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Schools bill passes second reading as Phillipson praises trusts
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SQA maps out priorities for new qualifications body
As SQA prepares to change into Qualifications Scotland in late 2025, it says it wants to 'win back trust' among teachers and students and use technology to 'streamline' services
Heads challenged to show alternatives to toxic male role models
How boys perceive masculinity can profoundly affect their lives in school and beyond – so they need non-judgmental spaces to explore their identities, School Leaders Scotland told
SEND: Six key findings from DfE’s MPs session
DfE is to take 'a fundamental look' at the SEND system and it is working with the Treasury on a solution for council deficits
Teenage girls drive rise in truancy
An increase in truancy in English-speaking countries since Covid is being fuelled by girls skipping school, research shows
Covid inquiry: Teachers’ fears ‘downplayed’ in pandemic
Teachers felt their lives – and those of their families – mattered less than political and economic considerations, EIS boss tells Covid inquiry
Private school VAT could have ‘seismic impact’ on life chances
Girls’ Schools Association president says Labour’s 'rushed' policy is forcing 'stark and unfair' choices on parents
Pupil Equity Fund status quo unsustainable, Gilruth tells heads
Changing use of PEF money shows that schools are asked to do too much to fix societal problems, says education secretary at School Leaders Scotland annual conference
Out-of-work primary teachers could train as ASN specialists
This is one of the ‘innovative approaches’ to the primary teacher employment crisis being considered by the government, according to Scotland's education secretary
Use CfE review to ‘embed anti-racist education into every stage’
Anti-racist education should not be ‘a bolt-on’ – it should be ‘presented repeatedly with deepening complexity’ as pupils progress through school
‘Pivotal’ year ahead for Scottish education, says new SLS president
Secondary headteacher Pauline Walker is 'deeply optimistic' about the year ahead – as long as reform of Scottish education taps into teachers' 'insight into what works best'
1 in 4 primary teachers has restrained a pupil this term
But most teachers have had no training in how to restrain a student, according to a new Teacher Tapp poll
Big increase in schools lowering their age range
Leaders say they hope to support children earlier in life as the government rolls out school-based nursery funding
Don’t jump into early years ‘glassy-eyed’, primary leaders warned
Senior education figures set out challenges for schools interested in bidding for government funding for nursery provision
Ofsted could inspect teaching as separate category in new inspections
Watchdog's draft proposal to assess schools' teaching as a standalone category amid recruitment and retention crisis has caused sector concern
DfE proposes increased teacher pension contributions
No change to employee contribution rates for the lowest-paid teachers under the proposals