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Pupils should be free to ‘find their own style’, which is ‘itself an important part of education’, peer argues

EIS teaching union accuses the SQA of favouring appeals run by schools and colleges

Watchdog will start revisiting areas where its last inspections sparked ‘significant concerns’ about SEND from April

This week’s special issue of Tes looks back at an extraordinary year for everyone in schools

Tes obtains councils’ first details of missing pupil premium millions. But government still hasn’t said how much poorest pupils will lose

With the anniversary of the first coronavirus lockdown now upon us, Emma Seith takes a look back at the earth-shattering events that marked a year of unprecedented upheaval for Scotland’s teachers, staff, pupils and parents

There should be no going back to exactly how things were before the pandemic. Instead, we must embrace the art of the possible, says Billy Burke

So much has changed over the past 12 months – but the work of the school’s guidance team is more crucial than ever, says Lisa Finnie

The cancellation of exams during the pandemic has raised questions about assessment. Here Tes Scotland publishes two opposing views

While many people involved with schools stayed at home as the pandemic raged, those students and staff who remained in schools had to overcome their anxieties and adjust to new ways of working. But a positive attitude helped to see everyone through the difficult times, finds Zofia Niemtus

With the anniversary of the first Covid lockdown now upon us, Dan Worth takes a look back at the earth-shattering events that marked a year of unprecedented upheaval for the nation’s teachers, staff, pupils and parents

The principal of Oak National Academy talks to Tes about his most memorable teacher, the difficulties he experienced as a gay student in an all-boys secondary and the organisational confusion he believes exists within the state school system