Secondary
Thursday
7th Mar 2024
SQA: Exam grading will take coursework return into account
The Scottish exams body also confirms that appeals will be free of charge this year and students will retain the right to appeal directly
What Scottish literature should students in upper secondary study?
The SQA is asking teachers and secondary students for feedback on the Scottish set texts studied as part of National 5 and Higher English courses
Wednesday
28th Feb 2024
Education reform will begin in 2024, promises Gilruth
Scotland’s education secretary attempts to ease concerns that little progress has been made on reforming assessment and qualifications since the June 2023 Hayward report
Money, parity, clarity: the top priorities for assessment reform
Hayward review consultation sheds light on how the Scottish education sector wants qualifications reformed, drawing on the views of more than 11,000 people
Subject-specific language ‘boosts EAL pupils’ science grades’
Training in how to use more academic language in lessons helps teachers feel more confident in multilingual classrooms, research finds
Thursday
22nd Feb 2024
SQA to be hit by strike action over pay
Around 400 staff will strike tomorrow in a dispute over pay that Unite says will have ‘a major impact’ on exams – but the SQA says the union is ‘scaremongering’
‘Urgent action’ needed to improve post-16 prospects
Stark inequalities in post-16 outcomes across the UK have been revealed by new research – with the problem ‘most acute’ in Wales
Monday
19th Feb 2024
DfE rejects calls to scrap EBacc and reform Progress 8
The government turns down recommendations for 11-16 changes made by a House of Lords committee
GCSEs: Former education secretary to review reducing exam burden
Charles Clarke will chair a review of secondary education for OCR, which will publish policy proposals in the summer