Secondary

Wednesday

28th Feb 2024

Subject-specific language ‘boosts EAL pupils’ science grades’
Training in how to use more academic language in lessons helps teachers feel more confident in multilingual classrooms, research finds
EAL science

Thursday

22nd Feb 2024

SQA to be hit by strike action over pay
Around 400 staff will strike tomorrow in a dispute over pay that Unite says will have ‘a major impact’ on exams – but the SQA says the union is ‘scaremongering’
SQA strike no entry
‘Urgent action’ needed to improve post-16 prospects
Stark inequalities in post-16 outcomes across the UK have been revealed by new research – with the problem ‘most acute’ in Wales
School leavers tie on fence

Monday

19th Feb 2024

DfE rejects calls to scrap EBacc and reform Progress 8
The government turns down recommendations for 11-16 changes made by a House of Lords committee
DfE rejects calls to scrap EBacc and reform Progress 8
GCSEs: Former education secretary to review reducing exam burden
Charles Clarke will chair a review of secondary education for OCR, which will publish policy proposals in the summer
GCSEs: Former education secretary to review reducing exam burden

Thursday

15th Feb 2024

GCSE resits: Minimum teaching time rules criticised by school leaders
Schools and colleges that do not meet minimum teaching hours for maths and English GCSE resit students will face funding cuts
Introducing minimum teaching time rules for GCSE resit students has been criticised by school leaders

Tuesday

13th Feb 2024

Gilruth calls for end to widespread dual presentation
Education secretary says presenting students for an N4 and N5 in the same subject is leading to ‘unnecessary additional workload’ and damaging students’ confidence
dual presentation Gilruth

Monday

12th Feb 2024

Rural secondaries ‘struggling to provide basic education’
Falling student rolls are leading to staffing cuts in rural secondary schools in Scotland, warn parents – who are demanding a guaranteed core curriculum for all pupils
Scottish staff shortages

Monday

5th Feb 2024

Esports qualification is ‘stepping stone’ to lucrative industry
Esports course is ‘first of its kind’ in Scottish schools and aims to tap into the fast-growing gaming scene
esports stepping stone

Friday

2nd Feb 2024

Pisa: Most Scottish teenagers anxious about maths
Exam pressure and too much teaching to the test could be responsible for rising maths anxiety, says expert assessing figures obtained by ÌÇÐÄVlog Scotland
Pisa: Most Scottish teenagers anxious about maths

Thursday

1st Feb 2024

SQA plays down impact of strike action on exams
Unite says strikes in February and other industrial action stretching into exams season will have ‘major impact’, but SQA accuses union of ‘scaremongering’
Crash test dummy

Tuesday

30th Jan 2024

Wales to introduce vocational GCSEs
It is hoped the new brand of qualification – which will be called VCSEs and will replace existing vocational qualifications such as Btecs – will improve parity of esteem
Wales to introduce vocational GCSEs