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Emma Seith
Emma Seith

Emma Seith is senior Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland reporter at Tes magazine

All articles by Emma Seith
New education agency could become ‘Frankenstein organisation’
Prominent academic voices further concerns about the way education reform in Scotland is being taken forward
General
19 October 2022
Monster
Scottish school named one of the world’s best
Dunoon Grammar has won the inaugural World’s Best School Prize for community collaboration and now will share in the $250,000 prize money
General
19 October 2022
Scottish school named one of the world’s best
Scottish secondary teachers to vote on strike action
Closing schools through strikes is ‘the only way that Cosla and the Scottish government will be forced to negotiate’ over teacher pay, warns SSTA president
General
19 October 2022
Scottish secondary teachers to vote on possible strike action
Government group looking to ‘modify’ teaching entry requirements
‘More flexibility’ in the entry requirements for teaching courses is being considered so the Scottish government can meet its commitments to increase teacher numbers and cut class contact time
General
17 October 2022
Teacher training: Scotland could change course entry requirements
‘Kindergarten stage’ in Scotland: what must happen to make it work
Finland has 9 children per teacher in pre-primary education – in Scotland, it’s 130. If we want to emulate the Nordic countries ‘kindergarten stage’ it’s going to take massive investment, writes Emma Seith
Early Years
14 October 2022
Young Einstein
SNP members back motion to raise school starting age
Scottish government’s policy of testing pupils in P1 comes under fire as case made for a kindergarten stage from 3 to 6
Early Years
10 October 2022
SNP members back motion to raise school starting age