Friday
SQA staff accept pay offer, says union
Scottish Qualifications Authority staff ‘overwhelmingly’ agree new pay deal, after they took unprecedented strike action
Covid: One third of 12- to 15-year-olds still unvaccinated
New ONS data also shows less than half of students on free school meals have received at least one vaccine dose
Almost twice as many schools struggling to recruit teachers in 2022
School governor survey also reveals less than a third feel their school is a financially sustainable position
Mini Budget: Ministers accused of thinking education ‘unimportant’
Union leaders also slammed ‘unnecessary’ plans in mini Budget to require them to put pay offers to a member vote before proposing strike action
Education inequalities: building a more equal system
In the final part of the series, the authors of a major IFS report on the disadvantage gap highlight the key pain points that policymakers must focus on fixing – and why it matters for all of us
‘I will deliver Scottish education reform,’ vows Somerville
The education secretary’s comments follow accusations that she has been duped into letting ‘failed organisations’ lead their own overhaul
Gaelic education in Scotland: how much progress has been made?
Many families now want their children to learn in Gaelic – Emma Seith looks at whether enough is being done to harness that enthusiasm
Investigation: The ‘big question’ looming over DfE MATs target
Exclusive: Single-academy trusts are more than twice as likely to be rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted than schools in multi-academy trusts, Tes analysis shows
Thursday
National discussion: what’s your vision for Scottish education?
Scotland’s national discussion on education is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to ‘pause and reflect’, say the academics leading it
Pay rise not enough to tackle teacher ‘crisis’, say unions
Joint statement from education unions also criticises late timing of proposed teacher pay offer
Embracing hard questions over reading approaches and phonics
A Scottish Learning Festival event raised concerns about reading approaches in schools. That willingness to grapple with difficult questions is a good sign, says Henry Hepburn
Two-thirds of school energy deals to run out by spring
The Department for Education has at last revealed results of a schools energy deal survey, which it undertook in May
