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Scottish schools lack support for children with additional needs, campaigners warn

CAMPAIGNERS have warned that there is a lack of specialist teachers, support staff and resources to support children and young people in schools…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 12, 2023

Maths to be ‘central focus’ of curriculum improvement plans, says Jenny Gilruth

Maths will be the “central focus” of curriculum improvements, Scotland’s Education Secretary has said, as figures showed the poverty-related…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 12, 2023

Scottish university faces backlash over proposed changes to languages degrees

MEMBERS of the Aberdeen University Scottish Nationalist Association (AUSNA) have written to the Scottish Education Secretary as the institution…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 30, 2023

Abuse survivor cash and pupil funding ‘re-profiled’ for school staff pay deal

Non-teaching staff have walked out at schools across Scotland, closing many of them to pupils.

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

UK officials BLANK Scottish requests for 'new' Raac risk evidence

UK officials have repeatedly failed to explain to the Scottish Government why entire schools in England have closed, The National can reveal.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 7, 2023

DfE accused of covering up crumbling concrete at Scottish school for months

Exclusive: Scottish government sources say they were kept in dark about evidence of decay at a private school in Perthshire

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023

Why are schools in the UK forced to close over RAAC ‘crumbling concrete’?

The material, which has a 30-year life span, was used extensively to build schools between the 1950s and the mid-90s.

Al Jazeera · Sep 4, 2023

Stricter rules around phones in Scottish schools being considered by minister

STRICTER rules around the use of mobile phones in schools are being considered by education secretary Jenny Gilruth amid concerns they are…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 4, 2023

First Minister backs next phase in 'transformative' school reading scheme

First Minister Humza Yousaf has backed the next chapter of a reading scheme which is having a “transformative effect” in Scotland’s schools.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 31, 2023

Half of Scottish state schools not inspected in a decade, figures show

Figures obtained through an FoI request show just 57 per cent of state schools, and 54 per cent of independent schools, were inspected after 2012/13.

Daily Record · Jul 9, 2023