SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

WRITTEN ANSWER

30 December 2016

Index Heading: Learning and Justice

Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Scottish Conservatives and Unionist Party): To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00665 by John Swinney on 16 June 2016, whether it will provide (a) a breakdown of how many of the teachers were (i) centrally employed and (ii) worked in (A) primary, (B) secondary and (C) special schools and (b) the information for 2016.

S5W-05579

John Swinney:

Children and young people receive support in school from teaching and support staff. The information provided in the following tables relates to those teachers whose main subject is Additional Support for Learning only and therefore does not reflect the full picture of the support provided to pupils in schools, which is the role of every teacher.

Teachers with additional support needs for learning as their main subject, 2007 to 2016
2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016
Aberdeen City / 191 / 184 / 192 / 174 / 161 / 167 / 147 / 116 / 115 / 127
Aberdeenshire / 209 / 227 / 279 / 292 / 286 / 277 / 265 / 242 / 263 / 262
Angus / 94 / 105 / 97 / 97 / 102 / 93 / 82 / 79 / 82 / 82
Argyll & Bute / 29 / 36 / 41 / 42 / 42 / 43 / 41 / 40 / 45 / 46
Clackmannanshire / 29 / 33 / 35 / 30 / 30 / 26 / 24 / 30 / 30 / 30
Dumfries & Galloway / 83 / 125 / 121 / 130 / 124 / 132 / 124 / 120 / 104 / 100
Dundee City / 182 / 169 / 159 / 159 / 148 / 148 / 137 / 138 / 131 / 121
East Ayrshire / 55 / 64 / 115 / 110 / 109 / 111 / 111 / 107 / 107 / 112
East Dunbartonshire / 46 / 66 / 55 / 53 / 50 / 58 / 60 / 53 / 58 / 69
East Lothian / 41 / 44 / 60 / 56 / 58 / 55 / 49 / 50 / 46 / 43
East Renfrewshire / 43 / 46 / 43 / 36 / 34 / 43 / 42 / 42 / 41 / 45
Edinburgh City / 166 / 176 / 169 / 168 / 165 / 153 / 150 / 138 / 125 / 120
EileanSiar / 15 / 19 / 25 / 22 / 22 / 21 / 23 / 15 / 14 / 23
Falkirk / 112 / 122 / 148 / 131 / 133 / 124 / 124 / 116 / 108 / 102
Fife / 233 / 235 / 248 / 236 / 209 / 208 / 211 / 173 / 194 / 199
Glasgow City / 235 / 240 / 214 / 245 / 236 / 260 / 245 / 220 / 194 / 167
Highland / 225 / 208 / 216 / 190 / 171 / 163 / 150 / 129 / 161 / 161
Inverclyde / 49 / 55 / 53 / 47 / 43 / 47 / 46 / 36 / 40 / 46
Midlothian / 44 / 40 / 43 / 40 / 38 / 40 / 60 / 57 / 51 / 52
Moray / 79 / 96 / 98 / 99 / 99 / 100 / 92 / 87 / 87 / 78
North Ayrshire / 104 / 117 / 118 / 116 / 121 / 119 / 125 / 124 / 126 / 116
North Lanarkshire / 186 / 200 / 189 / 185 / 175 / 162 / 140 / 147 / 130 / 163
Orkney Islands / 19 / 22 / 20 / 22 / 26 / 27 / 32 / 29 / 29 / 28
Perth & Kinross / 39 / 79 / 70 / 73 / 61 / 68 / 83 / 90 / 89 / 88
Renfrewshire / 85 / 78 / 62 / 53 / 57 / 54 / 57 / 52 / 49 / 42
Scottish Borders / 78 / 80 / 80 / 65 / 88 / 87 / 81 / 86 / 83 / 76
Shetland Islands / 40 / 45 / 52 / 50 / 44 / 41 / 41 / 37 / 41 / 39
South Ayrshire / 83 / 76 / 77 / 106 / 101 / 109 / 106 / 103 / 100 / 94
South Lanarkshire / 119 / 146 / 151 / 156 / 158 / 152 / 150 / 137 / 130 / 115
Stirling / 27 / 34 / 35 / 43 / 40 / 36 / 38 / 41 / 42 / 38
West Dunbartonshire / 28 / 45 / 52 / 48 / 51 / 50 / 48 / 60 / 55 / 47
West Lothian / 92 / 90 / 87 / 88 / 76 / 76 / 73 / 71 / 66 / 62
Scotland / 3,062 / 3,301 / 3,402 / 3,363 / 3,258 / 3,249 / 3,157 / 2,963 / 2,936 / 2,896
