Part of Education and Lifelong Learning – in the Scottish Parliament at 2:15 pm on 13 September 2007.
The 2006 teacher census showed that there were 51,659 class-based teachers in primary, secondary and special schools, 1,666 pre-school teachers and another 1,160 visiting specialist teachers. Figures for the 2007 census will be collected this month and will be published in March.