The handling of this year’s examinations by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) caused widespread disappointment and provoked considerable anger among pupils, parents and teachers. Although awards will now be based on teachers’ estimates (rather than on the computer modelling which had downgraded many results), the episode should not be seen simply as an ill-judged … [Read more...] about Two attainment gaps in Scottish education
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Over-recruited but under-employed
By offsetting low uptake in priority subjects with over-recruitment in social subjects and PE, teacher training is storing up problems for Scottish teachers in future. The Education Secretary’s pledge to provide funding that guarantees work in 2020/21 for newly qualified teachers (NQTs) rightly assuaged the concerns of successful probationers in fraught and uncertain times. … [Read more...] about Over-recruited but under-employed