ADES Report On Headteacher Recruitment

Report on research findings and the current challenges to Headteacher recruitment.


Appendix B: Headteachers over the age of 50 by local authority 2015 - FTE

Authority Total
Number of HTs
Number of HTs 55 or over Percentage of LA HT workforce 55 or over Number of HTs 50 or over Percentage of LA HT workforce 50 or over
Aberdeen City 55 21 38% 28 50%
Aberdeenshire 157 47 30% 74 47%
Angus 49 13 27% 23 47%
Argyll & Bute 69 21 30% 39 56%
Clackmannanshire 24 5 21% 6 25%
Dumfries & Galloway 80 12 14% 36 45%
Dundee City 39 12 31% 23 60%
East Ayrshire 52 11 21% 22 42%
East Dunbartonshire 41 14 35% 26 63%
East Lothian 37 9 24% 20 54%
East Renfrewshire 29 11 37% 14 47%
Edinburgh City 112 34 30% 58 51%
Eilean Siar 19 6 29% 8 40%
Falkirk 49 16 33% 32 65%
Fife 146 48 33% 72 49%
Glasgow City 183 67 36% 98 54%
Highland 153 42 28% 74 49%
Inverclyde 27 7 25% 16 57%
Midlothian 36 11 31% 21 58%
Moray 49 19 39% 26 53%
North Ayrshire 52 13 25% 27 52%
North Lanarkshire 161 42 26% 75 47%
Orkney Islands 15 5 34% 8 52%
Perth & Kinross 74 14 19% 29 39%
Renfrewshire 61 16 26% 27 44%
Scottish Borders 50 11 22% 23 46%
Shetland Islands 27 3 11% 10 37%
South Ayrshire 45 7 16% 12 27%
South Lanarkshire 142 51 36% 82 58%
Stirling 42 9 21% 21 50%
West Dunbartonshire 39 10 26% 20 51%
West Lothian 80 22 28% 37 47%
Grant Aided 7 3 44% 6 85%
Total 2,201 631 Average 29% 1,090 Average 50%

Source: Summary statistics for schools in Scotland - No. 6: 2015 Edition, Wednesday, December 9, 2015

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