Information about registrations
Registration data by Category and Status
The Register is organised into 4 categories of registration - Primary Education, Secondary (Subject) Education, Additional Support Needs and Further Education. The professional standards teachers uphold ensure that every registered teacher maintains their knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to teaching learners with additional support needs. Where teachers hold specific registration in Additional Support Needs, this reflects an area of individual specialism.
Table 16 shows the number of registrations broken down by registration category for 31 March 2023, 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2025. The numbers in these tables are not the same as the number of individual registrants, as some registrants are registered in more than one registration category. For interest, the number of registrants who hold these registrations is included in the registrants and registrations section.
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*historical registration categories that are valid but no longer in active use
Table 17 below shows the total number of registrations, grouped by registration status. The number of Provisional Registrations and Provisional (Conditional) Registrations are included in the provisional registrations row with the number of Fully Registered (General) and Fully Registered (Associate) included in the Full Registrations row.
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Over the 2024-25 registration year there has been a:
- 0.65% decrease in the number of Primary Education registrations.
- 1.43% decrease in Secondary (Subject) Education registrations.
- 3.32% increase in Additional Support Needs registrations.
- 1.13% increase in Further Education registrations.
- 0.97% decrease in all registrations.
- 1.03% decrease in Full Registrations.
- 0.48% decrease in Provisional Registrations.
As at 31 March 2025, there are 707 registrants with at least 1 Provisional (Conditional) Registration. Of this number, 440 registrants are school teachers, and 267 registrants are college lecturers.
In 2024-25, 68 registrations progressed from Provisional (Conditional) Registration to Full Registration. In 2023-24, 34 registrations progressed from Provisional (Conditional) Registration to Full Registration.
Secondary (Subject) Education registrations by subject
The table below (Table 18) shows the number of Secondary (Subject) Education registrations by subject as at 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2025. Table 18 also contains the percentage variation over this 12-month period, and this is shown on Chart 9. Each of the subjects listed in Table 18 and Chart 9 contain the total number of registrations that relate to the subject descriptor – for example the numbers given for ‘Art and Design’ contain the number of registrations on the Register for ‘Art and Design’ and ‘Art’.
This list of subjects is not exhaustive and additional Secondary (Subject) Education registrations are contained on the Register that are not included below. The subjects listed in Table 18 and in Chart 9 reflect the subjects listed in the Memorandum on Entry Requirements to Programmes of Initial Teacher Education in Scotland (September 2024) and registration data for registrations connected to, but not necessarily exactly identical to, these listed subjects has been included.
Over time the information we share may begin to identify trends and themes. Given the range of data presented at the current time, care should be taken about drawing definitive conclusions.
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We can see from this that the 1.43% decrease in Secondary (Subject) Education registrations is not an even decrease applied across all subject areas. Instead, we can see that registrations in some subject areas increase and registrations in other subject areas decrease at a rate greater than 1.43%.
To mitigate for impact on percentages when considering changes to smaller numbers, Table 19 below includes the data from Table 18 where the subject has a greater number of registrations than 1% of all Secondary (Subject) Education registrations. There are 47,065 Secondary (Subject) Education registrations as at 31 March 2025 therefore subjects with registration numbers greater than 471 are included below. Table 19 is arranged to list these subjects by percentage variation 2024-25.
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*Please note that only subjects that have a greater number of registrations than 1% of all secondary (subject) education registrations are shown.
Registration data by Category and Status
A total of 3,055 registrants hold additional registrations. There are a total of 3,344 additional registrations.
Of the 3,055 registrants holding additional registrations, 310 registrants hold Primary Education as their original registration category and 2,553 registrants hold Secondary (Subject) Education as their original registration category. There were 62 registrants with Further Education as their original registration category. The remaining 130 registrants with additional registrations had a Legacy registration category as the original or new registration category.
Table 21 shows the link between original registration categories and additional registration categories.
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The remaining 130 additional registrations were movements within Legacy categories.
