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Museum visits must be part of what a school offers – and an inspiring experience that ensures pupils aren’t being dragged around against their will, says this depute head

Just PE, history and modern studies hit or exceeded their teacher education recruitment targets in Scotland this year for the most popular route into secondary teaching

Secondary headteachers say the latest offer ‘devalues them’ given pay rises are capped for those earning over £80,000

EIS union recommends that members accept the pay offer, which follows several rounds of teacher strike action since November

Long-awaited interim report from review of assessment and qualifications also recommends a ‘Scottish Diploma of Achievement’ that captures the full range of learning and experiences – not just academic qualifications

The number of school trips overseas has fallen amid rising costs and concerns about the environment and equal access, with some parts of Scotland ruling them out for now. So, is the school trip abroad an experience worth saving?

EIS union says talks this week got ‘within touching distance of a possible settlement’, and calls on government and local authorities to make new offer tomorrow and ‘get an agreement over the line’

First minister quizzed over bullying in schools in week that new data shows almost a third of P5-S3 pupils had been bullied in the previous year

SSTA was ‘fully aware’ of ‘potential to create difficulties in some schools’ after result of survey on teacher pay offer, but stands by ‘the correct decision under the circumstances’

The many disabled school leavers left without essential coordinated support plans represents a ‘huge, huge failure’, parliamentary committee hears

Only a minority of 2022 SQA appeals were successful, yet it seems unlikely that so many experienced teachers could be incapable of following published standards, says Peter Bain

Meanwhile the proportion of school leavers entering higher education, the most common destination, has dropped