Forfar Academy is the most under-pressure secondary school in Angus in terms of teacher vacancies.
The school has seven unfilled positions across departments one-third of the total staffing vacancies across the area’s senior schools.
An update will be presented to education committee councillors in Forfar today, just weeks after leading figures clashed over claims the county is in the grip of an attainment-damaging staffing crisis.
The committee will hear that the council staff ratio was 13 pupils to every teacher in February, while the authority’s aim is to maintain as near to 13.2 as possible this year.
The Scottish Government set out guidance for the ratio at 13.7 for the forthcoming year.
The latest teacher numbers and vacant posts data being made available will reveal that there are 541.8 full-time equivalent (FTE) posts with 5.6 FTE vacancies in primary schools, while for secondaries the figures are 561.2 FTE posts with 21 FTE vacancies.
Children and learning convener Councillor Sheena Welsh said: “We have recently held successful interviews for secondary school teachers and are pleased to have offered a number of key posts to excellent candidates in areas of particular need, including maths.
“We are also working in partnership with Aberdeen and Dundee universities to enable 10 Angus Council employees to undertake a distance-learning postgraduate diploma in primary education, which will qualify them to work as primary school teachers.
“On successful completion these newly-qualified teachers will begin their probationary period in Angus.
“On successful completion of their probationary period, participants will work in our primary schools for a further three years.
“We are committed to raising the attainment and achievements of all our children and young people.”
The convener previously clashed with committee colleague David May, who described long-term staff shortages in Angus secondary schools as a “major problem”.
Montrose councillor Mr May raised fears that pupils in some schools might not be offered some subjects next year due to a shortage of subject teachers, highlighting particular concerns in key areas of maths, science and technical.