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Former council chief will lead Scotland’s qualifications body through reform after leaving his previous role in the wake of Ofsted criticism of children’s services following the killing of a six-year-old boy

The passing of legislation is an ‘opportunity missed’ to improve the learning environment of pupils, warns Scotland’s biggest teaching union

‘Exhausted and burnt out’ teachers urgently need the long-promised reduction in class-contact time, says Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association

The divide in university attendance between the most and least deprived school leavers grew to 34.7 percentage points for the 2023-24 cohort

‘A fear that change might make things worse’ is holding the Scottish system back, warns the author of Scotland’s review of assessment and qualifications

SQA guidance also includes subject-specific examples of acceptable and unacceptable use of GenAI tools – but the body warns that it is ‘impossible to create an exhaustive list’

Secondary heads are under ‘constant pressure’ to drive up attainment – but they can’t do that without teachers, says the incoming general secretary of School Leaders Scotland

S1-3 students whose families receive the Scottish Child Payment will be eligible for free school meals in eight council areas

Full course assessment returned in Scotland in 2023-24 after the pandemic – but SQA research shows some learners felt ‘thrown in the deep end’ and teachers would have preferred ‘a gradual return’

New data shows hundreds of teaching posts being advertised ‘over and over again’ – prompting calls for probationers to be offered three-year contracts

Why are drama, history, RE, PE and Classics having trainee recruitment targets hiked up when overall teacher supply is improving? ÌÇÐÄVlog speaks to experts to find out

One day a week of working and studying from home for secondary teachers and senior students could save thousands and be good for wellbeing, it will be argued at the EIS AGM this week