Scotland
The latest news, analysis, investigations and professional advice covering everything to do with the schools sector in Scotland
Monday
4th Mar 2024
School guidance to tackle gender-based violence
New guidance will help schools to challenge ‘societal views which normalise gender-based violence’, says the Scottish government
‘Budget cuts could affect every one of Scotland’s children’
Amid plans to cuts education budgets in Scotland, headteachers are ‘profoundly’ worried for ‘an entire generation of children’, writes the AHDS vice-president
Thursday
29th Feb 2024
Some autistic pupils have to ‘fail’ to get support, MSPs told
Inquiry into additional support for learning hears of families who do not feel that their autistic child is included in mainstream school
Speech and language therapists ‘should be in schools’
Speech and language therapists should be working in schools supporting teachers – not in clinics, says the head of the professional body for SLTs in Scotland
Should primaries have specialist pastoral staff, too?
Secondary schools in Scotland have had guidance teachers, who specialise in pastoral support, since the 1960s, and now primary leaders are pressing for a similar role in their sector. Emma Seith weighs up the arguments
‘Most parents’ back Scotland’s LGBT-inclusive education
Now teaching unions are calling for ‘time, support and resources’ so schools can confidently bring LGBT-inclusive education into the curriculum
Wednesday
28th Feb 2024
Education reform will begin in 2024, promises Gilruth
Scotland’s education secretary attempts to ease concerns that little progress has been made on reforming assessment and qualifications since the June 2023 Hayward report
Open plan ‘super schools’ deemed bad for pupils with ASN
New schools are often large and open plan, but the noise can make it harder for children to learn – and in the worst-case scenario, they can also be unsafe, MSPs hear
Money, parity, clarity: the top priorities for assessment reform
Hayward review consultation sheds light on how the Scottish education sector wants qualifications reformed, drawing on the views of more than 11,000 people