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How boys perceive masculinity can profoundly affect their lives in school and beyond – so they need non-judgmental spaces to explore their identities, School Leaders Scotland told

An increase in truancy in English-speaking countries since Covid is being fuelled by girls skipping school, research shows

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

Secondary headteacher Pauline Walker is ‘deeply optimistic’ about the year ahead – as long as reform of Scottish education taps into teachers’ ‘insight into what works best’

The SQA marking review was published after the Higher history pass rate dropped by more than 10 percentage points – but Scottish Labour says ‘huge questions’ remain unanswered

Headteachers’ leaders urge government to restore local authority funding for community services, or risk leaving schools to ‘pick up the pieces’

School leaders should devise programmes to ensure underrepresented students can see a way into Stem careers, say EPI and CfEY

When the first lockdown hit, schools were ‘left on their own’ and Education Scotland was found ‘wanting’, heads tell Covid inquiry

SQA internal investigation states the sharp drop in Higher history passes was down to ‘the poor standard of responses’ from students, especially on the Scottish history paper

The gap between state and private school students going to top universities has also increased, according to DfE data

Key stage 4 performance data will no longer be published this week

‘Unacceptable’ errors in key stage 4 and 5 results data triggers call for deadline to be further extended, after it was already pushed back due to technical difficulties