Thursday
Tories reveal new team of shadow education ministers
Leader Douglas Ross says his shadow cabinet will provide ‘Scotland’s real alternative to the SNP’
Lockdown lack of play harmed young pupils, parents say
Charity calls on government to put development and wellbeing of pre-school children at heart of education recovery plan
Wednesday
New junior education ministers announced
Shirley-Anne Somerville was appointed as Scotland’s education and skills secretary earlier today
Scaling up ‘a challenge’, admits national tutor scheme
Schools can use wider catch-up funding to employ their own tutors, says NTP leader
DfE’s ‘levelling up’ plan: all teachers need to know
How the government plans to grow multi-academy trusts and expand reach of the Opportunity Areas programme
What did John Swinney achieve as education secretary?
In 2016, John Swinney was enthusiastically received but in past year, he faced two no-confidence votes
Shirley-Anne Somerville is new education secretary
John Swinney’s successor will have no time to draw breath amid concerns over SQA assessment
Tuesday
Catch-up tsar: Extended school day should be compulsory
‘The more voluntary things are, the less likely they’re going to get to the hard-to-reach bits of your community,’ says Sir Kevan Collins
John Swinney moved out of education role
New education secretary yet to be announced as Swinney takes on Covid recovery post
Sturgeon makes education promises after election as FM
First minister made no mention of mounting concerns over SQA assessment in her priorities for the first 100 days
‘Release heads from test and trace duty to stop exodus’
School leaders have spent 100 extra hours identifying and notifying contacts of Covid cases this year, NAHT warns
