Friday
Legislation to end compulsory daily worship proposed
Requirement to carry out daily acts of worship ‘simply not appropriate for diverse, multi-belief society’, say humanists
Sturgeon: We won’t have another qualifications fiasco
First minister reveals she has been involved in discussions over the SQA qualifications process this week
Thursday
Tories reveal new team of shadow education ministers
Leader Douglas Ross says his shadow cabinet will provide ‘Scotland’s real alternative to the SNP’
Lockdown lack of play harmed young pupils, parents say
Charity calls on government to put development and wellbeing of pre-school children at heart of education recovery plan
Wednesday
New junior education ministers announced
Shirley-Anne Somerville was appointed as Scotland’s education and skills secretary earlier today
Scaling up ‘a challenge’, admits national tutor scheme
Schools can use wider catch-up funding to employ their own tutors, says NTP leader
DfE’s ‘levelling up’ plan: all teachers need to know
How the government plans to grow multi-academy trusts and expand reach of the Opportunity Areas programme
What did John Swinney achieve as education secretary?
In 2016, John Swinney was enthusiastically received but in past year, he faced two no-confidence votes
Shirley-Anne Somerville is new education secretary
John Swinney’s successor will have no time to draw breath amid concerns over SQA assessment
Tuesday
Catch-up tsar: Extended school day should be compulsory
‘The more voluntary things are, the less likely they’re going to get to the hard-to-reach bits of your community,’ says Sir Kevan Collins
John Swinney moved out of education role
New education secretary yet to be announced as Swinney takes on Covid recovery post
