Primary

Wednesday

31st Mar 2021

Primary baseline tests to go ahead in September
Schools minister promises to ensure schools ‘overall workload demands are managed’ as controversial new assessment goes ahead

Monday

29th Mar 2021

‘Delay school until 7 to give children a flying start’
The Scottish Liberal Democrats pledge to delay school starting age and scrap controversial testing of P1s

Sunday

28th Mar 2021

Play-based stage can reduce attainment gap, say Greens
A school starting age of 7 is favoured, with the party pointing to Finland’s ‘renowned’ education system

Thursday

18th Mar 2021

Primaries’ catch-up cash ‘wiped out’ by funding shift
DfE change to pupil premium policy comes at ‘exceptionally bad time’, headteachers warn

Tuesday

9th Mar 2021

New move for school starting age to be raised to 7
‘Historic change’ would pave way for ‘truly play-based education’, under plans to be considered by Scottish Parliament

Thursday

4th Mar 2021

Headteachers blindsided by ‘shock’ school return plans
Secondary heads say government’s own education recovery group was given ‘no hint’ that 15 March return would include S1-3

Tuesday

2nd Mar 2021

Don’t force primary pupils to wear masks, PM says
Government hits back at Labour council’s suggestion that children at its primary schools should wear face coverings

Tuesday

23rd Feb 2021

North and Midlands ‘hardest hit by Covid learning loss’
Disadvantaged Year 6 pupils are seven months behind in maths, finds research
Baseline: Number of schools keen to trial test halves
3,878 schools signed up as “early adopters” for Reception baseline assessment, compared with the 9,657 that took part in previous year’s pilot

Thursday

7th Jan 2021

Children in primary should learn about apprenticeships
Disadvantaged white working-class children must be taught about apprenticeships earlier than is commonly the case, experts say