Nobody is suggesting this is an easy subject but the report card on successive Scottish governments to have grappled with it must be, “Could do better”.
- Text size
Teacher recruitment: must do better
Workforce planning is both an art and a science. Tailoring numbers of appropriately qualified schoolteachers to the number of posts involves inspired guesswork about both future teacher and pupil numbers.
Commenting & Moderation
We moderate all comments on HeraldScotland on either a pre-moderated or post-moderated basis. If you're a relatively new user then your comments will be reviewed before publication and if we know you well then your comments will be subject to moderation only if other users or the moderators believe you've broken the rules, which are available here.
Moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Please be patient if your posts are not approved instantly.
MOST READ
SPONSORED LINKS
MOST COMMENTED
