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Nominations are now open for the Scottish Education Awards 2023

27 January 2023

Nominate your chosen setting or educator for one or more of the 11 award categories.

SLF 2022: re-watch sessions on Youtube

06 December 2022

All recorded sessions from the Scottish Learning Festival 2022 are available to watch on the Education Scotland YouTube channel.

Congratulations to Port Ellen Primary School on winning the Primary School of the Year Gold Award

01 December 2022

Port Ellen Primary School has won a coveted Gold Award in the Pearson National Teaching Awards for Primary School of the Year.

Education Scotland director elected president of international inspection council

18 November 2022

Education Scotland’s Strategic Director for Inspection, Janie McManus, has recently been appointed president of the Standing International Conference of Inspectorates (SICI).

Education Scotland publishes the Scottish Attainment Challenge Recovery and Progress report for 2021-22

15 November 2022

Education Scotland has published the Scottish Attainment Challenge (SAC) Recovery and Progress report for 2021-22, which gives an overview of what is happening across Scotland to raise attainment and reduce educational inequity.

Learner Spotlight sessions now available as part of the National Discussion on Scottish Education

11 November 2022

Learner Spotlight sessions focusing on a range of different learner groups, themes and questions are now available as part of ‘Our National Discussion.

Revamped Glow Connect website

11 November 2022

Our Glow Connect website has been redesigned to enhance the overall user experience.

Education Scotland launches latest Gaelic Language Plan

04 November 2022

Education Scotland has published a new Gaelic Language Plan, which aims to support the increase of children and young people learning, speaking and using Gaelic across the country, as outlined in the National Gaelic Language Plan 2018 – 2023.

Our National Discussion Live

27 October 2022

Young people are invited to join us for Our National Discussion Live events on 16 and 23 November.

Exploring The Four Capacities

26 October 2022

Exploring The Four Capacities is a thought paper, commissioned by Education Scotland and prepared by NoTosh, compiling the views of over 150 educators and over 600 learners from across Scotland’s education system.

Virtual sessions from Scottish Learning Festival 2022 available to watch again online

25 October 2022

The Scottish Learning Festival’s (SLF) watch again feature is now live with more than 65 recorded sessions from this year’s event available to view online.

Education Scotland seeks applications for Associate roles

06 October 2022

Education Scotland is seeking to recruit a number of colleagues to ‘associate’ roles to support important improvement priorities this year, including taking forward the Scottish Attainment Challenge Framework for Recovery and Accelerating Progress and working on the enhanced curriculum, education reform and professional learning and leadership support.