Request for Educational Information - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Request for Educational Information
FOI Number
202495
Date Received
17/01/2024
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
1. What action is the council taking to support schools to address increasing levels of pupil absence?2. How many education welfare officers have been employed in each of the past ten years?
3. How many attendance/ truancy officers have been employed in each of the past ten years?
4. What action is being taken to record the number of pupils in secondary who register for school, but then fail to attend class?
5. For each of the past five years:
a. How many substantive and permanent a)Principal Teacher of Guidance and b)Pupil Support posts have there been in each of secondary school?
b. Which schools, if any, employ full time Principal Teachers of Guidance/Pupil Support, i.e. those who are not timetabled to teach a subject other than PSE?
c. How many pupils, broken down by year of schooling (ie P1 – S4), are on a reduced timetable?
d. How many substantive and permanent Principal Teacher of Curriculum/Subject posts have there been in each of the local authority’s secondary schools?
6. Has any review or analysis of its Guidance/Pupil Support structure and/or provision?
7. How many secondaries timetable computing or digital literacy as a subject to all pupils in S1. How many do not?
8. How many secondaries timetable computing or digital literacy as a subject to all pupils in S2. How many do not?
9. How many secondaries timetable computing or digital literacy as a subject to all pupils in both S1 and S2. How many do not?
10. In each of the last ten years how many permanent computing teachers have been employed in each secondary?
11. In each of the last ten years how many newly qualified computing teachers has the council employed?
12. In each of the last ten years, how many vacancies for computing teachers have there been in each secondary?
Response
1. What action is the council taking to support schools to address increasing levels of pupil absence?
Updated Attendance Policy to support attendance.
2. How many education welfare officers have been employed in each of the past ten years?
The Council do not employ welfare officers.
3. How many attendance/ truancy officers have been employed in each of the past ten years?
The Council do not employ truancy officers.
Pastoral support assistants – we only have this specific post title available since 2021-22 tax year therefore for previous years we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held.
4. What action is being taken to record the number of pupils in secondary who register for school, but then fail to attend class?
Period by period registration on SEEMIS
5. For each of the past five years:
a. How many substantive and permanent a)Principal Teacher of Guidance and b)Pupil Support posts have there been in each of secondary school?
See attached.
b. Which schools, if any, employ full time Principal Teachers of Guidance/Pupil Support, i.e. those who are not timetabled to teach a subject other than PSE?
See attached.
c. How many pupils, broken down by year of schooling (ie P1 – S4), are on a reduced timetable?
See attached for Secondary Schools
As all primary schools have less than 5 pupils on a reduced timetable, we have taken the decision not to release information where numbers are 5 or below. This is because by releasing this information could potentially identify individuals. Therefore, we are relying on section 38(1)(b) of FOI(S)A 2002.
d. How many substantive and permanent Principal Teacher of Curriculum/Subject posts have there been in each of the local authority’s secondary schools?
See attached.
6. Has any review or analysis of its Guidance/Pupil Support structure and/or provision?
Majority of secondary schools have done this and continue to do so to best meet the needs of children, young people and families.
7. How many secondaries timetable computing or digital literacy as a subject to all pupils in S1. How many do not?
See attached.
8. How many secondaries timetable computing or digital literacy as a subject to all pupils in S2. How many do not?
See attached.
9. How many secondaries timetable computing or digital literacy as a subject to all pupils in both S1 and S2. How many do not?
See attached.
10. In each of the last ten years how many permanent computing teachers have been employed in each secondary?
See attached.
11. In each of the last ten years how many newly qualified computing teachers has the council employed?
See attached.
12. In each of the last ten years, how many vacancies for computing teachers have there been in each secondary?
We are unable to provide a history of vacant posts, our BW system only generates information as a snapshot at today’s date. However, I have provided information below on the number of advertised vacancies we had over the 10 year period with post title to include computer/computing.
Year Number of advertised vacancies
2015 0
2016 5
2017 4
2018 6
2019 1
2020 2
2021 1
2022 5
2023 3
2024 0
