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Your roundup of ÌÇÐÄVlog’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including teachers’ worries about ‘unfair’ GCSE grades, the threat of teacher strikes over pay, and tips to overcome your anxiety about going back to school

Staff at the country’s biggest exam board, AQA, are also planning to strike on A-level results day over pay

Exclusive: Over half of teachers are ‘hugely concerned’ students will not get exam grades they deserve despite measures to mitigate Covid disruption, a ÌÇÐÄVlog poll shows

The return of SQA exams after three years poses big questions for the future of assessment in Scotland, says Emma Seith

Scottish secondary leaders body calls for assessment system overhaul – as headteachers predict ‘huge’ appeals workload

The results of the first national Scottish Qualifications Authority exams since 2019 have been published today

The country’s biggest exam board disputes Unison claim that strike action could cause issues for teenagers trying to contact it on A-level results day

Falling pass rates will fuel calls for exam overhaul – but any new system has to be manageable for school staff, writes Emma Seith

The government says very few schools will get better results than in 2021, when grades were awarded by teacher assessment after the cancellation of exams

Courses and assessment were modified this year – but students can have confidence in their SQA results, says Scotland’s education secretary

Results day is back to normal for the first time since 2019. Grainne Hallahan has the lowdown on what to expect when GCSE and A-level outcomes are revealed

Results day will be a more familiar process this year but Billy Burke believes some things may have changed for good