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Making students with additional support needs feel ‘successful, wanted and part of something’ – the impact of a service like Falkirk’s The Cottage is life-changing, says teacher and parent Nicola Daniel

Formal dispute will be declared if ‘meaningful’ pay offer is not made to teachers within 10 days, as only previous offer is described as ‘completely lacking in credibility’

In the wake of this year’s exam results in Scotland, the education secretary flagged a ‘wide degree of variation’ between councils – but how useful are pass rates as a measure of success?

Council chiefs say the decision was made with no discussion, and bodes ill for the future of the new independent inspectorate in Scotland

The ongoing fallout after a Scottish local authority badly underestimated future demand for places in a new primary school was set out today in an Accounts Commission report

After last week’s publication of a long-awaited behaviour plan in Scotland, Jamie Thom advises how to make your classroom a place of calm and good learning

Every school should provide debating, says teacher Robbie McDonald, who has seen it fuel not only students’ confidence but also social mobility

New national advice on mobile phones in Scottish schools has put common sense ahead of one-size-fits-all rules, says this secondary head

New Scottish government guidance says ‘mobile phones can both enhance and detract from learning’ and leaves it to schools and councils to decide ‘restrictions and limitations’

The interim chief executive of Education Scotland shares what she has discovered in her ongoing challenge to visit every Scottish local authority by the end of 2024

‘Culture shift’ in behaviour management has made teachers feel ‘disempowered’, says plan, which backs ‘relationships-based approaches’ and barely mentions exclusions

The news that two Scottish independent schools are closing raises questions about the health of the sector as a whole – and has prompted the national body for private schools to call for a delay in applying VAT on fees