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Education Scotland successor responsible for closing attainment gap, say MSPs

Reform plans for Scotland’s top education agency should include “taking ownership” of closing the poverty-related attainment gap, MSPs have said. Holyrood’s Education, Children and Young People Committee has recommended that Education Scotland’s ...

02 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Education Secretary will not set ‘arbitrary’ date for closing attainment gap

The Education Secretary has refused to give an “arbitrary” date for closing the country’s poverty-related attainment gap. Shirley-Anne Somerville gave evidence on the Scottish Attainment Challenge to the Education, Children and Young People ...

18 May 2022 at 17:56

Scotland

Education Secretary will not set ‘arbitrary’ date for closing attainment gap

18 May 2022 at 14:25

Scotland

MSPs to probe impact of Covid pandemic on children’s attainment

A Holyrood committee is to examine the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on children’s attainment – and how successful Scottish Government cash has been in closing the gap between youngsters from different backgrounds. Ministers ...

18 Jan 2022 at 14:26

Scotland

Work to close attainment gap must increase in speed and scale – Somerville

The Scottish Government needs to “increase the speed and scale” of work to close the attainment gap in schools, Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has said. She hailed the “resilience of Scottish education” as a survey of ...

17 Jun 2022 at 13:29

Scotland

Government challenged over pledge to increase nursery teachers

Scottish ministers are being challenged over whether a promise to recruit more nursery teachers to work in the most deprived communities has been “binned”. The Liberal Democrats say that more than five years after First Minister ...

12 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

SNP ‘betraying’ young people by not delivering on promises, claims Labour

Scottish Labour has accused the SNP of “betraying young people”, saying the party is taking the youth vote for granted. Labour education spokeswoman Pam Duncan-Glancy claimed the Scottish Government’s record in education will ...

14 May 2023 at 08:30

Scotland

Education system overhaul will not cause disruption, Gilruth insists

An overhaul of Scotland’s education institutions will not cause disruption for pupils or teachers, the Education Secretary has said. Jenny Gilruth also said she is “absolutely” committed to reducing the poverty-related ...

21 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Record number of school leavers go on to ‘positive destination’, data shows

The number of school leavers securing work, training or further education has reached record levels. Some 95.9% of school leavers were in a “positive destination” three months after the academic year finished in ...

27 Feb 2024 at 11:50

Scotland

Almost 250,000 free books given to school children in literacy drive

Almost a quarter of a million books will be handed out to children in primary two and three this year as part of a child literacy programme. On Wednesday, Humza Yousaf visited a primary school to promote “Read ...

15 Nov 2023 at 12:37

Generation of children could face damaged prospects without swift action – MPs

The prospects of a “generation of children” could be damaged by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic unless the Government takes faster and more effective action, MPs have said. The Public Accounts Committee ...

07 Jun 2023 at 07:20

Scotland

New commissioner for widening access to universities appointed

A new commissioner for widening student access to universities in Scotland has been appointed. John McKendrick, a professor of social justice at Glasgow Caledonian University, is taking over as the ...

04 Jan 2023 at 12:17

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