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Dame Rachel de Souza publishes her interim report investigating attendance data collection across the school system

Assessment of performance data comes amid concern over reintroduction of school league tables

Former DfE permanent secretary says Whitehall shows ‘surprisingly little interest’ in what those who use or deliver public services think

The new education director for Glasgow talks to 91¶¶Òõ Scotland about his time in the priesthood, exam reform, the importance of inclusion and why the drive to close the attainment gap should have started sooner

Schools can be the gateway to deliver a new national mental health strategy designed to prevent people from reaching crisis point, says Andy Mellor

Your round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ most popular news and features articles from the past week

A good knowledge of grammar leads to better writing, says Jon Severs, but that doesn’t necessarily mean pupils should be drilled in technical terminology

Exclusive: Schools need more support to help the most disadvantaged students sitting exams this summer, one teachers’ leader warns

Schools minister admits to ‘challenges’ and that the government ‘needs to keep doing better’ over its flagship Covid catch-up programme

Schools minister says national assessments will help show the impact of the pandemic to identify where support is needed

Lawyers explain what the end of the legal requirement to self-isolate means for schools when pupils or staff test positive or show Covid symptoms

A lot has changed since Scotland introduced rules on face coverings in classrooms in November 2020, says Alan Gillespie