1. This includes teachers in primary, secondary, special schools, and centrally employed teachers, with their main subject recorded as: Learning Support Secondary; Learning Support, Primary; SEN (primary) non-recorded pupils; SEN (recorded pupils); SEN (Secondary) non-recorded pupils; SEN Behavioural Support; SEN Learning Difficulties; SEN Physical Disabilities; Hearing Impairment; or Visual Impairment.
2. Data for 2007 does not include centrally employed teachers as the main subject of these teachers could not be identified. Therefore data for 2007 is not directly comparable with other years. Across all subjects, there were 964 centrally employed teachers in 2007.
3. Scotland total includes teachers at grant aided schools.
Centrally Employed Teachers with additional support needs for learning as their main subject, 2007 to 2016
2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016
Aberdeen City / 4 / 7 / 9 / 10 / 6 / 5 / 5 / 4 / 4
Aberdeenshire / 12 / 5 / 3 / 2 / 11 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 16
Angus / 11 / 7 / 8 / 19 / 19 / 14 / 13 / 13 / 16
Argyll & Bute / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2
Clackmannanshire / 2 / 6 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
Dumfries & Galloway / 46 / 97 / 39 / 50 / 72 / 67 / 69 / 49 / 46
Dundee City / 2 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 11 / 11 / 11 / 19 / 25
East Ayrshire / 7 / 6 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 5 / 4 / 4 / 4
East Dunbartonshire / 21 / 17 / 17 / 14 / 14 / 13 / 9 / 15 / 29
East Lothian / 1 / 5 / 4 / 4 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 2
East Renfrewshire / 4 / 4 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Edinburgh City / 15 / 17 / 20 / 19 / 19 / 18 / 15 / 17 / 13
EileanSiar / 2 / 3 / 4 / 3 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 5 / 6
Falkirk / 0 / 0 / 1 / 7 / 10 / 12 / 11 / 8 / 8
Fife / 11 / 14 / 20 / 13 / 12 / 12 / 11 / 29 / 26
Glasgow City / 0 / 3 / 8 / 7 / 25 / 25 / 28 / 18 / 18
Highland / 0 / 11 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 26 / 35 / 33
Inverclyde / 6 / 2 / 2 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 3 / 3
Midlothian / 0 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 16 / 12 / 14 / 16
Moray / 18 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 21 / 23 / 24 / 21 / 17
North Ayrshire / 12 / 16 / 21 / 26 / 23 / 31 / 29 / 35 / 35
North Lanarkshire / 9 / 7 / 6 / 8 / 6 / 3 / 5 / 14 / 44
Orkney Islands / 3 / 3 / 3 / 5 / 5 / 6 / 5 / 5 / 6
Perth & Kinross / 26 / 5 / 2 / 2 / 3 / 9 / 6 / 7 / 6
Renfrewshire / 4 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 5 / 4 / 6 / 6 / 6
Scottish Borders / 25 / 1 / 3 / 71 / 72 / 66 / 71 / 69 / 65
Shetland Islands / 5 / 6 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 8 / 8
South Ayrshire / 0 / 4 / 27 / 22 / 26 / 24 / 21 / 20 / 18
South Lanarkshire / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Stirling / 5 / 3 / 6 / 3 / 2 / 5 / 5 / 9 / 5
West Dunbartonshire / 15 / 15 / 15 / 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 9 / 3
West Lothian / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Scotland / 272 / 289 / 269 / 347 / 401 / 416 / 431 / 450 / 480
Teachers with additional support needs for learning as their main subject in primary schools, 2007 to 2016
2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016
Aberdeen City / 81 / 71 / 58 / 60 / 49 / 42 / 34 / 27 / 27 / 26
Aberdeenshire / 80 / 88 / 92 / 92 / 97 / 94 / 92 / 81 / 97 / 91
Angus / 39 / 41 / 35 / 32 / 27 / 25 / 23 / 22 / 24 / 21
Argyll & Bute / 2 / 4 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 13 / 13 / 10 / 13 / 10
