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A in GCSE science will be harder to get

Examinations regulator responds to complaints that exam boards are too generous in awarding top marks

Failing primary schools face merger

Governing bodies with poor results may be replaced or merged with stronger neighbours under government proposals

One in five Scots unable to read and write

Educationalists call for action as research reveals a fifth of Scottish adults lack literacy skills

Tories to pay loans of maths graduates who teach

Conservative Party unveils plan to attract 2,500 more graduates a year in science, maths, technology and engineering

Salmond accused of ‘sticking knife’ into Hyslop over class size memo

Alex Salmond has been accused of "sticking the knife" into Fiona Hyslop to avoid a charge of misleading MSPs about his Government’s failure to...

Russell loses first parliamentary vote

After his first speech to the chamber, Michael Russell, the new Education Secretary came under attack over his party's record

Colleges may face ban on foreign students

Ministers moving to crack down on abuse of the student visa systems in an attempt to get to grips with illegal immigration

Legal school 'earned £1m by exploiting bar course'

BPP is under investigation amid claims that it packed in extra students to boost its income by almost £1 million

Ex-civil servant to head 'climategate' inquiry

Head of judicial body will lead investigation into claims that prominent scientists manipulated global warming data

Students miss out on university bursaries

System is ‘too complicated’ and many families fail to understand grants and funding on offer, new report finds

Primary schools 'failing' in English and science

Growing numbers of schools are allowing majority of 11-year-olds to leave with below-standard test scores, tables show

‘Public confidence in degrees is at risk’

University standards must be better regulated so that any concerns can be dealt with quickly and robustly, report says

Extra billions fail to raise school standards

Government’s statistics agency has found that, despite huge investment, value for money from schools has fallen

Fantasy of education portfolio sealed Hyslop’s fate

It was over before it even began — the education manifesto pledges that fell to Fiona Hyslop to deliver were unrealistic at best

ANALYSIS: brighter pupils abandoned

Teachers complain that most of the final year of primary school is now given over to teaching narrowly to the test

Hyslop stripped of education role

Alex Salmond demotes Education Minister after barrage of criticism over failure to deliver on promise to cut class sizes

Co-ed schools divide classes by sex

Teachers find that both boys and girls concentrate better in lessons without the distraction of the opposite sex

More teachers want to be heads

Survey gives hope of averting a shortage in state schools as one third of heads are over 55 and due to retire by 2012

The path to becoming a head teacher

For Elizabeth Binks, deciding to become a head after retraining as a teacher was about 'transferring ethos and values'