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Friday

10th Sep 2021

Sturgeon swimming in ebb and flow of vaccination advice
Scotland’s first minister is at the mercy of scientists’ advice about whether 12- to 15-year-olds should get the Covid vaccine, writes Emma Seith

Tuesday

10th Aug 2021

SQA exams reform: ‘rushed policy is bad policy’
Zeal for exam reform must be tempered – because policy mistakes made in haste are hugely difficult to undo, say Jo-Anne Baird and Louise Hayward

Monday

9th Aug 2021

SQA results 2021: Don’t scrap exams in push for change
With SQA results day 2021 fast approaching, one school leader looks at what can be learned from the most turbulent of years

Thursday

5th Aug 2021

SQA results day 2021: how we got here
It’s been a frenetic year – with exams were cancelled and the SQA due to be replaced – so here’s a recap of events on the road to results day

Tuesday

27th Jul 2021

Analysis: Can schools return to 2019 GCSE grades?
Covid has disrupted exam results for two years with fears that grade inflation could be ‘baked’ into the system. Can this be undone?

Tuesday

13th Jul 2021

How can the exam boards get away with it?
Imagine being asked to cook your own meal in a restaurant – that’s what exam boards are asking, says Yvonne Williams

Friday

2nd Jul 2021

Exams 2022: What if TAGs are the best option after all?
Once we step away from this year’s nightmare, we may find teacher-assessed grades offer hope, says Rachel MacFarlane

Thursday

17th Jun 2021

GCSEs: ‘The mum didn’t threaten me explicitly, but...’
The status of teachers has dipped – pitting them against parents over grades is just the next step, says Paul Read

Friday

4th Jun 2021

Why hasn’t the SQA taken teachers’ advice on grading?
It’s wrong to say there was no alternative to this year’s assessment system in Scotland, writes Emma Seith

Thursday

3rd Jun 2021

Will there be a Mexican standoff over grades in August?
What will happen when exam boards challenge a centre’s TAGs, and the centre does not give ground, asks Kevin Stannard

Monday

24th May 2021

TAGs, you’re it: Why this is a game teachers can’t win
With this year’s system of teacher-assessed grades, the DfE has shifted all the blame on to teachers, says David James

Friday

14th May 2021

TikTok’s ‘black market’ exam paper leak is a timely one