SQA chief executive to give evidence to Holyrood next week on pupil grading system

coronavirus across Scotland in the last week.

Covid-19 - but that harm from missing school was a certainty.

hospital six months ago. Norwegian Anne Vetvik was reported missing by staff at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow on February 13.

referendum row after suggesting Scots-born voters in the rest of the UK might have a say in a second independence referendum. The senior Tory said giving people outside Scotland a say in the country’s future was an "interesting" idea.

south of Scotland has been identified as one of six new coronavirus hotspots across the UK. Dumfries and Galloway has been highlighted as an area of concern in the latest Covid Symptom Study app figures.

SNP Government U-turn. Fiona Robertson, from the Scottish Qualifications Authority, will appear before MSPs at Holyrood as part of a probe into downgraded exams which appeared to penalise pupils in poorer areas.

Scottish Government’s dramatic exam results U-turn.Erin Bleakley tearfully told of her joy after Education Secretary John Swinney announced all downgraded results would be reverted back to those predicted by teachers.The 17-year-old organised a rally in George Square last week after the SQA exam board used a system to 'normalise' the results which left thousands of young people with grades lower than those predicted by their teachers.Erin, from Shettleston in Glasgow, had held a banner in George

The Guardian has reported that in England, the scale of downgrading is expected to be even greater than in Scotland, with 39% of teachers’ grade assessments set to be adjusted down before students get their results.

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return to school today. EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan said the union had been involved in drawing up guidelines and said the daytime hygiene regimes were “very robust”.

NSPCC show there were 5311 recorded offences in 2019-20 – an average of 15 a day and up 30 per cent in the five years since 2014-15.This include incidents of rape, online grooming and sexual assault.The most recent figures show girls were five times as likely to be victims.A total of 1588 offences were against children under 13, about 45 per cent of crimes where age was recorded.NSPCC Scotland’s Matt Forde said: “Every day,children in Scotland are being sexually abused and having to live with

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens Lauren’s English grade is among thousands across Scotland being questioned after the SQA confirmed students’ past work and predicted grades were slashed purely because of where they live.The exam body - which this year had to find a new way of grading students performance in absence of the usual exams - controversially also looked at each school’s previous history of results.This downgraded the pass rate for the poorest pupils by 15.2 per cent,

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Dozens of Higher grades slashed because Renfrewshire pupils live in an area of high deprivation will be appealed.The grades are among thousands across Scotland being questioned after the SQA confirmed students’ past work and predicted grades were slashed purely because of where they live.The exam body - which this year had to find a new way of grading students performance in absence of the usual exams - controversially

SQA a 'fail' for questioning the judgement of teachers after downgrading thousands of pupil results across the country.Rod Grant, headmaster at Clifton Hall School in Edinburgh, has demanded a full-scale independent review after almost a third of his students had their grades lowered by the education body.He blasted the exam quango and said it called into question the integrity of Scots teachers who will be called upon to help mark appeals.The new pupil grading system - brought in after

religious cult who raped two young girls has been jailed for 11 and a half years. Derek Lincoln - who was part of the Children of God group - preyed on the youngsters, who were just nine and 10 when he first struck.

Glasgow over their 'postcode lottery' exam results. Teenagers are expected to gather in the city centre on Friday over accusations pupils were downgraded because of their school's past achievements than personal predictions.

Glasgow cafe has gone viral with its ‘Cooncil Box’ that has come ‘directly from the local scheme’. The culinary geniuses at Tophski’s in the south side of the city launched the unique dish yesterday - and it has already captured the imagination of punters on social media.