Scotland
The latest news, analysis, investigations and professional advice covering everything to do with the education sector in Scotland
Yesterday
27th Mar 2024
‘Sizeable increase’ in dual presentation for SQA courses
But entering students for both National 4 and National 5 is bad for attainment, says SQA, and those at a single level tend to get better results
SQA: Pandemic still having ‘substantial’ impact on education
Teachers say students find exams more stressful now and often lack key knowledge and skills – and staff also raise concerns about attendance
Special schools do an ‘amazing job’, so what can we learn from them?
Emma Seith visits Scotland’s national school for children with complex social, emotional and behavioural needs – and looks at whether any of its highly specialised approaches can be replicated in mainstream schools
Tuesday
19th Mar 2024
Gilruth: Number of pupils missing school ‘not acceptable’
Downward trend in school attendance data leads education secretary to demand that persistent pupil absence be addressed in every school inspection
Half of places on secondary postgrad teaching courses unfilled
Target was to fill 2,000 places on the secondary PGDE this year but just 1,002 were taken – with maths, physics, computing, technical education, languages, chemistry and music among worst hit