Education Scotland

Welsh is the only Celtic language which is not considered endangered by UNESCO, even if it doesn’t have the highest number of speakers.

Explainer Welsh is the most successful Celtic language despite Wales’ size; why?

School girls walking to school. Photo credit should read: Ian West/PA Wire

Major study leads to demands for 'urgent' review of ASN pupil support funding

The influence of languages like Gaelic, Pictish and Old Norse, from Scottish history can still be seen in the world we live in today.

13 Interesting Scottish place names with origins rooted in Gaelic and Pictish

First Minister Humza Yousaf with Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth.

Scottish education not in crisis, says new SNP education secretary

PABest Students (from left) Sophie Thwaites, Aaliyah McLaine, Michael Stewart, Aaron Boyack and Claire McNab at Auchmuty High School in Glenrothes, Fife, check their results as high school pupils across Scotland find out their exam results. Picture date: Tuesday August 9, 2022.

Landmark Scottish education review calls for 'significant reduction' in exams

Picture: John Devlin

Scottish pupils to learn about green jobs through virtual Minecraft worlds

Schools should create an atmosphere where consideration for others is cherished (Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Kindness should have a place in the school curriculum – Cameron Wyllie

New figures have shown that almost half of Scottish schools have not been inspected by education bosses in over a decade

Almost 1,000 Scottish primary schools not inspected in last ten years

Scottish education reform should be informed by people with up-to-date experience of a classroom (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Cameron Wyllie: A strange thing about the 59 people reforming Scottish education

Fiona Robertson, Chief Executive of SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) appeared in front of MSPs.

Exams body chief claims SQA has not failed despite ministers plans to scrap agen...

Schools should be allowed to focus on providing the best possible education with fewer 'initiatives' and 'interventions' from outside (Picture: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Attainment gap in schools won't be closed by officials spouting 'educrap'

School librarians are key to fostering literacy and helping deal with advances in information technology (Picture: Ben Birchall/PA)

Police or librarians: which do Scotland's schools need most? – Cameron Wyllie

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have accused the Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville of diverting vital funds for disadvantaged children to fund police in schools.

‘Children branded as criminals by SNP Government’, says Willie Rennie

Russell Findlay MSP accused the Scottish Government of using the Loch Ness Monster for propaganda.

Tory MSP accuses SNP of using Loch Ness Monster for 'nationalist propaganda'

The Tories accuse the Scottish Government of hiding behind the pandemic.

Nearly 1,000 Scottish schools haven't been inspected in a decade

Pupil Equity Funding (PEF) totalling £520 million will be distributed to schools in every council area

Headteachers to receive half a billion pounds to help close attainment gap

Professor Kenneth Muir said "more is needed" from the education system in Scotland ahead of the scrapping of the SQA in 2024.

‘SQA needs to deliver and change’, says independent adviser

It's time for Education Scotland to pack up and go, says Cameron Wyllie (Picture: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Education Scotland should be shut down tomorrow – Cameron Wyllie

Education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville. Picture: PA

SNP plan education overhaul as SQA and Education Scotland scrapped

Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville.

Opposition demand parliamentary statement around report 'fiddling' accusations

Our teachers give sweat and tears to their pupils, as clearly seen during the pandemic, so why are they excluded from important work on the recovery of schools post Covid-19?, asks former headteacher Cameron Wyllie. PIC: Contributed.

Insult of not inviting teachers to top table on covid recovery - Cameron Wyllie

Exams are set to be reformed

Exams in Scotland to be reformed, but not scrapped, Education Secretary says

Scottish Labour has branded the Scottish Government’s school ventilation strategy “farcical and dangerous” as it calls for an update on the strategy (Photo: Lisa Ferguson).

Higher History S5/S6 Armadale Academy students/pupils wear masks in the classroom along with their teacher

West Lothian has been placed into Tier 3 alon with the rest of the Central Belt

COVID 19, CORONA VIRUS - From today teachers and S4-S6 pupils must wear face masks/face coverings in classrooms in the new tier 3 and tier 4 COVID 19 restrictions.

Senior pupils and their teachers are being advised to wear face coverings in classrooms for schools in the new level 3 and 4 restriction areas.

The Scottish government has released new guidance on school safety to take account of the five-level Covid alert system, which begins on Monday.

Other guidance advises staff to wear face coverings in all schools, where social distancing is not possible.

And parents should wear masks even at drop-off and pick-up.

