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The trust system does not have to cause anxiety for headteachers outside that system, argues Alice Edgington as she explains why she has become a convert to being part of a family of schools

As the government’s child poverty taskforce meets for the first time, leaders tell ÌÇÐÄVlog what they think the strategy should address when it comes to schools

New national advice on mobile phones in Scottish schools has put common sense ahead of one-size-fits-all rules, says this secondary head

The interim chief executive of Education Scotland shares what she has discovered in her ongoing challenge to visit every Scottish local authority by the end of 2024

‘Culture shift’ in behaviour management has made teachers feel ‘disempowered’, says plan, which backs ‘relationships-based approaches’ and barely mentions exclusions

The news that two Scottish independent schools are closing raises questions about the health of the sector as a whole – and has prompted the national body for private schools to call for a delay in applying VAT on fees

Education Policy Institute’s Emily Hunt outlines attainment data that shows how gaps between boys and girls fluctuate over time – and the pandemic’s impact on this

As secondary schools wait for clarity on the future of assessment and the senior phase more generally, it appears that change will be less bold than many had hoped

The arts and humanities are suffering, and students are more likely to choose A levels from the same subject group, a report finds

This year’s update to official safeguarding guidance includes only minor changes in language. Here we outline the key updates

While exams were sat as normal this year, the reality is that students have experienced years of disruption – posing problems for them and how schools will be judged on their outcomes

This year’s Scottish Qualifications Authority annual results data shows pass rates down and the attainment gap is now wider than it was in 2019 at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher