Secondary

Tuesday

21st Nov 2023

Every secondary hit by teacher shortage, says education director
A teacher shortage in the north east of Scotland is leading to subjects being watered down or removed from the school curriculum entirely
Education director calls for action over secondary teacher shortages

Friday

17th Nov 2023

Heads urged to do more to shape future of Scottish education
School leaders must be ‘brave’ and push for education reform to ‘move forward at pace’, hears annual gathering of secondary headteachers
Pottery wheel

Thursday

16th Nov 2023

Exam special access requests spark call for support
The number of approved access arrangements for GCSE and A-level exams has increased significantly, new figures show
Exams: Call for schools’ support after special access requests jump
‘Get Hayward done’, education directors tell Scottish government
Implementing the review of qualifications and assessment would ‘bring about serious change’, says outgoing ADES president
Scottish football fans
A level: Disadvantage gap narrows to pre-Covid levels
But school leaders say the results show the government has ‘failed to grasp the nettle’ to close the ‘stubborn attainment gap’
The disadvantage gap has narrowed back to pre-pandemic levels in A-level results.

Wednesday

15th Nov 2023

Accountability ‘killing’ Scottish secondary curriculum
Students are ‘voting with their feet’ and refusing to attend lessons because schools lack the freedom, resources and staff to run engaging courses, MSPs are told
Feet walking

Tuesday

14th Nov 2023

SQA workers back strike action over pay dispute
Unite says SQA members have ‘overwhelmingly’ backed strike action, and that walkouts could have an impact on 2024 exam results
SQA workers back strike action over pay dispute

Thursday

9th Nov 2023

School mental health support lacking, say a third of Year 13s
More than two in five A-level students could be classified as experiencing high psychological distress, suggests study
School mental health support lacking, say third of Year 13s

Wednesday

8th Nov 2023

Qualifications reform: Scottish government told to stop ‘stalling’
A Holyrood committee has heard that the government must overcome its ‘inclination to delay big decisions’
Qualifications reform: Scottish government told to stop ‘stalling’
How good are Scottish teachers at predicting grades?
Teachers’ estimated grades more closely matched students’ SQA exam results in 2023 than they did before the pandemic
grade prediction

Tuesday

7th Nov 2023

Nearly 4,000 exam results upgraded after appeals
New SQA data raises questions about the usual approach to appeals and whether there should be more scope for Scottish schools and students to question exam results
Upgrade lightbulbs

Friday

27th Oct 2023

Teachers ‘taken further and further away’ from teaching
With a drop in support staff hitting teacher workload, one teaching union advises members to only take on tasks that demand ‘the skills and expertise of a teacher’
Safe crack stealth cuts