Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
Scottish Qualifications Authority
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Claim Higher passes are highest since devolution is Mostly True
Students in Scotland received their results on Tuesday, and for the second year in a row pupils have been graded
Pupils sitting ‘exams in disguise’ accuse SQA of ‘shambolic’ mismanagement
Scottish high school pupils sitting National 5s and Highers have told The Ferret that mismanagement by the SQA has left
Fact check: The STV Scottish party leaders’ debate
The second debate between leaders of Scotland’s main political parties took place just weeks before Scots cast their ballots
Teachers could earn less than minimum wage for extra exam work
Some teachers may end up earning less than the minimum wage for extra work around exams, prompting an accusation the
FFS explains: how were Scottish pupils’ final grades decided?
Scottish school pupils received their grades for this year without sitting any spring exams for the first time since 1888
Exam help bought by private schools under review by watchdog
Scotland’s exams watchdog is considering ending a paid-for consultancy designed to improve exam results after an investigation by The
Revealed: the private schools that buy in exam help from government body
Scotland’s education watchdog has been accused of allowing inequity to be “hardwired into the system” following revelations that a
Calls to reform key school qualifications as pupils fail to progress
The Scottish Government is facing fresh calls for reform of key qualifications in secondary schools and colleges after analysis of
Teachers and students in decline: the computing ‘crisis’ in Scotland’s schools
Experts are urging the Scottish Government to take radical steps to boost computing science education to prevent the subject from