ICYMI: John Swinney's speech to mark 10 years of the Scottish Attainment Challenge - what did he say? www.tes.com/magazine/new... @emmaseith.bsky.social

Essential reading for today - @emmaseith.bsky.social interviews new SQA chief executive Nick Page www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Out now: Tes Scotland speaks to new SQA boss, Nick Page He talks about qualifications reform; if the levies paid by councils can remain fixed; why Qualifications Scotland "can't be a rebrand"; and why it's "sensible" to review accreditation in 2 years www.tes.com/magazine/new...

A Scottish Covid Inquiry report shares the views of 2,000 young people on what schools and teachers should do to protect learning in the event of another pandemic @henryhepburn.bsky.social reports www.tes.com/magazine/new...

📢New: The ‘difficulty’ ratings SQA gives Higher subjects Every year the SQA gives subjects a ‘difficulty’ rating – and, in response to this data, physics teachers warn their subject is too tough and students are being put off www.tes.com/magazine/new...

New: Most requests for specialist places in S1 are rejected, new data shows - with secondary heads saying support for ASN pupils in mainstream schools is becoming ‘unmanageable’ www.tes.com/magazine/new...

NEW: Support for ASN pupils in mainstream schools is becoming ‘unmanageable’ as families are struggling to find specialist provision, warn secondary school leaders www.tes.com/magazine/new... @emmaseith.bsky.social

Yesterday marked exactly a decade since Nicola Sturgeon’s landmark speech on education – @emmaseith.bsky.social looks at the legacy of the former first minister’s career-defining promises tes.com/magazine/ana...

New: The Scottish government spent tens of thousands of pounds on two failed attempts to recruit a chief inspector of education and a chief executive of Education Scotland, Tes Scotland can reveal. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

What does Nicola Sturgeon say about education - which she described as her top priority while first minister - in her new memoirs? We take a look at every aspect of her education record that she goes into. www.tes.com/magazine/new... @emmaseith.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social

What does former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon say about education – which she described as her top priority while in the role – in her new memoir ‘Frankly’? @emmaseith.bsky.social explores

"I did not succeed in all that I set out to do on school education - and that is on me," writes Nicola Sturgeon, in her memoirs However, she also takes aim at the "many" political opponents who wanted her "to fail" and councils who didn’t always "play ball" www.tes.com/magazine/new...

New: Budget cuts, staff shortages, lack of support for ASN students – as well as ‘harassment from parents’ – are leaving heads at risk of burnout, finds a new survey from School Leaders Scotland www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Make sure to download the @tesmagazine.bsky.social app to catch up on our coverage of SQA results day www.tes.com/campaign/dow... @emmaseith.bsky.social

The new school year arrives across much of Scotland this week, and thousands of staff will find themselves in a new role – depute head, Paul Bisland, offers some advice... www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Which SQA subjects are gaining popularity - and which are falling away? We look at SQA data on entries for N4, N5, Higher and Advanced Higher. www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

What were the C-grade boundaries in today's SQA results? We look at every subject across National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher www.tes.com/magazine/new... @emmaseith.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social

📢Updated: our main SQA results day story which has everything you need to know about -pass rates -the attainment gap -A-grade attainment -Higher history -dual entry at N5 and N4 -and how teacher estimates compare to final grades www.tes.com/magazine/new...

At Higher, the lowest C-grade boundary is 46.4% (geography) and the highest is 52.5% (administration and IT) @henryhepburn.bsky.social with the full subject breakdown - as well as the C-grade boundary data for N5 and Advanced Higher by subject www.tes.com/magazine/new...

SQA exams 2025: requests for special arrangements hit nearly 120,000 www.tes.com/magazine/new... @emmaseith.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social

Great day to download the @tesmagazine.bsky.social app and catch up with our SQA results day coverage... www.tes.com/campaign/dow... @emmaseith.bsky.social

New: The number of requests for special arrangements during Scottish Qualifications Authority exams - including more time and completing the paper outside the exam hall - rose again in 2025 Heads say the situation is "not at all sustainable" www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Our main piece for SQA results day 2025 includes interactive graphs. We'll have updates and follow-up pieces over the next few hours - follow me and @emmaseith.bsky.social tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

All the key stats on SQA results day 2025 👇 www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Good luck to all those receiving their results today! For the national picture @henryhepburn.bsky.social and I will be reporting on how candidates this year have performed. Follow us for updates

