Shirley-Anne Somerville

Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville

Fairer Funding to fight child poverty - Angus Robertson

Cancer Card Scotland founder Jen Hardy.

Partnership urges people living with cancer to check benefit eligibility

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth

- Sue Webber: PISA results not a wake-up call but a meltdown siren

Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP

A concrete open and shut case of obfuscation - John McLellan

Preston Lodge High School in Prestonpans has closed 23 of its 71 classrooms because of RAAC. Picture: Google Streetview

Here are the buildings hit by RAAC crisis

More than 1,000 Ukraine refugees temporarily housed on a cruise ship in Leith docks have been rehomed, the Scottish Government has said. (Photo: Lisa Ferguson)

Ukraine refugees on Leith cruise ship rehomed

The cruise ship MS Victoria has been housing Ukrainian families in Edinburgh's Leith docks. Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images.

Asylum ship plan for Leith set to be blocked

Humza Yousaf's government will challenge the UK Government's block of gender reform in Scotland (Photo: Andrew Milligan, PA)

Legal challenge to UK veto of gender law

Readers' letters: Time to pay teachers a decent living wage

Teachers on strike pictured outside Edinburgh City Chambers in November. Photo by Lisa Ferguson.

'It's up to unions to suspend strikes for exams' says education secretary

Teachers are said to be increasingly angry at the failure of the Scottish Government and Cosla to make a new pay offer.

City schools close as teachers' anger grows

Teachers strike Scotland 2023: Full list of dates EIS will strike in January and February

Full list of dates teachers from EIS union plan to strike

Readers' letters: Stones Somerville can unturn for teachers

Striking teachers protested outside Holyrood in November.

Teachers 'not backing down' ahead of second strike

Teachers across Scotland extend strike for another 16 days confirm union

Teachers' strike: Union announces 16 more days of strikes

Members of the EIS are due to stage one-day walk-out on Thursday.

New pay offer for teachers in bid to avert strike
Unions urged to postpone action to consider offer
Craig Paton

Education convener Joan Griffiths says "clear educational benefits" were identified in having a shared campus at Liberton. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

City centre search for site for new Gaelic school is underway

The council's preferred option was for a Gaelic high school to be built on a joint campus with the new Liberton High School.

Government wants ‘early progress’ from council on Gaelic high school

Teachers across Scotland have voted to strike (Clare Grant)

Teachers in Scotland vote to strike

Green councillor Dan Heap says the Fettes police station site could still be a possible site for a Gaelic high school.

'No suitable city-centre site for Gaelic school'

Lothian Tory MSP Sue Webber

We need to talk about funding higher education - Sue Webber

Scotland’s largest teachers’ union has gathered signatures from 25,000 people in support of a pay rise for staff.

Union delivers 25,000-name petition demanding pay rise for teachers

Children and young people aged five to 14 years old who need it most will receive support as families continue to face a cost-of-living crisis.

Thousands of children from low-income households to receive free summer support

Linlithgow MSP Fiona Hyslop (SNP)

Fiona Hyslop MSP raises the need for support for neurodiverse pupils in Parliame...

Pupil Equity Funding (PEF) totalling £520 million will be distributed to schools in every council area

Headteachers to receive half a billion pounds to help close attainment gap

Education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville. Picture: PA

SNP plan education overhaul as SQA and Education Scotland scrapped

James Gillespie's High School Picture: Google Streetview.

Gaelic school delay could spark Gillespie’s catchment review
The catchment area for one of Edinburgh's most popular schools may have to be reviewed after plans to build a Gaelic secondary for the city were delayed.
Ian Swanson

Mask rules in schools are eased from Monday

Higher History S5/S6 Armadale Academy students/pupils wear masks in the classroom along with their teacher

West Lothian has been placed into Tier 3 alon with the rest of the Central Belt

COVID 19, CORONA VIRUS - From today teachers and S4-S6 pupils must wear face masks/face coverings in classrooms in the new tier 3 and tier 4 COVID 19 restrictions.

Senior pupils and their teachers are being advised to wear face coverings in classrooms for schools in the new level 3 and 4 restriction areas.

The Scottish government has released new guidance on school safety to take account of the five-level Covid alert system, which begins on Monday.

