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The new role will help the body ‘reset relationships and rebuild trust’, says SQA’s new interim chief executive

Writing exclusively for 91¶¶Òõ, Professor Becky Francis details why the curriculum and assessment review does not support calls for ‘revolution not evolution’

Students need to have mastered the art of extended writing long before exam time, writes Mark Enser, but this takes a precise approach

EPI research suggests that higher absence among disadvantaged 16-year-old students accounts for entire post-Covid increase in the gap

An author of a new EPI report on the link between absence and the disadvantage attainment gap outlines the key findings – and why it should spur action

When circumstances beyond students’ control affect their exam performance, how should schools go about getting this recognised?

Curriculum and assessment review chair Professor Becky Francis tells ASCL conference that key stage and national assessments are ‘broadly working well’

Last year Scottish students sat exams in five other countries via the ‘alternative venue’ process – but an update to this guidance is affecting young cheerleaders due to compete overseas

‘Bridging the gap’ to schools and teachers will be essential for the SQA’s successor body to succeed, says new chief examiner Donna Stewart in an exclusive interview

Co-chairs of the headteachers’ group tell Dan Worth why, despite a change in government, the need to ensure the voice of those leading schools is heard is as vital as ever

Watchdog says Mark Vickers will help to ensure that proposed changes to school inspection work well for pupils with SEND

SQA confirms ‘unauthorised use of website-access credentials at a single SQA centre’ but says this is ‘not the result of a cyberattack’