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Today
28th Mar 2024
SQA: Taking two maths courses dents confidence and adds workload
But teachers say they have to work within the realities of a system where they cannot afford to risk students having nothing to show for two years of studying for a National 5
Jenny Gilruth: a year as Scotland’s education secretary
The Scottish education system can’t be allowed to stagnate, writes Emma Seith – slow reform is increasingly looking like no reform
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