School holidays in Scotland will not be extended over Christmas, education chief John Swinney confirms

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Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterNorth Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership staff have been working hard to help provide some Christmas cheer for some of North Ayrshire's most vulnerable families.Children and Families staff in Kilwinning and the Three Towns have organised a ‘Chicken Dinner’ fundraiser, with the money raised being used to provide a festive meal for some of the families they have been working with throughout

direct to your inboxA nursing chief has warned that plans to relax coronavirus restrictions over Christmas could lead to a 'tsunami' of new cases in the new year.Dame Donna Kinnair, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, has urged the government to be clearer about the risks of mixing with others over the festive period.It comes after the government agreed last month to allow up to three households to mix between December 23 and 27, while travel to and from

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people claiming benefits will change over Christmas and New Year. The changes will affect Scottish claimants due to receive Universal Credit, State Pension, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and other DWP-delivered benefits on December 25th and 28th and January 1st and 4th.

Highers have been cancelled next year following an announcement by the Scottish Government.John Swinney informed MSPs that a new model will be adopted for pupils based on teacher judgement.National 5 exams due to take place next year have already been cancelled, and Swinney has been under pressure to make the same decision on Higher and Advanced Highers.He previously said the impact of coronavirus-related disruption on school pupils in deprived areas weighed "heavily” on whether Higher exams

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterHigher exams will be cancelled in Scotland next year, the Government has announced.Education Secretary John Swinney today told MSPs that "teacher judgement" will be used as part of a new model to form grades.National 5 exams due to take place next year have already been cancelled.Mr Swinney said in his statement there will be no Higher or Advanced Higher exams next year.Scottish Greens MSP Ross

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Christmas school holidays will not be extended, it’s been confirmed.Education Secretary John Swinney had been in talks to set longer dates to help keep a lid on the spread of coronavirus.However, he revealed on Thursday that the Christmas and New Year school holiday dates will remain as planned.He said: “Being in school is in the best interests of children and our priority remains to ensure schools are safe,

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterSchool Christmas holidays will NOT be extended in Scotland, it has been confirmed this morning.The Scottish Government had been considering a move to shut down classes earlier, on December 18.And under proposals discussed last week, pupils would not have returned until January 11.But Education Secretary, John Swinney, this morning confirmed that officials would not proceed with the plans.He told

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Record revealed last night how council bosses were asked to look at new, longer dates around the festive break.The leaked memo outlined proposals to extend Christmas holidays from December 18 to January 11 as part of the Scottish Government’s Education Recovery Group meeting on Thursday.Freeman, taking today's coronavirus briefing in Edinburgh, was asked explain the plan so parents can prepare.She said: "It would be wrong to overly speculate or jump to conclusions simply because we are looking

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South Lanarkshire, and between the four nations during December 23 and 27 to form a bubble, and must only join one bubble. The five-day period provides time for travel, and for those who may have to work over Christmas.