Registration data by Category and Status
The Register is organised into 4 categories of registration - Primary Education, Secondary (Subject) Education, Additional Support Needs and Further Education. The professional standards teachers uphold ensure that every registered teacher maintains their knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to teaching learners with additional support needs. Where teachers hold specific registration in Additional Support Needs, this reflects an area of individual specialism.
Table 16 shows the number of registrations broken down by registration category for 31 March 2023, 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2025. The numbers in these tables are not the same as the number of individual registrants, as some registrants are registered in more than one registration category. For interest, the number of registrants who hold these registrations is included in the registrants and registrations section.
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*historical registration categories that are valid but no longer in active use
Table 17 below shows the total number of registrations, grouped by registration status. The number of Provisional Registrations and Provisional (Conditional) Registrations are included in the provisional registrations row with the number of Fully Registered (General) and Fully Registered (Associate) included in the Full Registrations row.
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Over the 2024-25 registration year there has been a:
- 0.65% decrease in the number of Primary Education registrations.
- 1.43% decrease in Secondary (Subject) Education registrations.
- 3.32% increase in Additional Support Needs registrations.
- 1.13% increase in Further Education registrations.
- 0.97% decrease in all registrations.
- 1.03% decrease in Full Registrations.
- 0.48% decrease in Provisional Registrations.
As at 31 March 2025, there are 707 registrants with at least 1 Provisional (Conditional) Registration. Of this number, 440 registrants are school teachers, and 267 registrants are college lecturers.
In 2024-25, 68 registrations progressed from Provisional (Conditional) Registration to Full Registration. In 2023-24, 34 registrations progressed from Provisional (Conditional) Registration to Full Registration.
Secondary (Subject) Education registrations by subject
The table below (Table 18) shows the number of Secondary (Subject) Education registrations by subject as at 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2025. Table 18 also contains the percentage variation over this 12-month period, and this is shown on Chart 9. Each of the subjects listed in Table 18 and Chart 9 contain the total number of registrations that relate to the subject descriptor – for example the numbers given for ‘Art and Design’ contain the number of registrations on the Register for ‘Art and Design’ and ‘Art’.
This list of subjects is not exhaustive and additional Secondary (Subject) Education registrations are contained on the Register that are not included below. The subjects listed in Table 18 and in Chart 9 reflect the subjects listed in the Memorandum on Entry Requirements to Programmes of Initial Teacher Education in Scotland (September 2024) and registration data for registrations connected to, but not necessarily exactly identical to, these listed subjects has been included.
Over time the information we share may begin to identify trends and themes. Given the range of data presented at the current time, care should be taken about drawing definitive conclusions.
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We can see from this that the 1.43% decrease in Secondary (Subject) Education registrations is not an even decrease applied across all subject areas. Instead, we can see that registrations in some subject areas increase and registrations in other subject areas decrease at a rate greater than 1.43%.
To mitigate for impact on percentages when considering changes to smaller numbers, Table 19 below includes the data from Table 18 where the subject has a greater number of registrations than 1% of all Secondary (Subject) Education registrations. There are 47,065 Secondary (Subject) Education registrations as at 31 March 2025 therefore subjects with registration numbers greater than 471 are included below. Table 19 is arranged to list these subjects by percentage variation 2024-25.
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*Please note that only subjects that have a greater number of registrations than 1% of all secondary (subject) education registrations are shown.
Registration data by Category and Status
A total of 3,055 registrants hold additional registrations. There are a total of 3,344 additional registrations.
Of the 3,055 registrants holding additional registrations, 310 registrants hold Primary Education as their original registration category and 2,553 registrants hold Secondary (Subject) Education as their original registration category. There were 62 registrants with Further Education as their original registration category. The remaining 130 registrants with additional registrations had a Legacy registration category as the original or new registration category.
Table 21 shows the link between original registration categories and additional registration categories.
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The remaining 130 additional registrations were movements within Legacy categories.
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