Exclusive: @‌sqanews.bsky.social‬ is to pay out over £2m in holiday pay to thousands of appointees - including exam makers and invigilators - after an employment tribunal ruled they were 'workers' and entitled to paid leave. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Exclusive: @‌sqanews.bsky.social‬ is to pay out over £2m in holiday pay to thousands of appointees - including exam makers and invigilators - after an employment tribunal ruled they were 'workers' and entitled to paid leave. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Results for Scottish qualifications and courses will be published next week, so what can we expect? Will pass rates go up - and how meaningful is it if they do? www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Scottish students from the most deprived areas made up 16.7% of first-time uni entrants in 2023-24 - which is equal to the previous high recorded in 2020-21 But critics say @scotgov remains a long way from hitting its target of 20% by 2030 www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Address sexist views of ‘sizeable minority’ of Scottish boys, say ‪@uofglasgow.bsky.social‬ researchers www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The government's bid to use AI to reduce teacher workload is in the news this morning Here's our piece from September 2024 www.tes.com/magazine/new...

New: @henryhepburn.bsky.social visits Scotland’s highest-security prison - HMP Shotts - to learn about a new approach to education behind bars and the parallels with priorities in modern schools www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Interesting polling from Cambridge Assessment/YouGov: Almost 2/3 of adults are opposed to teachers using AI to mark coursework - despite a big push from govt for schools to use it to support teaching tasks. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The first pupils to benefit from the fully reformed suite of Scottish school qualifications - so those due to enter S4 in 2031 and then S5 in 2032 - will start P5 in August. So, the fully fledged reforms will come too late even for those in P1 when Covid hit in 2020 www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

With SQA exam results day 2025 fast approaching, here are all the key details and dates 👇 www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

New school qualifications - including reformed Highers - will become fully available by 2032, it was revealed in June. But as the official document was published with so little fanfare - just before summer break - are schools even aware? www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Want to be on the board of Scotland's new qualifications body? @sqanews.bsky.social is seeking applications for 6 openings... www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Practitioner enquiry encourages innovation and leads to better decisions, says Welsh academic, Dr Gareth Evans – he is making the case for ‘enquiry coordinators’ to make enquiry 'more visible within school staffing structures' www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

A Scottish government fund worth up to £1.2 million and designed to support the growth of entrepreneurial education opens today for bids - but some schools will barely be back before the applications window closes www.tes.com/magazine/new...

New: Papers uncovered by Tes Scotland show that the gov wanted to start phasing in its pledge to reduce class-contact time in August, starting with a 50-minute reduction in the time primary staff spend teaching But the proposals were rejected by councils www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The FM has set a deadline of 20 August for councils to come up with a "clear plan" - including a timeline - for the phasing in of the 90-minute cut to class contact time BUT councils say current funding does "not come close" to the levels required Full story 👇 www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The FM has set a deadline of 20 August for councils to come up with a "clear plan" - including a timeline - for the phasing in of the 90-minute cut to class contact time BUT councils say current funding does "not come close" to the levels required Full story 👇 www.tes.com/magazine/new...

I'm catching up on my Scottish education news after a lovely three-week break If you're in the same boat head to the Tes Scotland website for stories on the new SQA chief exec; the timeline for curriculum and quals reform, and much more www.tes.com/magazine/hub...

Consequences “help reinforce boundaries and expectations” - including “exclusion as a last resort”, says new government guidance on behaviour in schools. But schools need "more than carefully considered words" - they need staff and funding, says ‪@eisunion.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Exclusion ‘an appropriate and necessary tool’, says behaviour and consequences guidance - @emmaseith.bsky.social reports www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social

New: Petition seeks abolition of General Teaching Council for Scotland www.tes.com/magazine/new...

New: There is a “growing gap in access to education” between care-experienced young people and their peers, “due to the high use of part-time timetables, formal and informal exclusions and specialist education placement”, warns a new report www.tes.com/magazine/new...

New: The author of Scotland’s independent review of assessment and qualifications has criticised the Scottish government’s reluctance to change the exam-heavy regime in upper secondary, warning that the system “is not just” and “does not work for many learners”. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Exciting news - we now have a @tesmagazine.bsky.social app! And it's easy to find all our Scottish pieces in one place: click "Explore", then "Scotland", for the latest from @emmaseith.bsky.social and me - and much more besides. Android: bit.ly/45xsB8d iOS: apple.co/3FzfSYh

Private schools lose court battle over VAT on fees www.tes.com/magazine/new... @tesmagazine.bsky.social @emmaseith.bsky.social