Teacher Vacancies and Probationer Allocations 2007

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Table 1: Currently advertised vacancies (1) by sector and subject

Number of vacancies

% of full
complement

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Pre-school

32

23

42

52

53

19

1.5

Primary

Head, Depute Head

67

77

70

110

61

60

1.7

Other

251

261

211

310

221

213

1.2

Total Primary

321

338

281

420

282

267

1.2

of which Gaelic medium (2)

#

#

14

5

2

2

1.5

Secondary (by main subject)

Head, Depute Head

24

21

27

25

25

28

1.7

Maths

41

34

60

70

33

50

2.0

English

33

26

63

92

45

58

2.2

Modern Languages

24

26

30

42

26

22

1.4

Science (general)

5

3

6

3

5

1

0.6

Biology

6

6

14

20

15

12

1.1

Chemistry

6

7

11

19

18

11

1.1

Physics

12

19

16

25

9

10

1.1

Geography

8

8

9

13

12

7

0.9

History

6

5

7

23

9

8

1.0

Modern Studies

4

4

18

20

3

10

1.9

Business Studies

13

8

16

15

14

13

1.3

Computing

12

12

10

15

9

5

0.7

Home Economics

7

6

20

31

27

20

1.9

Technical Studies

9

11

26

34

22

13

1.0

Art

9

10

9

10

14

11

1.0

Music

6

11

12

19

25

13

1.5

Religious Education

8

6

16

18

12

13

2.0

Physical Education

13

13

16

25

8

17

1.1

Drama

4

5

3

8

5

10

3.4

Learning Support

13

15

34

34

15

24

2.1

Additional Support Needs (3)

#

#

#

#

17

13

3.0

Other

13

13

4

39

4

10

1.5

Total Secondary

280

266

428

599

371

379

1.5

of which Gaelic medium (2)

#

#

5

2

-

-

-

Special

30

27

39

93

69

26

1.2

Centrally Employed(4)

#

#

#

#

#

4

0.5

Total

663

654

790

1,164

774

695

1.4

Educational Psychologists(2)

Permanent

#

#

11

13

15

20

4.6

Project based

#

#

2

1

-

1

5.5

(1) Vacancy data not available for Aberdeenshire in 2002 or 2003.
(2) Gaelic medium and educational psychologist vacancy data not collected prior to 2004
(3) Additional Support Needs vacancy data collected for the first time in 2006. These may previously have been included in either the "other" category or under "Special" school vacancies. Some authorities may still be including this under "Special".
(4) Centrally employed category not collected prior to 2007

Page updated: Friday, June 22, 2007