November 2023
Education reform - Cabinet Secretary references wider considerations too
Greg Dempster, AHDS General Secretary, attended the Education Committee in the Scottish Parliament today (15/11/2023). The purpose of the session…
November 2023
Slight delay: Towards a shared inspection framework - ES and CI
The Care Inspectorate and Education Scotland are working towards a shared inspection framework for ELC. This has implications for AHDS…
November 2023
Support staff pay dispute: 3 November update - Strikes suspended
3 Nov update: Following a new offer from CoSLA, Unison has suspended all announced strike action while it puts the…
October 2023
Council Tax freeze - a perplexing decision
During his closing speech at the SNP conference, the First Minister announced a council tax freeze for the coming year…
October 2023
Education reform: Centre of Teaching Excellence
Jenny Gilruth MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, has announced today that a new 'Centre of Teaching Excellence' will…
September 2023
Scottish Government Education Priorities
In Parliament today, the First Minister set out his Government's programme for the coming period. You can read the details…
September 2023
Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC)
RAAC, unknown to most until a week or so ago, is now a familiar acronym for many up and down…
August 2023
2023 SLF launched
While it isn't the all singing, all dancing SLF that many of you will have attended at the SECC in…
August 2023
Building racial literacy - new cohort open for applications
The Building Racial Literacy (BRL) programme, developed by Education Scotland, is a programme that gets extremely positive reviews and is…
August 2023
GTCS Council Elections
The General Teaching Council Scotland is governed by a Council made up of 37 members which includes a majority representation…