Other guidance advises staff to wear face coverings in all schools, where social distancing is not possible.

And parents should wear masks even at drop-off and pick-up.

Removal of masks in classrooms a ‘positive milestone’, Education Secretary says

Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville. Picture: Fraser Bremner/Getty

SNP say opponents ‘misrepresenting’ proposal to chop bottom of school doors

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Deputy First Minister John Swinney. Picture date: Tuesday November 23, 2021.

Nicola Sturgeon defends proposal to chop bottom off school doors for ventilation

Ventilation concerns: Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville

Covid Scotland: Classroom doors may be chopped off to improve school ventilation

The SQA has issued an update about this year's exams diet.

‘Generous’ grading system for exams under measures to tackle schools' disruption

A new joint campus at Liberton was the council's recommended option for the location of a Gaelic secondary school.

Parents win more talks on Gaelic secondary school

Exams were cancelled in summer 2020.

Staff contracted to run Scotland's exams 'reticent' to sign up

Nicola Sturgeon wants senior students at secondary schools to sit exams this year. Picture: PA

Nicola Sturgeon makes clear ‘firm intention’ for exams to go ahead

EMBARGOED TO 2200 MONDAY AUGUST 23 File photo dated 07/03/12 of a general view of pupils sitting an exam. The Government should launch a major inquiry to understand the reasons why boys underperform at school compared to girls, it has been suggested. Issue date: Monday August 23, 2021. Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at the University of Buckingham, said we do not have a ???sound basis for tackling boys??? performance relative to girls???. See PA story EDUCATION Gender. Photo credit should read: David Jones/PA Wire

Decision on Scottish school exams going ahead may not be made until March

The Scottish Government has vowed to “closely monitor” the schools return with students told to test for Covid before going to class.

Scottish Government vow to ‘closely monitor’ schools return

Unions have urged Ministers not to be afraid to make bold decisions. Picture: Getty

Calls for delayed reopening of schools in January as Omicron surges

Bubbles look set to be reintroduced to Scotland's schools to stem the spread of Covid-19. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Pupils face prospect of bubbles in new term in effort to blunt Omricon spread

Covid Scotland: Jason Leitch says schools will return 'at all costs' in January despite increasing concerns over Omicron variant

Schools will return in January 'at all costs' says Jason Leitch

Larry Flanagan of the EIS said there had been some 'bonkers' decisions taken by school heads.

Covid Scotland: Pupils can ditch their school uniforms to stay warm

Some schools have had to send classes home or close entirely due to teacher absence.

Only half of schools have any Covid cases amid school Christmas concert ban

Exams are set to be reformed

Exams in Scotland to be reformed, but not scrapped, Education Secretary says

Scottish pupils will need to wear face masks in schools until the October holidays.

School pupils to continue to wear face coverings after October holidays

Scottish pupils offered online revision classes ahead of 2022 exams. (Picture credit: David Jones/PA Wire)

Pupils offered online revision classes ahead of 2022 exams

The old Royal Victoria Hospital and the Fettes police HQ have been lined up as possible sites

Police HQ and old hospital considered for Edinburgh's new Gaelic school

First Minister of Scotland and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon at Empire School of Dance in Airdrie.

Scottish Government warned exam ‘reprieve’ must not be temporary

Picture: John Devlin

Kids from deprived areas twice as likely to have been off school

The Scottish exams results are in

Exam results fall overall from last year

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) will release exam results at 9.30am on Tuesday, with pupils being notified throughout the day of their individual achievement (Photo: Phil Wilkinson).

Exam results to be released in Scotland

Covid has had a massive impact on education

Dedicated results helpline set up for young people across Edinburgh the Lothians

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visits Whitelee Wind Farm near Eaglesham

Readers' letters: I’m proud to be a wind farm NIMBY

School music lessons will be free for all youngsters from the start of the new term, thanks to more than £7 million of Scottish Government cash.

Charges for school music in lessons in Scotland to be scrapped

Standardised testing could be abolished in Scotland. Picture: Getty Images

Standardised tests for primary pupils could be abolished

Deputy First Minister John Swinney was moved from education and put in charge of the Covid recovery (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/PA Wire)

No wonder John Swinney got expelled as Education Secretary – John McLellan