Scotland

Class teachers must be given flexibility to go out into school grounds and beyond, says leading outdoor-learning expert Juliet Robertson

Opposition MSPs criticise slow and ‘incoherent’ response to worsening behaviour in Scottish schools

The British Council says that although more than a third of students have expressed an interest in taking the subject, it is only available to 5 per cent of the UK school population

But changes ushered in by SQA replacement body Qualifications Scotland will take time, new chief executive Nick Page says in a Tes Scotland interview

Improvements to school inspection are essential to drive up standards in schools, says education secretary

First minister makes ‘plea’ for better use to be made of the ‘trusted relationships’ schools have with families

Digital threats seem to be everywhere – yet the digital part of children’s identities cannot be removed when they step inside a school, says Professor David Lundie

Members of both the EIS and SSTA unions have signalled support for strike action if the reduction in class-contact time is not delivered

Children with additional support needs who are not attending school often lack ‘appropriate support and positive relationships with trusted adults’, says report

Environmental education should be a process of learning to see ourselves as part of nature and the living systems that sustain us, says Professor Ria Dunkley

While short-term indicators may raise concerns, ministers point to progress made in the education outcomes of looked-after children over a decade and a half

The Scottish government is still talking about working ‘to create a plan to reduce contact time for teachers’ – days after the deadline John Swinney set councils to deliver ‘a credible proposal’