Secondary

Thursday

28th Jul 2022

A-level results day 2022: key dates and information
When is A-level results day and what happens if your students don’t achieve the grades they wanted? We round up the key information below
Investigate period product shortages, heads tell DfE
Concerns raised after one in three girls say they cannot access products at school or college
Concerns have been raised after a survey found 1 in 3 female students said they could not access a free period product in their school or college.

Friday

22nd Jul 2022

SQA staff to consider strike action over ‘insulting’ pay offer
Union says strike action could hit students’ exam appeals process, while SQA states that results are on track for 9 August
Scottish Qualifications Authority - SQA - staff who are members of the union Unite are to be balloted on strike action over pay

Wednesday

20th Jul 2022

Food tech becoming ‘too expensive to teach’ as inflation soars
Exclusive: Subject leads warn they are worried that the rising cost of ingredients could lead to schools cutting practical lessons

Monday

18th Jul 2022

Disadvantage gap wider in Wales than England
Students from poorer backgrounds in Wales were almost two years behind their peers pre-pandemic, finds new analysis
Disadvantage gap wider in Wales than England

Monday

11th Jul 2022

Exclusive: Qualifications review lead outlines what happens next
New Scottish system must be ‘both visionary and practical’, says Professor Louise Hayward
Exclusive: Qualifications review lead on what happens next

Thursday

7th Jul 2022

SQA: The problem isn’t the qualifications - it’s resources
Timetabling, class sizes and resources are to blame for the failure to realise Curriculum for Excellence in upper secondary, not courses, finds SQA research
SQA: ‘The problem isn’t the qualifications - it’s resources’

Tuesday

5th Jul 2022

Scottish school and college qualifications explained
Qualifications reform is under way in Scotland but the current system is here until at least 2024. We outline how it works
Scotland, flag, QA

Friday

1st Jul 2022

PM not opposed to new grammar schools ‘in principle’
Boris Johnson has talked about the support for setting up new grammar schools among MPs in the ‘Red Wall’ constituencies
Free video tutorials aim to ‘unpack big ideas’ for pupils
A Scottish school has produced 200 four-minute films to help students understand core concepts at Higher
Free video tutorials aim to ‘unpack big ideas’ for pupils

Thursday

23rd Jun 2022

Zahawi labels GCSE poetry changes as ‘cultural vandalism’
The removal of poems by Philip Larkin and Wilfred Owen from a GCSE poetry anthology was criticised by the education secretary
Nadim

Wednesday

22nd Jun 2022

GCSEs 2022: League tables ‘unfair’ despite DfE changes
Leaders warn that the DfE’s plan to change its school performance league tables website in the aftermath of Covid does not go far enough
Views of exam tables and papers set up in an examination room