Island teaching post vacant for six years

A COUNCIL has been trying to find a teacher for a remote island primary school for more than six years, figures have suggested.

- By Katrine Bussey

The Scottish Liberal Democrats said data they have uncovered shows more than 1,350 teaching posts have had to be readvertised by local authorities in the past two years.

This includes a post for a primary school teacher on Papa Westray, one of the smallest islands in Orkney, which, at the time the request for information was made, had been vacant since March 2019.