The EIS teaching union has claimed that cuts in staff are
making it harder to deal with bad behaviour in schools. The union blames
falling teacher numbers, support staff cuts and falling numbers of educational
psychologists. One particular concern is that pupils who might be better suited
to special schools are remaining in mainstream schools without appropriate
support.
In 2007 the SNP made a manifesto commitment to cut class
sizes between Primary 1 and 3 to 18 or less. The average class in Primary 1, 2 and
3 has 23.3 pupils.
The latest government statistics also showed that the number
of teachers in Scotland's schools fell in 2014 while the number of pupils
increased. Full-time equivalent teacher (FTE) numbers stand at 50,824 which is
254 fewer than 2013 although the number of pupils in Scotland's schools is up
3,425 on the previous year to 676,955.
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