Background Notes
1. The vacancy information in this statistical publication notice is derived from the February 2007 teacher and educational psychologist vacancy survey. It includes vacancies that had been advertised for permanent appointments or appointments of at least one term's duration, which existed at 23 rd February 2007.
2. An annual teacher workforce planning exercise is carried out to help determine the number of places required in teacher training institutions. The vacancies information collected in this survey informs this process in monitoring teacher supply and in setting priorities in subject areas.
3. Vacancy rates have been calculated using figures for the teaching complement supplied as part of the survey. Comparison of these complement figures with the results of the teacher census show an undercount of the workforce reported in the vacancy survey. This means that true vacancy rates are in some cases likely to be very slightly lower than those shown here, though generally there is at most 0.1 per cent difference.
4. Vacancies for special classes have not been treated consistently between local authorities. Some have included such vacancies (and the workforce complement) in the sectors in which they are integrated, whereas others have been included in the special school sector.
5. The probationer information in this statistical publication notice is the number of probationers that were allocated to each authority as at 18 th June 2007. Final placements may be different where students decide not to take up their allocation to a particular authority.
6. All tables are available at the following website http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00588
7. This report was edited by Mal Cooke and Carrie Graham.
8. Public enquiries (non-media) about the information contained in this Publication Notice should be addressed to:
Mal Cooke,
Pupil Teacher and School Statistics,
Scottish Executive,
Area 1-B (mail 27)
Victoria Quay,
Edinburgh,
EH6 6QQ.Telephone: 0131 244 1689 or e-mail: school.stats@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
9. Media Enquiries about information in this Publication Notice should be addressed to:
Sarah Cuthbert-Kerr
Telephone 0131 244 2972
Statistics Publication Notice
26 th June 2007