Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association

SSTA

Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
Founded	1944;81 years ago (1944)
Headquarters	Edinburgh
Location	Scotland
Members	5,966 (2024) [1]
General Secretary	Seamus Searson
President	Stuart Hunter
Affiliations	EI
Website	www.ssta.org.uk

Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
Motto	Capita Tria Unus Amimus
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 aims to: ^[4]

• Advance education in Scotland
• Safeguard and promote the interests of Scottish secondary teachers in all matters, especially those that affect salaries and conditions of service.

To promote these aims, the Association strives to:

• Listen to the secondary view.
• Formulate policies that reflect the views and needs of members.
• Respond to consultations on educational matters.
• Represent members and their views to SED, SQA, GTCS, and other national bodies such as SCRE and Education Scotland
• Advise members on curricular, professional, and contractual matters.
• Campaign to maintain educational standards.
• Negotiate salaries and conditions of service in the SNCT.
• Campaign for improvement, and against deterioration, in salaries and conditions of service

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.
• 2017 - Kevin Campbell B.Sc.
• 2019 - John Guidi B.Sc.
• 2021 - Catherine Nicol B.Sc.

See also

• Organized labour portal

• Education in Scotland
• Trade Unions in Scotland

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. 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".

External links

• Official website