Education

Scotland’s per pupil spending highest in UK, study finds

The IFS report also predicts a decrease of 90,000 pupils in Scottish schools by 2040. 

Sketch: Murdo Fraser is worried about the children

This is a party that really loves to bang on about common sense, even when it appears so few of its politicians have it

Cost of home schooling falls heaviest on low-income families, survey finds

Free school meals extended through summer holidays

UK Government expected to drop plan for all primary pupils in England to go back to school before summer

Getting to know the frontline: parent counsellor Gillian Davidson

Concerns over plans to cap the number of English students at Scottish universities

Getting to know the frontline: Barnardo's children’s services manager Marie Pye

Distance learning during a pandemic

John Swinney: Schools to re-open in August, subject to scientific advice

Scottish Government publishes plan to ease coronavirus lockdown

'The stay at home message will stay', Swinney says

The Holyrood baby at four: Kirsty in lockdown

Associate feature: How Comann nam Pàrant is supporting Gaelic medium education

Associate feature: Listening to what families need and want is how we will all thrive

300,000 families in Scotland struggling financially through coronavirus crisis

Exclusive: Child asylum seekers left 'completely isolated' during lockdown

More than 50 Scottish studies underway to tackle COVID-19 and its impact

‘Inconceivable’ that all pupils would return to school on the same day, John Swinney says

Talking point: Homeschooling is a stressy blend of feverish positivity and latent despair

'Impossible' for schools to function as normal with social distancing, warns union

Associate feature: supporting vital workers

Associate feature: The fast-tracked research in Scotland that could help mitigate the effects of COVID-19

'Women’s needs are not even part of the conversation': gender-based violence on campus

Comment: Profit has no place in care

Less than a quarter of UK parents feel comfortable teaching IT during homeschooling, survey finds