Month: August 2020

A renaissance for Scottish Education

I am delighted that Mr Swinney did his ‘about turn’ regarding this year’s exam results. When a politician changes his mind in the face of revolt, I applaud him. The situation in England is made...

I Award the SQA a FAIL – Part 2

I still haven’t calmed down. I want to add a few points to my article from yesterday. The SQA is a Government Agency that polices itself. There is no external scrutiny. This lack of accountability...

I award the SQA a FAIL

I am beyond angry. The SQA is in its infinite wisdom appears to know our pupils better than we do. There were 436 presentations in the school this session and of those 138 were downgraded....