Clackmannanshire / 4 / 5 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 6 / 7 / 7
Dumfries & Galloway / 24 / 20 / 7 / 23 / 18 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 14 / 15
Dundee City / 89 / 78 / 77 / 71 / 61 / 59 / 52 / 46 / 35 / 29
East Ayrshire / 0 / 0 / 31 / 30 / 30 / 29 / 27 / 24 / 22 / 25
East Dunbartonshire / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 3
East Lothian / 27 / 25 / 25 / 21 / 24 / 24 / 23 / 21 / 14 / 11
East Renfrewshire / 10 / 9 / 9 / 6 / 6 / 9 / 6 / 5 / 6 / 7
Edinburgh City / 63 / 58 / 55 / 53 / 48 / 45 / 40 / 38 / 31 / 27
EileanSiar / 10 / 10 / 11 / 8 / 8 / 6 / 6 / 6 / 6 / 7
Falkirk / 36 / 40 / 44 / 39 / 33 / 26 / 25 / 20 / 19 / 20
Fife / 88 / 88 / 78 / 75 / 66 / 69 / 68 / 60 / 49 / 52
Glasgow City / 10 / 11 / 6 / 12 / 6 / 7 / 15 / 16 / 14 / 16
Highland / 69 / 65 / 57 / 53 / 48 / 44 / 40 / 33 / 35 / 33
Inverclyde / 6 / 6 / 7 / 9 / 4 / 8 / 6 / 5 / 7 / 9
Midlothian / 19 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 15 / 15 / 12 / 12 / 10 / 10
Moray / 43 / 40 / 38 / 35 / 34 / 33 / 32 / 29 / 31 / 30
North Ayrshire / 31 / 31 / 32 / 28 / 33 / 29 / 27 / 27 / 24 / 20
North Lanarkshire / 38 / 37 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 27 / 25 / 22 / 9 / 10
Orkney Islands / 10 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 9 / 10 / 12 / 9 / 9 / 7
Perth & Kinross / 4 / 3 / 20 / 21 / 16 / 21 / 19 / 33 / 30 / 30
Renfrewshire / 6 / 6 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Scottish Borders / 30 / 6 / 29 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1
Shetland Islands / 22 / 19 / 24 / 21 / 18 / 14 / 15 / 12 / 14 / 12
South Ayrshire / 21 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 19 / 19 / 18 / 16 / 15
South Lanarkshire / 20 / 24 / 24 / 31 / 34 / 35 / 29 / 22 / 19 / 15
Stirling / 9 / 6 / 4 / 7 / 9 / 8 / 8 / 7 / 8 / 7
West Dunbartonshire / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0
West Lothian / 30 / 26 / 25 / 24 / 19 / 21 / 24 / 22 / 23 / 22
Scotland / 923 / 858 / 884 / 847 / 791 / 735 / 695 / 637 / 615 / 588
Teachers with additional support needs for learning as their main subject, in secondary schools 2007 to 2016
2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016
Aberdeen City / 59 / 55 / 70 / 67 / 64 / 65 / 57 / 37 / 42 / 43
Aberdeenshire / 92 / 92 / 150 / 164 / 157 / 136 / 120 / 116 / 121 / 119
Angus / 54 / 53 / 55 / 57 / 55 / 49 / 46 / 44 / 45 / 44
Argyll & Bute / 21 / 23 / 26 / 26 / 27 / 27 / 25 / 26 / 28 / 27
Clackmannanshire / 8 / 8 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 12 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 15
Dumfries & Galloway / 58 / 56 / 16 / 64 / 53 / 55 / 50 / 47 / 39 / 38
Dundee City / 93 / 90 / 80 / 79 / 75 / 68 / 64 / 64 / 60 / 53
East Ayrshire / 30 / 34 / 47 / 45 / 43 / 44 / 45 / 46 / 46 / 47
East Dunbartonshire / 18 / 19 / 15 / 14 / 17 / 19 / 21 / 21 / 16 / 17
East Lothian / 14 / 19 / 30 / 31 / 29 / 29 / 25 / 28 / 29 / 29
East Renfrewshire / 31 / 31 / 28 / 25 / 25 / 25 / 28 / 29 / 26 / 30
Edinburgh City / 70 / 67 / 64 / 64 / 60 / 52 / 52 / 47 / 42 / 44
EileanSiar / 5 / 7 / 11 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 12 / 4 / 4 / 10
Falkirk / 42 / 44 / 73 / 65 / 64 / 61 / 60 / 58 / 56 / 52
Fife / 99 / 97 / 118 / 115 / 105 / 105 / 108 / 82 / 88 / 94
Glasgow City / 84 / 80 / 67 / 64 / 66 / 66 / 66 / 67 / 62 / 49
Highland / 127 / 118 / 121 / 105 / 103 / 101 / 94 / 59 / 74 / 71
Inverclyde / 26 / 26 / 25 / 21 / 21 / 21 / 19 / 18 / 20 / 21
Midlothian / 19 / 17 / 19 / 19 / 19 / 20 / 22 / 22 / 15 / 15
