This FOI request went through an internal review process at the request of the original requester. The follow up response can be found below the original request.

Original request

Summary of request

The number of employees on salary bands within GTC Scotland
Date of request:
17
March
2025
Date of response:
14
April
2025
Reference:
24-25/104
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Successful
Finance

Full request

  1. A breakdown of the number of General Teaching Council Scotland employees grouped by salary bands (e.g., £50,000–£55,000, £55,001–£60,000, etc.).
  2. The number of General Teaching Council Scotland employees whose annual salary is £50,000 or higher.
  3. The number of General Teaching Council Scotland employees whose annual salary is £80,000 or higher.
  4. The number of General Teaching Council Scotland employees whose annual salary is £100,000 or higher.

Response

I refer to your request for information (FOI 24-25/104) dated 17 March 2025 for records related to “salary bands” which we have handled under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA).

Specifically, you asked for a “breakdown of the number of General Teaching Council for Scotland employees grouped by salary bands” which we have provided in Table 1 below.

Table 1: The number of employees on salary ranges at GTC Scotland as data extracted on 20 March 2025

You also asked for the number of employees whose annual salary is “£50,000”, “£80,000” and “£100,000 or higher” within your request which we have provided in Table 2 below.

Table 2: The number of employees above specific payment thresholds at GTC Scotland as data extracted on 20 March 2025

If you are dissatisfied with this response, you may contact informationgovernance@gtcs.org.uk to request GTC Scotland conduct a review of it. You should describe the original request and explain your grounds of review. You have 40 working days from receipt of this response to submit a review request. When the review process has been completed, if you are still dissatisfied, you may use the Scottish Information Commissioner’s guidance on making an appeal to do so.

Internal Review request

Summary of request

The number of employees on salary bands within GTC Scotland
Date of request:
Date of response:
Reference:
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Finance

Full request

Response

Response file