Secondary

Friday

17th Oct 2025

Rise in cheating and misbehaviour among Scottish exam students
There were over 200 cases of cheating or misbehaving among students sitting exams and taking national qualifications in 2024-25, up from 173 the previous year
Rise in cheating and misbehaviour among Scottish exam students

Thursday

9th Oct 2025

Revealed: the cost of rebranding to replace the SQA
The reform of Scotland’s qualifications body has often been dismissed by critics as little more than a name change – true or not, rebranding will be needed. So how much will this cost?
How much is it costing to rebrand the SQA
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Tuesday

7th Oct 2025

DfE removes funding for IB Diploma in state schools
International Baccalaureate decries ‘deeply disheartening’ decision that it claims will affect 5,000 students but save little money
Pencil erasing money
Online exams could undermine the system, warns Hinds
Former education secretary says digital exams would also be bad for pupils’ handwriting, speaking ahead of the final report from the review of curriculum and assessment
Damian Hinds has warned against digital exams.

Friday

3rd Oct 2025

Heads less likely than class teachers to back Year 8 reading test
Support among school staff for the government’s reported plan to introduce a new mandatory reading test varies depending on stage of career, a poll shows
Heads less likely than class teachers to back Year 8 reading test

Thursday

2nd Oct 2025

Personalised texts to parents ‘can improve attendance’
Schools could see a reduction in student absence by changing the way they message parents about non-attendance, research suggests
Schools changing the way they message parents about absence can have an impact, says review

Wednesday

1st Oct 2025

Poorer students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’
Disadvantaged students are disproportionately in schools that do not have compulsory GCSE languages, a University of Cambridge study shows
We must encourage more school students to keep studying languages, says the British Council Scotland

Tuesday

30th Sep 2025

Struggling students ‘most likely’ to have negative phone experiences
Those who are struggling academically at school are more likely to have upsetting interactions on their phones, research shows
Struggling pupils 'most likely to have negative phone experiences'

Sunday

28th Sep 2025

Phillipson pushes back at criticism over Year 8 reading tests
Education secretary stops short of confirming plans for mandatory reading test in Year 8, but defends the testing of students’ literacy skills
A girl reading a book

Friday

26th Sep 2025

Secondary teacher recruitment still falling short despite rise in applications
NFER says teacher shortages will leave schools relying on non-specialists, timetable changes or returners to plug gaps
Secondary teacher recruitment still falling short despite rise in applications

Tuesday

9th Sep 2025

Demand to study Mandarin outstrips supply, experts warn
The British Council says that although more than a third of students have expressed an interest in taking the subject, it is only available to 5 per cent of the UK school population
A new British Council report has warned that demand to study Mandarin in UK schools is outstripping supply

Thursday

4th Sep 2025

New SQA CEO: Qualifications Scotland will be ‘very different’
But changes ushered in by SQA replacement body Qualifications Scotland will take time, new chief executive Nick Page says in a ÌÇÐÄVlog Scotland interview
Nick Page SQA chief