MORE than 100 teachers teachers employed by a Scots council have been left "seriously upset" after being informed days before the summer holidays that their jobs are no longer available.
North Lanarkshire Council emailed some 80 primary and 50 secondary teachers on Friday, just a week before schools in the authority break for summer, telling them it can no longer offer temporary or fixed-term contracts from August.
Scotland’s largest teaching union, the EIS, said teachers were not offered any notice prior to the announcement, leaving staff "deeply anxious and worried".
A spokeperson for North Lanarkshire council said that a reduction in pupil numbers meant that government funding had dropped by £1.8 million, leaving the local authority unable to maintain current teacher levels.
He added that the council’s share of Scottish Government Strategic Equity Funding, used in part to recruit additional teachers, has fallen by £2m for 2023/24.
However, Andrea Bradley, EIS general secretary, said: “The issuing of these notifications by North Lanarkshire Council, with no prior notice whatsoever, late on a Friday and within days of the summer holidays, has caused serious upset amongst the teachers affected.
