Just 12% of current teacher job posts are permanent amid recruitment crisis

The majority of the more than 1,100 unfilled posts advertised on Education Posts are fixed-term positions, usually lasting just one school year. Picture: Larry Cummins

Just over 12% of the more than 1,100 job posts for teachers which remain unfilled two weeks out from schools returning are permanent positions.

As of Tuesday afternoon, just 16 out of 481 available roles in secondary schools are labelled as permanent, while there are 121 permanent positions out of 629 unfilled posts available in primary schools.