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The personal statement in the university applications process should be replaced with a series of short-response questions to address ‘unfairness’, warns HEPI

On the day the EIS calls teachers out for the first national pay strike since the 1980s, the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association condemns ‘pathetic’ offer

AQA exam board leader rules out running hybrid exams held both on and offline in different schools

Almost half of Year 11s are above the threshold for ‘probable mental ill health’, new research suggests

Chief inspector rejects the suggestion that Ofsted might have deliberately downgraded top-rated schools

Ofsted chief inspector says schools need help from the government to ‘navigate’ their way through a ‘minefield’

Curriculum and accountability pressures in schools have resulted in a 20 per cent fall in allocated PE lessons for GCSE students, research suggests

The teacher shortage is forcing schools to use measures that could ‘drag’ down pupil outcomes, experts warn

Education secretary tells Scottish secondary school leaders ‘even at this late stage’ she hopes ‘an acceptable resolution’ can be found

Heads at first full School Leaders Scotland conference since 2019 fear education reform will be ‘reshuffling of the deckchairs’ – but are told, if it is, ‘you’ve only yourselves to blame’

Advice on exams, grading and support for teachers published this afternoon by the Scottish Qualifications Authority

Extra bank holiday scheduled for Monday 8 May, when Scotland’s exams season will be underway