24-25/88

I refer to your request for information dated 28 January 2025 (FOI 24-25/88) in which you asked for “the number of GTCS teachers teaching Urdu” and "if that number is increasing, decreasing or steady” which we have handled under the Freedom of Information(Scotland) Act.

By way of advice and assistance, please note that GTC Scotland operates a professional Register and not an employment based one. This means that all individuals who meet our registration requirements can be registered with us without being actively employed as a teacher or living in Scotland.

As data extracted on 28 January 2025, the number of individuals holding the Community Languages – Urdu registration category was 9. Please note that the Register operates as a current register and as such we cannot provide historical figures unless otherwise recorded. I have therefore applied section 17(1)(b)of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA) to those queries within your request for information not held.

We have recorded the number of individuals holding the Community Languages– Urdu registration category since March 2021 and I have provided this information in Table 1 below.

Table 1: The number of individuals holding the Community Languages – Urdu registration category since March 2021

You may contact informationgovernance@gtcs.org.uk if you are dissatisfied with this response, 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 make an appeal to the Commissioner.