Education bosses meet Highland probationer teachers

Councillor Bren Gormley, Vice Chairman of the Council’s Education, Culture and Sport Committee and Hugh Fraser, The Highland Council’s Director of Education, Culture and Sport today (Friday 10th August) welcomed 129 probationer teachers, who will be working in Highland schools in the new session, at their induction day in Inverness.

The new teachers will be starting work in schools across the Highlands on Monday (13 August) when pupils return to school following their summer break.

In total, 63 probationers have been allocated to secondary schools and 66 to primary schools – 19 in Caithness, 9 in Sutherland, 41 in Inverness, 23 in Ross and Cromarty, 12 in Nairn, 7 in Skye and Lochalsh, 15 in Lochaber, and 3 in Badenoch and Strathspey.

Three of the primary probationers will be teaching in Gaelic Medium schools, and two secondary probationers have been allocated to teach Gaelic in high schools.

Councillor Bren Gormley, Vice Chairman of the Council’s Education, Culture and Sport Committee said: “I am delighted to welcome our new probationary teachers to Highland. This is a very exciting time in education and we have a real opportunity to make a difference to the lives of young people in the Highlands.

“I hope that all of our probationer teachers will have a positive experience on our schools and I wish them all the very best at the start of their career in this very important profession.”

The probationer induction day is the first of four in-service training days throughout the year specifically allocated to probationer teacher induction and training.

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