Secondary

Tuesday

24th May 2022

Pupils ‘miss out’ on school trips as transport costs soar
Exclusive: As fuel prices hit record levels, some schools are finding transport costs ‘unviable’
School, Trips, transport, costs

Friday

20th May 2022

GCSEs 2022: Year 11 absence double pre-pandemic rate
Over half of disadvantaged students sitting GCSEs this year missed at least 10 per cent of school sessions, compared to less than a third in 2018-19
classroom with empty desks
Exams 2022: Failed collections mean ‘thousands’ of exam papers could be lost
Exclusive: Issues with timed collections mean many exam officers are being forced to leave completed papers at the post office
exam papers in forefront with blurred background
GCSEs 2022: Exam board warning over ‘clickbait’ grades videos
Exclusive: AQA warning over ‘misleading’ YouTube content that claims to predict pass marks needed to achieve grade levels
exam

Thursday

19th May 2022

Grammar schools warming to non-selective MAT plans
Grammar schools were previously planning grammar-only MATs over fears about their selective status

Wednesday

18th May 2022

Data: students from deprived backgrounds entering university
New Scottish figures reveal the rate of progress in widening access to university
Data: students from deprived backgrounds entering university
Call for national trial mocks to avoid online GCSE ‘disaster’
Professor John Jerrim has warned that a move to digital exams could be a ‘logistical nightmare’

Tuesday

17th May 2022

Most secondary teachers say primaries ‘excessively drill’ pupils
And just 2 in 5 primary teachers say key stage 2 tests are an accurate measure of pupil attainment
Child sits with head in arms on top of textbooks pile

Friday

13th May 2022

SSTA: Prioritise teacher retention, not just new recruits
An exclusive focus on recruitment to drive up teacher numbers in Scotland would ‘miss the point’, says union boss
SSTA: prioritise teacher retention, not just new recruits

Thursday

12th May 2022

Secondary teachers ‘more stressed than ever’ about behaviour
Scottish secondary teachers to call for ‘urgent review’ of behaviour approaches in schools
Teachers 'more stressed than ever' about behaviour
GCSEs 2022: No school likely to exceed 2021 grades, says Ofqual
Exclusive: Ofqual chief regulator Jo Saxton says she hopes 2022 exam results will be higher than in 2019 but advises schools not to try working out Progress 8 yet
Social, mobility

Wednesday

11th May 2022

Dundee teachers to strike over faculties plan
The EIS teaching union says the plan would ‘remove the vital experience offered by subject specialist principal teachers’
Dundee teachers to strike over faculties plan