Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association

SSTA
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
Founded1944 (1944)
HeadquartersEdinburgh
Location
MembersIncrease 5,966 (2024)[1]
General Secretary
Seamus Searson
President
Monique Dreon-Goold
Key people
Iain Glennie, AGS and Euan Duncan, AGS
AffiliationsEI,GFTU
Websitewww.ssta.org.uk
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
Recorded in 1965[2]

The Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA) is Scotland's second largest teachers' union. It was created to focus on secondary education issues in reaction to the perception of national influence exercised by the primary education sector.

The SSTA is affiliated to Education International.[3]

Aims

The SSTA claims that it aims to advance education in Scotland and promote the interests of Scottish secondary teachers.[4]

In recent years it has campaigned for a reduction in the excessive workload secondary teachers face.[5][6] It also regularly raises the issue of the violence teachers face at work, and issues of growing levels of poor behaviour in schools.[7][8][9]

Past presidents

  • 1944 - J G Lindsey M.A, B.Sc, F.R.S.E.
  • 1945 - James Porter M.A.
  • 1947 - W M L Dewar M.A.
  • 1949 - Agnes McKendrick M.A.
  • 1951 - Alexander Allan M.A.
  • 1953 - Alexander R Robertson M.A.
  • 1955 - Arthur D Brown B.Com.
  • 1957 - James Docherty M.A.
  • 1959 - J N C Clark M.A., Ph.D.
  • 1961 - Albert Anderson M.A B.Sc.
  • 1963 - James Miller M.A., B.Sc.
  • 1965 - David Low B.Sc.
  • 1967 - Neil Foggie D.A.
  • 1969 - Gladys M Cairns M.A.
  • 1971 - John Vallely M.A., B.A.
  • 1973 - E R Landsman M.A.
  • 1975 - L H Inglis Dip.Tech
  • 1977 - J McD Roy D.A.
  • 1979 - Alistair B Fulton M.A.
  • 1981 - John D Gray M.A M.Sc.
  • 1983 - Douglas Campbell M.A.
  • 1985 - Donald C Halliday B.Sc.
  • 1987 - Thomas Wallace B.Sc.
  • 1989 - Ian M Goldsack M.A.
  • 1991 - John Small B.Ed.
  • 1993 - Marie T Allan M.A
  • 1995 - Barbara E Clark M.A.
  • 1997 - William A L Guthrie B.Sc.
  • 1999 - William S Fitzpatrick B.A.
  • 2001 - George M T Sturrock M.A.
  • 2003 - Alan McKenzie M.A.
  • 2005 - Albert F S McKay B.Sc.
  • 2007 - Ann L Ballinger B.A.
  • 2009 - Peter Wright M.A.
  • 2011 - Margaret Smith B.A., B.Ed.
  • 2013 - James B Forbes M.A.
  • 2015 - Euan Duncan B.A.[10]
  • 2017 - Kevin Campbell B.Sc.[11]
  • 2019 - John Guidi B.Sc.
  • 2021 - Catherine Nicol B.Sc.[12][13][14]
  • 2023 - Stuart Hunter[15][16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SSTA AR21 Form for the year ending 31 December 2024" (PDF). GOV.UK. Certoffice.org. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Heraldry for Self-Isolators - Week 5 begins". Lyon Court. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Education International - Search A Member". www.ei-ie.org. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "About the SSTA".
  5. ↑ "Teachers 'morally blackmailed' over workloads - union". 10 May 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Teaching union rejects settlement on 'excessive' workload". 27 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Teachers face 'aggression epidemic', says SSTA". 21 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Fife schools see nearly 5,000 violent incidents in one year". 25 March 2026. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Schools accused of suppressing reports of attacks and abuse of teachers". 14 May 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "North Ayrshire RE teacher is new teaching union president". 27 May 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "Union chief warns of school 'dodgy practices'". 1 July 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "10 questions with... Catherine Nicol". 5 November 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association announces strike dates". BBC News. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "Teacher strikes: SSTA members vote to accept pay deal". BBC News. 9 March 2026. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Education, Children and Young People Committee Agenda: 25 September 2024". Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "Scottish education is broken says teachers' leader". 29 April 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2026.


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