Shirley-Anne Somerville

Scottish pupils will need to wear face masks in schools until the October holidays.

School pupils to continue to wear face coverings after October holidays
Health

Scottish Government 'following in footsteps of Thatcher' over assessment defence
Politics

SNP MSP says all children should be taught to 'touch type' in school
Politics

Pupils offered online revision classes ahead of 2022 exams
Education

SQA must help pupils suffering from 2020's exams scandal
Education

Police HQ and old hospital considered for Edinburgh's new Gaelic school
Education

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

Scottish education funding for more teachers to be made permanent
Politics

Masks in schools to be dropped 'as soon as possible'
Education

SNP accused of lack of ambition over delivery of laptops to pupils
Politics

Scottish Government warned exam ‘reprieve’ must not be temporary
Politics

LGBT organisations back school guidance around transgender pupils
Education

Kids from deprived areas twice as likely to have been off school
Health

New lateral flow tests for school pupils taking just 15 minutes to be rolled out
Health

Exams system for 2022 to be announced 'within days'
Education

Covid blamed for widening of attainment gap between poorest and richest students
Education

SQA accused of 'casting doubt' over results after A grade rise
Education

Exam results fall overall from last year
Education

Exam results to be released in Scotland
Education

Education secretary accused of 'secret meetings' with SQA ahead of exam results
Education

College sector demands 'parity' after drop in average funding per place
Education

Gaelic language will not be saved by top-down edicts – Scotsman comment
Columnists

Charges for school music in lessons in Scotland to be scrapped
Education

Demand for newly trained teachers to receive two year job guarantee
Politics

Scottish government, not councils, to blame for teacher crisis – Scotsman says
Columnists

Education Secretary says they are looking at changes to school self-isolation
Education

Standardised tests for primary pupils could be abolished
Politics

So what happens in Scottish schools after OECD report?
Education

Scottish Labour launches 'timetable for ambition' for education reform
Politics

No wonder John Swinney got expelled as Education Secretary – John McLellan
Columnists

SQA: Plans for new exams body to be ready in six months
Politics

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

SQA replacement is long-awaited acceptance of institutional failure
Education

'Record £215m' to close attainment gap in schools
Politics

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

Exam calamity bites thanks to blithering and faffing - Cameron Wyllie
Columnists

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

Labour demand answers around 'unfair, unclear and unacceptable' appeals system
Politics

Warnings SQA 'algorithm by stealth' could replicate 2020 fiasco
Education

Confidence in the qualifications authority is shaken - Euan McColm
Opinion

SQA 'ignored young people' on appeals says exams group member in scathing attack
Education

SQA and Education Scotland set to undergo reform
Politics

Big plans don't let ministers off hook over grades chaos – Scotsman says
Columnists

'Rare results will be downgraded' says education secretary
Education

MSPs brace for Holyrood showdown over vote of no confidence in SQA
Education

Young people forced to take 'perverse gamble' on grades over appeals process
Politics

When is the Scottish exams appeals announcement and what will be said?
Politics

Lib Dems urge major reform of Scottish Qualifications Authority
Politics

SQA criticised for holding teachers and pupils in 'contempt'
Education

'It's not too late': education secretary urged to cancel high school assessments
Politics

Warning of 'summer of discontent' over new exam fiasco
Politics

How the new Education Secretary can fix Scottish education – Cameron Wyllie
Columnists

Sturgeon announces cabinet as Yousaf gets health and Somerville education
Politics

'Women's Bill of Rights' could be put into Scots law after elections
Politics