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The teacher pay offer in Wales includes an 11.8 per cent pay rise over two years and a 1.5 per cent one-off payment this year

The union will now end its industrial action over pay, while the ballot result for Scotland’s largest union, the EIS, is due tomorrow

The independent review of assessment and qualifications is asking if external exams should be significantly reduced and if the Higher brand should be consigned to history – but how do teachers and heads feed back their views?

The Higher has been described as the ‘gold standard’ and the ‘cornerstone’ of Scottish education, but the term could be swept away after more than 130 years in an attempt to give parity to other qualifications and forms of learning

Just PE, history and modern studies hit or exceeded their teacher education recruitment targets in Scotland this year for the most popular route into secondary teaching

Long-awaited interim report from review of assessment and qualifications also recommends a ‘Scottish Diploma of Achievement’ that captures the full range of learning and experiences – not just academic qualifications