Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association

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Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
Founded1944
Headquarters Edinburgh
Location
Members
7,205 [1]
Key people
Stuart Hunter, President 2023
Seamus Searson, General Secretary 2015 -, Assistant General Secretaries, Fiona Dalziel, Euan Duncan, Iain Glennie
Affiliations STUC, EI
Website www.ssta.org.uk
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Escutcheon.png
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.

Contents

The SSTA is affiliated to the STUC [3] and Education International. [4]

Aims

The SSTA aims to: [5]

To promote these aims, the Association strives to:

Past presidents

See also

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References

  1. "Annual Return for a Trade Union : Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association" (PDF). Certoffice.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. "Heraldry for Self-Isolators - Week 5 begins". Lyon Court. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. "Affiliated Unions - STUC". www.stuc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014.
  4. "Education International - Search A Member". www.ei-ie.org. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011.
  5. "About the SSTA".