54+ min ago   (405+ words) Scotland’s Education Secretary has said she “does not intend to stand still” following the results of a key international league table this week. The Pisa rankings, produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, found the performance of the…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago   (962+ words) After a few days wandering the conference rooms and exhibition stalls at the Scottish Event Campus for an international education conference, I struggled to reconcile what I was seeing with the sense that higher education in Scotland is considered a…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1710+ words) There is no disguising the fact that these results are disappointing. But there are strong mitigating factors, not least the withdrawal of the levels of support that were available when I was teaching. Subject Principal Teacher posts have been stripped…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (653+ words) This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. It has been a few years, but there’s nothing quite like PISA Day to remind you of everything that is wrong with PISA Day. The latest scores came out…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (696+ words) Scottish Borders Council (SBC) has been required to issue a full apology after an ombudsman upheld a complaint that a public consultation over proposed mothballing of nurseries was “unreasonable”. In April 2025, the council’s Executive Committee approved a proposal to consult…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (981+ words) Last year, Scotland’s colleges took in an extra £13.9 million in short-term financial support, cut staff numbers by 282, and still ended the year with a collective £5.6 million deficit and with five colleges having to take cash advances. These latest statistics from…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1466+ words) With young people voicing growing concerns about the influence of artificial intelligence and other factors as they try to test the waters of the job market for the first time, fundamental questions are being asked about the value of a…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (365+ words) Two Falkirk primary schools are set for final closure, nearly seven years after they were last attended by pupils. It is the second time that Falkirk councillors have been asked to approve the closure of Bothkennar Primary, in Skinflats, and…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (581+ words) Kate placed a hand on his back during the greetings with senior staff and when the royals first arrived, Eton’s head master Simon Henderson told the future king: “Welcome, good luck, enjoy it.” The prince and princess travelled with their…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (911+ words) After another round of international assessments showed Scottish pupils trailing their English counterparts, a Scottish policy expert explained that looking south for comparison is useful for more than bragging rights. Lindsay Paterson, emeritus professor of education policy at the University…...