All the updated news related to attainment

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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

We should not settle for education returning to pre-Covid standards, MSPs told

The recovery of Scotland’s education system from the pandemic should aim to improve on pre-Covid levels, MSPs have heard. Academics, politicians and unions have been warning since the pandemic forced schools to close that the impact ...

20 Apr 2022 at 14:55

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

Lib Dems demand nursery premium to support children from deprived areas

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for a new nursery premium to support children in Scotland’s deprived areas during their early years. The proposals would mirror the Scottish Government’s pupil equity funding, the party ...

02 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Attainment gap still above pre-pandemic levels, figures show

13 Dec 2022 at 12:21

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

14 May 2023 at 08:30

Scotland

Spending per pupil 18% higher than UK but effect on outcomes unclear – study

School spending per pupil is significantly higher in Scotland than the rest of the UK despite continued drops in educational outcomes, research found. A report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies noted that ...

21 Apr 2023 at 00:01

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 ...

21 Apr 2023 at 00:01

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