FURTHER to your editorial ("Time to tackle pay erosion faced by Scottish teachers", The Herald, January 5) I am puzzled by the statement that "unpromoted teachers start on around £36,000”. The starting salary for a post-probationer Scottish teacher as of January 2018 is in fact £27,438. They only earn £36,480 when they reach the top of the unpromoted pay scale. This is quite different from starting their career on “around £36,000”.

Eddie Morrison,

Dunedin Drive, East Kilbride.