Assessment

New School Leaders Scotland president Pauline Walker tells Emma Seith about why Highers aren’t everything, how to deal with vaping and mobile phones and why she would never swap being a headteacher for a lucrative tech career

Geometry, reasoning and low attainers need greater attention within schools to help drive England’s international performance in maths even higher, says David Thomas

Education secretary describes review as a ‘rigorous report’, saying she has full confidence in it – and the SQA

Exam board says it now expects to offer digital exams ‘within the next few years’ as international schools’ use of digital papers for GCSE and A level soars

Results from the first cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study since the pandemic reflects England’s schools’ commitment to recovery, says DfE

Headteacher questions fairness of Progress 8 scores but warns that two years of measuring schools ‘through the lens of attainment’ would be ‘even more unfair’

As a parliamentary committee prepares to address recent concerns over Higher history tomorrow, the teachers who lead on the subject for the SQA give their perspective on the recent controversy

Independent schools have best success rate with SQA appeals, while there are also significant differences by subject and level of deprivation, official data shows

The Scottish government must ensure ‘strong accountability’ of the new bodies and a ‘more coherent vision’ for education reform, say MSPs

There was a strong reaction to the removal of Sunset Song – Andy Leask takes a look at this and other omissions, as well as new inclusions in the updated list of Scottish set texts in Higher English

New Ofqual data on requests for this summer’s GCSE, AS- and A-level assessments have been released. Tes breaks down the highlights

Sharp 44 per cent year-on-year increase in entries to GCSE English language from Year 13s, Ofqual data shows