The SNP are the problem, not the solution
Officials privately told John Swinney of their misgivings about Higher exam passes plummeting to their lowest level in a decade, documents seen by The Times reveal.
CLASSES for the youngest pupils have been cut by half-an-hour per day in a desperate bid by council chiefs to save money.
Schools in England are being promised billions more in spending over the next three years, in an announcement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Once one of the best in the world, Scotland’s education system has been steadily marching backwards for the past ten years
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Concerns about teaching pupils of different ages in a single class are a politically motivated “moanfest”, the education secretary has said.
Dirty schools caused by cleaning cutbacks pose a health risk for pupils and staff, a teaching union has warned. Union representatives from more than 600 schools across Scotland took part in an EIS online survey and 80% said their school had suffered a drop in the frequency or quality of cleaning due to budget cuts in the past three years.
A mother-of-three has taken her son out of primary school after the family GP diagnosed him as suffering from anxiety due to the violence and aggression he witnesses on a daily basis in class.
One third of councils are paying for police officers in schools. A ROW has broken out after it emerged that nearly one third of councils are using education budgets to help pay for police officers in schools.
THE level of support given to vulnerable pupils varies significantly across Scotland, new research shows. A study by Aberdeen University found the issue stems from differences in the way councils allocate resources for pupils with additional support needs (ASN).
Nearly half of Scottish teachers have seen a medical professional in the last year as a result of stress and workload, according to a survey. A poll by the NASUWT teaching union also found one in ten teachers had been prescribed anti-depressants to help them cope, while seven per cent have increased their reliance on prescription drugs.
Schools serving disadvantaged areas of Glasgow are more likely not to offer languages, an expert has said. Francisco Valdera-Gil, from the Scottish Council of Deans of Education, told MSPs the issue stemmed from a lack of understanding of the wider benefits of languages.
