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‘Bridging the gap’ to schools and teachers will be essential for the SQA’s successor body to succeed, says new chief examiner Donna Stewart in an exclusive interview

The power of the Scottish Attainment Challenge in closing the disadvantage gap in education has been ‘eroded’, says the education secretary, as she comes under fire

More than £100 million funding to support Modern and Foundation Apprenticeships in 2025-26 has been confirmed by Scotland’s education secretary

Proposed changes to the law would effectively entitle children to opt out of learning about religion – not just practising it, says ADES

Labour wants more pupils with SEND in England to be educated in mainstream schools – so what can the country learn from Scotland, where this approach has been in place for decades?

Attendance rates for Scottish schools are among the worst in the UK – here we reveal the proportion of pupils regularly absent from school by council and sector