25-26/056

We refer to your request for information (FOI 25-26/056) dated 18 December 2025 which we have handled under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). 

You asked:

“As a follow-up to my previous FOI requesting numbers of teachers holding physics, biology and chemistry, could you please provide the numbers on the register on 30 September on the following years: 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019?”

Our response:

Please note that GTC Scotland operates a current register and not a historic register. We are unable to provide the records you have requested relating to the Register of Teachers in 2019 and 2020 as that information was not reported at the time. As such, we have applied section 17 to these queries as this information is not held.  

However, we can provide information related to 2021 and 2022. Please see this information in Table 1 below.

By way of advice and assistance, you referred to FOI 25-26/042 being a previous request we received under FOISA. Due to changes in how we record our data, we are now able to provide you with information we could not provide in that response. Please see this information included in Table 1 below.

Right to review and appeal

You may request a review of how we have dealt with this information request if you are dissatisfied with this response. This can be done by contacting us at informationgovernance@gtcs.org.uk, describing your original request and explaining the basis for your dissatisfaction. You have 40 working days from receipt of this response to submit a review request.  

Once the review process has been completed, if you are still dissatisfied, you have 6 months in which you can apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision. See the Scottish Information Commissioner’s guidance on making an appeal for information about how to do this.