Secondary
Thursday
9 GCSE trends schools need to know: grades, resits and regions
With a vast array of exam data published for GCSE results day, we’ve picked through the key information to share the most interesting and unexpected insights
Is it time to do away with the focus on exam pass rates?
In the wake of this year’s exam results in Scotland, the education secretary flagged a ‘wide degree of variation’ between councils – but how useful are pass rates as a measure of success?
Wednesday
How big is the gap in SQA results around Scotland?
After education secretary Jenny Gilruth drew attention to a ‘wide degree of variation in results’, we look at the size of that disparity at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher
Exams 2024: Why RAAC, P8 and the pandemic can’t be ignored
While exams were sat as normal this year, the reality is that students have experienced years of disruption – posing problems for them and how schools will be judged on their outcomes
