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Scottish education secretary forced to defend rowing back on government promise to provide a free laptop or other digital device to every pupil

Children are becoming ‘lost’ in ‘huge schools’ and it’s bad for the relationships that are key to improving behaviour and attainment, says education secretary

Downward trend in school attendance data leads education secretary to demand that persistent pupil absence be addressed in every school inspection

Target was to fill 2,000 places on the secondary PGDE this year but just 1,002 were taken – with maths, physics, computing, technical education, languages, chemistry and music among worst hit

Official figures also indicate the number of these specialists is falling, although numbers of some other non-teaching roles are growing

Students at a Scottish secondary – and a teacher specialising in student voice – explain how they worked with a team of academics on how to improve their school community

Coordinated support plans allow children and families to hold education authorities to account over support – but just 0.5% of pupils with an ASN in Scotland have one

By helping pupils see poetry in the real world and appointing a school makar or poet laureate, schools can show that poetry is not stuffy, says English teacher Alan Gillespie

The authority is planning to cut more than 170 teaching posts from August – in ‘many’ primaries, only headteachers will be available to cover staff absence

The latest 91¶¶Òõ Schools Wellbeing Report, released this morning, highlights school staff’s opinions on workload, funding and confidence in their roles

Humza Yousaf made the admission when quizzed about a 91¶¶Òõ Scotland exclusive revealing almost one in five probationers have opted out of this year’s induction scheme

Over a third of Scottish pupils have an ASN, but that figure would be lower if school buildings and cultures were developed with all pupils in mind, says expert