Moray / 36 / 39 / 41 / 44 / 45 / 46 / 37 / 35 / 35 / 32
North Ayrshire / 46 / 50 / 46 / 43 / 38 / 39 / 38 / 39 / 38 / 35
North Lanarkshire / 69 / 76 / 72 / 68 / 64 / 56 / 53 / 55 / 44 / 50
Orkney Islands / 9 / 11 / 10 / 12 / 12 / 12 / 15 / 16 / 15 / 15
Perth & Kinross / 24 / 38 / 31 / 38 / 29 / 32 / 44 / 40 / 41 / 40
Renfrewshire / 54 / 42 / 36 / 27 / 28 / 28 / 29 / 26 / 22 / 23
Scottish Borders / 41 / 41 / 43 / 52 / 16 / 14 / 15 / 15 / 14 / 10
Shetland Islands / 18 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 19 / 19 / 19 / 17 / 18 / 19
South Ayrshire / 42 / 39 / 39 / 43 / 43 / 44 / 44 / 40 / 41 / 39
South Lanarkshire / 69 / 78 / 90 / 88 / 86 / 79 / 80 / 72 / 72 / 68
Stirling / 14 / 17 / 19 / 21 / 20 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 19 / 21
West Dunbartonshire / 21 / 21 / 23 / 24 / 23 / 21 / 20 / 22 / 20 / 19
West Lothian / 38 / 37 / 36 / 35 / 32 / 35 / 32 / 25 / 24 / 24
Scotland / 1432 / 1443 / 1534 / 1566 / 1459 / 1412 / 1375 / 1252 / 1231 / 1211
Teachers with additional support needs for learning as their main subject in special schools, 2007 to 2016
2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016
Aberdeen City / 50 / 54 / 57 / 38 / 39 / 55 / 51 / 48 / 42 / 54
Aberdeenshire / 37 / 35 / 33 / 32 / 31 / 37 / 37 / 32 / 35 / 37
Angus / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Argyll & Bute / 6 / 8 / 4 / 4 / 2 / 3 / 3 / 4 / 4 / 7
Clackmannanshire / 17 / 19 / 16 / 15 / 13 / 12 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 8
Dumfries & Galloway / 1 / 2 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 2 / 2 / 2
Dundee City / 0 / 0 / 1 / 7 / 12 / 10 / 10 / 17 / 18 / 15
East Ayrshire / 24 / 24 / 32 / 29 / 31 / 33 / 33 / 32 / 34 / 36
East Dunbartonshire / 29 / 26 / 24 / 22 / 20 / 26 / 26 / 23 / 23 / 20
East Lothian / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
East Renfrewshire / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 8 / 8 / 8 / 9 / 8
Edinburgh City / 33 / 36 / 33 / 31 / 38 / 37 / 39 / 38 / 34 / 38
EileanSiar / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Falkirk / 34 / 38 / 31 / 26 / 29 / 27 / 28 / 27 / 25 / 22
Fife / 46 / 40 / 38 / 26 / 25 / 23 / 23 / 20 / 29 / 28
Glasgow City / 140 / 148 / 138 / 161 / 157 / 161 / 138 / 109 / 101 / 84
Highland / 29 / 26 / 27 / 23 / 20 / 19 / 15 / 12 / 16 / 24
Inverclyde / 17 / 17 / 19 / 16 / 13 / 13 / 16 / 8 / 10 / 13
Midlothian / 6 / 6 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 5 / 10 / 10 / 12 / 11
Moray / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
North Ayrshire / 27 / 23 / 23 / 24 / 24 / 27 / 29 / 28 / 29 / 26
North Lanarkshire / 79 / 78 / 70 / 70 / 63 / 72 / 59 / 65 / 63 / 59
Orkney Islands / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Perth & Kinross / 11 / 12 / 14 / 13 / 15 / 12 / 12 / 11 / 11 / 11
Renfrewshire / 25 / 26 / 23 / 24 / 23 / 20 / 23 / 20 / 20 / 13
Scottish Borders / 7 / 7 / 7 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Shetland Islands / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
South Ayrshire / 20 / 21 / 18 / 19 / 17 / 19 / 20 / 24 / 24 / 23
South Lanarkshire / 31 / 41 / 37 / 37 / 38 / 38 / 41 / 42 / 39 / 32
Stirling / 5 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 8 / 6 / 5 / 7 / 7 / 6
West Dunbartonshire / 6 / 8 / 12 / 8 / 11 / 14 / 14 / 25 / 26 / 25
West Lothian / 25 / 24 / 23 / 27 / 23 / 20 / 17 / 23 / 19 / 16
Scotland / 707 / 728 / 695 / 681 / 660 / 701 / 671 / 644 / 639 / 617

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