Teacher shortage blamed for pupils travelling to study core subjects
Teacher shortages have been blamed for some north-east pupils having to make taxi trips of up to 40 miles to receive lessons in core subjects.
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Extra cash incentives announced for teacher trainees
New teachers are to be offered extra cash incentives to encourage them to stay in the classroom.
Shortage of Stem teachers limiting classes in north-east schools
A chronic shortage of specialist teachers is preventing some north-east youngsters from taking the Stem subjects they are passionate about.
New teachers set for £30,000 salary under pay reform
Starting salaries for teachers could rise by up to £6,000 under Government plans to reform teacher pay.
Shetland Islands Council fails for the ‘first time in a long time’ to recruit supply teacher
The bank of primary school teachers in the isles appears to be running dry after Shetland Islands Council failed for the “first time in a long time” to recruit to a temporary classroom job.
Highland Council begins phased approach to school budget cuts
Highland Council is beginning a “phased approach” to targeting cuts in its education budget.
Aberdeen teacher accused of sexually inappropriate texts with additional support needs pupil
A teacher has been accused of sending inappropriate messages of a sexual nature to a pupil with additional support needs at a city school.
New figures show falling numbers of maths and English teachers
Teacher numbers for maths and English have slumped by almost 1,000 during the last decade.
Most teachers on government flagship scheme in north and north-east are on temporary contracts
Nearly two thirds of new teachers employed in north and north-east schools under a Scottish Government scheme to close the attainment gap are on temporary contracts.
Workload adding to teachers’ struggle with mental health
Exhausted and overworked teachers are struggling more and more with stress, a survey has revealed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Remote primary to shut in new year because of staffing crisis
A remote primary school in the Highlands is to shut in the new year because of a staffing crisis – placing a question mark over its long-term future, according to one councillor.