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Scottish headteachers are calling for action over longstanding teacher shortages in subjects such as maths and computing

“Positive destinations” data shows that “teachers and support staff are clearly preparing young learners for the next stage in life very well”, says education secretary Jenny Gilruth

Secondary teachers’ union warns of ‘unnecessary pressure and stress’ on students, but the Scottish Qualifications Authority says it is time for ‘getting on with the reintroduced assessment arrangements’

Death knell may be sounded for the Higher brand, with skills report author James Withers calling for an end to the ‘often bewildering’ array of names for Scottish qualifications

Teachers in Scotland ‘overwhelmingly’ preferred the return to external exams in 2022 – but students ‘marginally’ preferred the 2021 approach, finds new research

The total number of GCSE entries rose to more than 5.5 million, with modern foreign languages becoming more popular

Over a third of exam students during Covid felt teachers were biased against certain groups in the awarding of teacher-assessed grades, a major study shows

The final report of Professor Louise Hayward’s qualifications review will be with the education secretary next week – and she is clear the changes cannot be done on the cheap

Children’s commissioner urges the government to ensure that children in care are attending ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ schools every day

The secondary school curriculum is ‘broken’ and needs to be reformed to make careers education a mainstream feature, experts tell House of Lords committee

Pearson Edexcel exam paper sat by students on Thursday stated the incorrect date of a historical text, with one candidate saying the mistake ‘threw us completely off’

The union says it is time to overhaul the use of attainment data and stop schools in ‘economically devastated’ areas from being branded ‘Scotland’s worst schools’ in the media