Local authority probation managers
Listed below are the 32 local authorities in Scotland. Click on the links to view the contact details of personnel responsible for supporting probationers.
Please contact them directly if your enquiry is related to:
- specific support requirements for probationer teachers in your area
- local Professional Learning provision
- information on work as a probationer teacher in the authority
For all other enquiries, please contact the Professional Learning and Development Department.
Contact details
- Aberdeen City Council
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Angus Council
- Argyll and Bute Council
- Clackmannanshire Council
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council)
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Dundee City Council
- East Ayrshire Council
- East Dunbartonshire Council
- East Lothian Council
- East Renfrewshire Council
- Edinburgh City Council
- Falkirk Council
- Fife Council
- Glasgow City Council
- Highland Council
- Inverclyde Council
- Midlothian Council
- Moray Council
- North Ayrshire Council
- North Lanarkshire Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Perth and Kinross Council
- Renfrewshire Council
- Scottish Borders Council
- Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS)
- Shetland Islands Council
- South Ayrshire Council
- South Lanarkshire Council
- Stirling Council
- West Dunbartonshire Council
- West Lothian Council
Aberdeen City Council contact details
Lydia Tait
Email: lytait@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Hazel Lynch
Email: HazLynch@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Aberdeenshire Council contact details
Paul Rooke, Quality Improvement Officer (Ellon and Meldrum Clusters)
Tel: 01467 538407
Angus Council contact details
Alita Spink, Support Officer. Angus Virtual School
Email: Spinka!@angus.gov.uk
Tel: 01307 476360
Argyll and Bute contact details
Sandra Clarke
Email: sandra.clarke2@argyll-bute.gov.uk
Tel: 01546 602747
Anne Paterson, Area Education Officer
Email: anne.paterson@argyll-bute.gov.uk
Tel: 01546 604333
Clackmannshire Council contact details
Anne Hutchison.
Email: ahutchison@clacks.gov.uk
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) contact details
Louise Smith, Principal Officer - Administration and Staffing
Email: lsmith@cne-siar.gov.uk
Tel: 01851 822735
Mary Clare Ferguson, Senior Education Officer
Email: mcferguson@cne-siar.gov.uk
Tel: 01870 604880
Dumfries and Galloway Council contact details
John Thin, Education Officer
Email: john.thin@dumgal.gov.uk
Tel: 01387 260 410
Ciara Scott
Email: ciara.scott@dumgal.gov.uk
Tel: 01387 260 410
Rodger Hill
Email: rodger.hill@dumgal.gov.uk
Tel: 01387 260 410
Dundee Council contact details
Iris Thomson, Education Officer (ProfessionalDevelopment)
Email: iris.thomson@dundeecity.gov.uk
Tel: 01382 434910
East Ayrshire Council contact details
Helen Cassidy , Education Manager Leadership East Ayrshire Attainment Team
Email: James.Mitchell@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
Tel: 01563 576590
East Dunbartonshire Council contact details
Vicky MacKenzie, Quality Improvement Officer
Email: vicky.mackenzie@eastdunbarton.gov.uk
Tel: 0141 578 3615
East Lothian Council contact details
Anna Robertson, Principal Officer (Staffing)
Email: arobertson2@eastlothian.gov.uk
Tel: 01620 827766
Claire Burns, Senior Business Support Assistant
Email: alittle@eastlothian.gov.uk
Tel: 01620 827401
Richard Parker, Education Service Manager (Strategy & Operations)
Email: rparker@eastlothian.gov.uk
Tel: 01620 827494
East Renfrewshire Council contact details
Tracy Morton, Education Senior Manager
Email: Tracy.Morton@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Tel: 0141 577 3942
David Gordon, Education Senior Manager
Email: David.gordon2@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Tel: 0141 577 3942
