Rennie: 130 teachers losing their jobs in North Lanarkshire

Responding to reports that around 80 primary teachers and 50 secondary teachers in North Lanarkshire have been told that the council is unable to offer them temporary or fixed term contracts from August, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:

"This is the inevitable consequence of the SNP's approach to funding education and local authorities.

"The loss of these hardworking staff will mean an increase in class sizes for the pupils and teachers who remain. In turn, that will have a knock-on effect on workloads for teachers and behavioural standards among pupils.

"The SNP need to bring this vicious cycle to an end and provide local authorities with the resources they need to give every pupil a world-class education.

"Scottish Liberal Democrats have set out clear plans for overhauling the leadership of Scottish education, ending the reliance on short contracts and cutting class sizes to get our schools back on track after a difficult decade."