A total of 325 complaints were made last year, down from 646 in 2014/15 and 566 in 2013/14. The reduction has largely been attributed to a sharp fall in criminal cases involving teachers, according to the GTCS, which investigates complaints.
Only eight teachers were struck off after conduct cases, against 16 the previous year and 11 in 2013/14. However, conduct cases falling short of criminal action rose to 122 from 64 three years earlier.
But the figures showed that complaints from parents increased to 52 in 2015/16 from 30 in 2012/13.
Ken Muir, chief executive of the GTCS, said: “Electronic communication is one of the factors for the rise in complaints because it does make it easier to fire off an email.
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