Edinburgh City Council contact details
Arran Finlay, Senior Education Officer (Probation Manager)
Email: arran.finlay@edinburgh.gov.uk
Tel: 0131 469 3063
Irene Whitford, Probation Manager
Email: irene.whitford@edinburgh.gov.uk
Falkirk Council contact details
Laura Baird, Support Officer
Email: laura.baird@falkirk.gov.uk
Tel: 01324 501655
Rachael Comrie, Probationer Support
Email: rachael.comrie@falkirk.gov.uk
Tel: 01324 501655
Laura Wallace, Probationer Support
laura.wallace@falkirk.gov.uk
Tel:01324 504668
Fife Council contact details
Jean Laird, Professional Development Officer
Email: jean.laird@fife.gov.uk
Tel: 03451 555555 extension 490051
Glasgow City Council contact details
Fiona Downey, Quality Improvement Officer
Email: fiona.downey@education.glasgow.gov.uk
Tel: 0141 287 3959
Kimberlee King, Quality Improvement Officer
Email: Kimberlee.king@education.glasgow.gov.uk
Tel: 0141 287 2670
Highland Council contact details
Roseanne Fitzpatrick, Probationer Support Officer and Acting DLITE Support and Development Officer
Email: roseanne.fitzpatrick@highland.gov.uk
Tel: 07795283613
Inverclyde Council contact details
Alison McLellan, Quality Improvement Officer
Email: alison.mclellan2@inverclyde.gov.uk
Tel: 01475 712803
Midlothian Council contact details
Nicola McDowell, Schools Group Manager (Primary)
Email: Nicola.McDowell@midlothian.gov.uk
Moray Council contact details
Willem Smit
Email: willem.smit@moray.gov.uk
Tel: 01343 563106
North Ayrshire Council contact details
Alison Allan, Senior Manager
Email: alisonallan@north-ayrshire.gov.uk
Tel: 01294 324485
Susanne Dunne, Probationer Mentor
Email: gw09dunnesusanne@ea.n-ayrshire.sch.uk
Tel: 01294 468559
North Lanarkshire Council contact details
Andrea Cardow, Probationer Support Officer (Primary)
Email: acardow@ea.n-lanark.sch.uk
Tel: 01236 812466
Tracey McGoldrick, Probationer Support Officer (Secondary)
Email: mcgoldrickt@ea.n-lanark.sch.uk
Tel: 01236 812494
Robert Smith, Education Officer (South)
Email: smithrob@northlan.gov.uk
Tel: 01236 812287
Orkney Island Council contact details
George McKinlay, Primary Support
Email: george.mckinlay@glow.orkneyschools.org.uk
Tel: 01856 873535
Perth and Kinross Council contact details
Gail Hally, Education Support Officer
Email: ghally@pkc.gov.uk
Tel: 01738 477850
Renfrewshire Council contact details
Julie Colquhoun, Education Manager - Professional Learning
Email: julie.colquhoun@renfrewshire.gov.uk
Tel: 0141 618 6009
Scottish Borders Council contact details
Susanne Liddle, Professional Learning Business Partner
Email: sliddle@scotborders.gov.uk
Tel:
01835 824000 Ext 5479
Christine Brown
Email: cbrown@scotborders.gov.uk
Tel: 01835 825108
Scottish Council of Independent Schools contact details
Margaret Lannon, Depute Director - CPD Co-ordinator
Email: margaret@scis.org.uk
Tel: 0131 556 2316
Shetland Islands Council contact details
James Johnston
Email: james.johnston@shetland.gov.uk
Tel: 01595 744099
South Ayrshire Council contact details
Kate MacDonald, Quality Improvement Officer
Email: kate.macdonald@south-ayrshire.gov.uk
Tel: 01292 612512
Lynsey Livingstone
Email: lynsey.livingstone2@south-ayrshire.gov.uk
Tel: 01292 612123
South Lanarkshire Council contact details
Eunice Young, Quality Improvement Officer
Email: eunice.young@southlanarkshire.gov.uk
Tel: 01698 454318
Stirling Council contact details
Shona Wallace, Probationer Co-ordinator
Email: wallaces@stirling.gov.uk
Tel: 01786 233207
West Dunbartonshire contact details
Claire Cusick, Senior Education Officeer
Email: claire.cusick@west-dunbarton.gov.uk
Tel: 01389 737380
Laura Vernon, Early Phase and Supply Support
Email: laura.vernon@west-dunbarton.gov.uk
Tel: 0141 951 7947
West Lothian Council contact details
Iain McDermott, Senior Professional Learning Officer
Email: iain.mcdermott@westlothian.gov.uk
Tel: 01506 282101
CONTACTS
Professional Learning and Development Department
T: +44 (0)131 314 6000
E: pld@gtcs.org.uk