Friday
Curriculum and assessment review: schools sector has its say
In response to the review’s call for evidence, sector organisations recommend changes to assessments and the scrapping of performance measures
AQA says curriculum must be ‘updated and slimmed down’
Exam board also talks up high-stakes end-of-year exams as a way of assessing students efficiently and fairly
Tuesday
SQA maps out priorities for new qualifications body
As SQA prepares to change into Qualifications Scotland in late 2025, it says it wants to ‘win back trust’ among teachers and students and use technology to ‘streamline’ services
Action on ‘exploitative’ children care providers long overdue
A headteacher outlines why those in education should welcome the Department for Education’s move to tackle for-profit care home providers
SEND: Six key findings from DfE’s MPs session
DfE is to take ‘a fundamental look’ at the SEND system and it is working with the Treasury on a solution for council deficits
What if we caused the SEND crisis ourselves?
The number of children being classed as having SEND is overwhelming – but have we stopped to think that the system could be to blame, asks the leader of E-ACT academy trust
The case for universal free school meals
The lunch hour is the only part of the school day that is means-tested. It shouldn’t be that way, argues Kate Anstey of Child Poverty Action Group
Friday
Pupil Equity Fund status quo unsustainable, Gilruth tells heads
Changing use of PEF money shows that schools are asked to do too much to fix societal problems, says education secretary at School Leaders Scotland annual conference
Out-of-work primary teachers could train as ASN specialists
This is one of the ‘innovative approaches’ to the primary teacher employment crisis being considered by the government, according to Scotland’s education secretary
