The above from the Scottish Government today shows the pupil/teacher ratio in Scottish schools being maintained at 13.2 for the third year in a row despite around 6 000 more pupils in the system since 2019, with nearly 2 000 extra teachers.

Pupil to teacher ratios in maintained schools were lowest in Scotland (13.2) and similar in Northern Ireland (17.4), England (18.0) and Wales (18.4): _{https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-and-training-statistics-for-the-uk}

These are big differences in the load faced by Scottish teachers compared with those elsewhere in the UK.

Yet, their union leaders use this all-graduate profession to back the party responsible for the worst ratio, in Wales.