Scottish Labour calls for school ventilation update in Parliament

The assessment system in Scotland needs to be changed, the OECD has said.

Scotland should consider ‘school graduation certificate’ in place of exams

The EIS is calling for education review to focus on support for schools

EIS calls for education review to focus on support for Scottish schools

The EIS has hit out at plans to resume school inspections.

Teachers' union hits out at resumption of school inspections during disruption

Professor Lindsay Paterson, who has been critical of Scottish Government education policy in the past, did not feature in the report

Academic claims he was not contacted for major education review

Anti-racism will be embedded in the school curriculum. Picture: PA

Anti-racism teaching to be ‘embedded’ into school life

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Robert Perry - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Book extract: 'Class Rules, The Truth About Scottish Schools'

The advisor, supported by the panel will publish his conclusions by January.

Panel tasked with scrapping SQA to complete work within six months

Scotland’s community safety minister Ash Denham.

Emergency services meeting held following spate of Scottish drownings

S5 and S6 students during an English Literature class at St Andrew's RC Secondary School in Glasgow.

SQA chief refuses to apologise over last year's grades debacle

The SNP needs to confront their own mistakes if Scottish education is to improve, says Daniel Johnson (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

What OECD report on Scottish education teaches us about the SNP – Daniel Johnson

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon views a classroom as she visits West Calder High School. Picture: Andy Buchanan-Pool/Getty Images

Replacing SQA as Scottish exams body will not happen overnight, says minister

Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville will be under pressure to fully engage with criticism of Scotland's education system

SQA replacement is long-awaited acceptance of institutional failure

The Scottish Qualifications Authority is to be scrapped following the OECD report on the state of education (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Major reforms of Scottish education present a golden opportunity – Scotsman says

The OECD report has said Scottish teachers are spending too much time in classrooms

What does the OECD report tell us about Scotland?

Martin Lewis with the book, which has been developed to help schools deliver a holistic programme of financial education. Picture: contributed.

Financial education textbook backed by Martin Lewis sent to Scots schools

Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has said there is "no role" for council interference in awarding pupil grades.

'No role for council interference with pupil grades' insists education secretary

Exams have been cancelled for the second year in a row in Scotland because of Covid. PIC: David Jones/PA.

Exam calamity bites thanks to blithering and faffing - Cameron Wyllie

Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said she has full confidence in the SQA

Somerville offers ‘cast iron guarantee’ to pupils over Scottish exam grading

Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville during the ministerial statement on National Qualifications 2021 at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh.

SQA and Education Scotland set to undergo reform

The SQA has been criticised for failing to publish details on the appeals process for 2021 exams. Picture: PA

Lib Dems urge major reform of Scottish Qualifications Authority

Teachers are the real experts when it comes to education, says Cameron Wyllie (Picture: Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images)

What does Education Scotland actually do? – Cameron Wyllie

Scotland's poverty-related attainment gap is still too wide, the report said.

Analysis: Scottish Government urgently needs to tackle attainment gap

The attainment gap between pupils from different socio-economic backgrounds is narrowing, the Scottish Government has said.

Closing poverty-related attainment gap is making 'good progress', report claims

Willie Rennie said the SQA and Education Scotland could not be trusted with Scotland's education recovery.

Scottish Government education bodies ‘cannot be trusted’, MSPs told

Education secretary John Swinney said teachers need to be part of a "supportive online community." Picture: Getty Images

Around 500 new teachers to receive online support over Covid-19 'pressures'

Scotland is 'rapidly moving' towards a situation where only children from wealthy families can learn to play a musical instrument, claims teaching union.

Music lessons unaffordable for children from poorer families, warns union

If exams are cancelled, how should pupils be judged?

Readers' Letters: A simple way to assess pupils without exams

An Education Scotland’s “timeline” of Scottish history leading to the establishment of the devolved Parliament was described as “arrant propaganda”, “dangerous nonsense” and a “perversion of history" by leading historians (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA)

Passing off nationalist propaganda as history is an outrage – Brian Wilson

£1.5m funding package to help teachers get over pressure of Covid

Social distancing is now the norm in Scots schools

1000 extra teachers recruited in Scots schools

Schools in Scotland.

The 7 Scottish primaries that have gone the longest without an inspection

Schools have been closed since March

John Swinney's statement on Scottish schools reopening – in full

Almost one in three primary schools in Scotland has not been inspected in at least a decade, new figures from the Scottish government reveal.

A third Scottish primary schools have not been inspected in a decade

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