past three years
Councils across northern Scotland have spent more than £50million on supply teachers over the past three years.
REVEALED: 250 teachers have left their jobs in Aberdeen this year
An army of more than 250 teachers have left the profession in Aberdeen in the last year - as bullying and grievance complaints hit a three-year high.