Secondary

Wednesday

7th Jun 2023

Skills review wants ‘common language’ for qualifications
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
Letter press

Tuesday

6th Jun 2023

Teacher and students’ views diverge over Covid-era exams
Teachers in Scotland ‘overwhelmingly’ preferred the return to external exams in 2022 – but students ‘marginally’ preferred the 2021 approach, finds new research
Teacher and students’ views diverge over Covid-era exams

Thursday

1st Jun 2023

GCSEs 2023: Computing entries jump by over 10%
The total number of GCSE entries rose to more than 5.5 million, with modern foreign languages becoming more popular
GCSEs 2023: Computing entries jump by over 10%

Friday

26th May 2023

GCSEs: Only a quarter of students had recommended NTP support
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
GCSEs: Only a quarter of students had recommended NTP support
Exclusive

Thursday

25th May 2023

Hayward: Qualifications overhaul could lead to new school roles
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
Hayward: qualifications overhaul could lead to new roles in schools
Commissioner tells DfE to fulfil pledge to create not-in-school register
Children’s commissioner urges the government to ensure that children in care are attending ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ schools every day
Empty chair

Friday

19th May 2023

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

Needle rocket
GCSEs 2023: Pearson sorry for history question error
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’
GCSEs 2023: Pearson sorry for history question ‘error’

Thursday

18th May 2023

EIS’ 6 calls to ensure qualifications reform success
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
Painting

Wednesday

17th May 2023

SQA research shows reluctance for coursework return
Documents also show SQA was warned ‘a return to the 2019 course requirements should not be done quickly’ because younger students had suffered ‘greater learning loss’
Broken watch

Friday

12th May 2023

Education secretary told teaching has become ‘unsafe and abusive’
There is no place in our schools for violent behaviour, Jenny Gilruth tells secondary teachers’ union after being asked about the steps she is taking to protect staff
Education secretary told teaching has become ‘unsafe and abusive’

Thursday

11th May 2023

SSTA: Teachers ‘denied opportunity’ to consider exams proposals
Leader of the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association will say in an address tomorrow that he fears proposed changes to assessment will ‘only add to teacher workload’
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