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Rise in Students from Most Deprived Areas Access to higher education at university for Scottish students from the most deprived areas has increased to a near…

Extra money available to many in education. Carers in full and part-time education could be entitled to over £4,900 a year in financial support from Social…

SNP Budget Delivering for Local Schools Graeme has welcomed the £3,853,000 increase in education funding for Angus Council included in the recently passed Scottish Budget.   The 2.1% increase…

Accredited Official Statistics Publication Statistics have been released today on the destinations and attainment of 2023-24 leavers from Scotland’s publicly funded schools. Initial destinations 95.7 per…

Tertiary Education and Training Bill published. Legislation to simplify the funding system for learners at college and university and apprentices in Scotland, has been published. The…

Extra funding to increase teacher numbers in Scottish Budget. Local MSP Graeme Dey has demanded welcomed the increased funding for teachers from the SNP Government. The 2.1% increase, delivered by the SNP Government…

Attainment gap for literacy narrows to lowest level. The proportion of pupils achieving the expected level in literacy and numeracy across primary and secondary schools has…