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Emma Seith is senior Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland reporter at Tes magazine
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Most requests for specialist places in S1 are rejected
Support for ASN pupils in mainstream schools is becoming ‘unmanageable’ as families are struggling to find specialist provision, warn secondary school leaders
Secondary
20 August 2025
10 years of the Scottish Attainment Challenge: has it been a success?
Today marks exactly a decade since Nicola Sturgeon’s landmark speech on Scottish education – Emma Seith looks at the legacy of a career-defining promise by the former first minister
General
18 August 2025
£46K spent on failed recruitment for top Scottish education jobs
The Scottish government has twice been unable to fill the posts of chief inspector of education and chief executive of Education Scotland – Tes Scotland uncovers the costs of this recruitment failure
General
15 August 2025
Sturgeon: ‘I did not succeed in all I set out to do on education’
‘That is on me,’ says former first minister in her memoirs – while also taking aim at the ‘many’ political opponents who wanted her ‘to fail’
General
15 August 2025
Scottish school leaders’ workload ‘unsustainable’
Budget cuts, staff shortages, lack of support for ASN students – as well as ‘harassment from parents’ – are leaving heads at risk of burnout, finds School Leaders Scotland
Secondary
14 August 2025
SQA exams: requests for special arrangements hit nearly 120,000
The most common requests were for extra time and separate accommodation to sit exams – but headteachers warn a crisis is looming, with schools running out of space
Secondary
5 August 2025
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