The Glasgow secretary of Scotland's leading teaching union EIS condemned the action against Jessie Goldie, headteacher of Kennedy Street Nursery school. She was suspended during an inquiry into the number of children on the school roll, in a case which bears superficial similarities to the 'ghost pupils' scandal which has led to the suspension of three of Glasgow's primary school headteachers in recent weeks.
The 'ghost pupils' issue arose when it was alleged that headteachers had more pupils registered as attending than were actually present, a situation which could have enabled them to claim additional funding to teach pupils who were not really there.
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