Graeme welcomes the news that Scotland is spending the most on its pupils New research shows that Scotland is spending £1,300 more per pupil than anywhere else in the UK. The research, from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, reports that spending per pupil in Scotland
SNP Creating Generation of Bookbugs Over 1600 schools across Scotland have signed up to the First Minister’s Reading Challenge since the project started in 2016, including primaries and secondaries across Angus. The Challenge was set up to help children and young people between the ages
Scotland has an education system to be proud of The SNP in government is determined to ensure that everyone gets the best start in life, proper support throughout their education, and that university is always based on the ability to learn, not the ability to
Measures to Safeguard Education Measures to ensure that teacher and pupil support staff numbers as well as school hours are protected have been announced by Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville. The Scottish Government has committed to increasing teacher numbers by 3,500 during this Parliament. Since 2017/18,
Councils Set Out Ambitions to Help Young People Succeed Local authorities have published their plans for closing the poverty-related attainment gap. Councils across Scotland have set their own “stretch aims” for children and young peoples’ progress in literacy and numeracy levels, for senior phase qualifications
Free Activities, Childcare & Food to Help with Cost of Living Thousands of children from low-income families will benefit from free childcare, activities and healthy food as part of the Scottish Government’s £10 million Holiday Food & Childcare 2022 summer programme. Available to children and
Improvements Expected in Next Few Years Findings of the 2021 Headteacher Survey reveal high levels of confidence that progress is being made where the attainment gap is concerned. The Survey, published 17th June, indicates that almost nine out of 10 (87%) headteachers in Scotland say
New National Guidance to Be Developed Pupils, parents and carers are being asked to give their views on school uniform to help shape new national guidance. A key aim of the guidance will be to reduce costs for families, while ensuring pupils can go to
Education & Attainment Figures Welcomed SNP MSP for the Angus South constituency, Graeme Dey, has welcomed figures which he says show children in Angus to be excelling under the SNP Scottish Government. Schools across Angus are benefitting from £2.1m of funding for the coming year
£530m to Help Close Attainment Gap Scotland’s headteachers will receive more than half a billion pounds of secured funding over the next four years to help close the attainment gap. Pupil Equity Funding (PEF) totalling £520 million will be distributed to schools in every council