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News tagged Highers
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Scotland: ‘Most’ SQA course changes to continue next year
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Scotland
National 5
Highers
Advanced highers
Jun 24, 2021
Scotland's replacement Highers system: There will be hell to pay if teachers' fears are borne out
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Scotland
Exams
Highers
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Results
Alternative assessment
May 29, 2021
Higher exams: Attainment fears as school leaver pass rates 'stall'
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Scotland
Highers
Attainment
Jan 9, 2021
Delay the due date for Higher teacher estimates
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Scotland
Highers
Assessments
Coronavirus
Jan 6, 2021
Coronavirus in Scotland: Highers could be cancelled as late as February, says John Swinney
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Scotland
Exams
Highers
Teacher assessment
Results
Grading
Nov 12, 2020
Scotland: How has the Higher pass rate changed?
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Scotland
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Highers
Moderation
Aug 12, 2020
What if the problem is A levels and Highers, not 2020?
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A-levels
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University access
Widening participation
Aug 11, 2020
Nervousness over A-level results after Scottish Highers row
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Aug 9, 2020
Scotland: Young people can still flourish despite missing exams
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Scotland
SQA
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Coronavirus
COVID-19
Aug 2, 2020
National 5 and Higher exams should be scrapped next year, claims Scotland's largest teaching union
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EIS
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SQA
May 24, 2020
The 20 best schools in Scotland as ranked by Higher results
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Scotland
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Highers
Exam results
May 7, 2020
Review of Higher pass rate to be published
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Scotland
Attainment
Highers
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Jan 15, 2020
Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon denies falling Highers pass rate report was secret
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Scotland
Pupil performance
Highers
Jan 10, 2020
Nicola Sturgeon refutes claims of 'secret investigation' into falling Higher pass rate
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Scotland
Highers
Pupil performance
Jan 9, 2020
FMQs row over review into falling Higher pass rates
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Scotland
Academic performance
Highers
Jan 9, 2020
Scotland: Swinney told civil servants to review fall in pass rate
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Scotland
Exam grades
Dec 30, 2019
Is Scotland's school subject squeeze damaging pupils?
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Scotland
Highers
Curriculum
Jun 2, 2019
Scotland: ‘Two-term dash’ to Higher remains the reality in most secondaries
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Secondary
Highers
Curriculum reforms
Apr 9, 2019
Where to move for... the best A-level or Higher results
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A-levels
Highers
Oct 6, 2018
Scotland ‘fails pupils’ as private schools scoop A grades record
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Scottish Council of Independent Schools
Highers
Aug 19, 2018
‘Easier tests’ skew Higher results, says education expert
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Exam results
Highers
Scotland
Aug 12, 2018
No prizes for solving Highers puzzle
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Scotland
Highers
Exam results
Aug 12, 2018
‘Postcode lottery’ of Scotland’s Advanced Highers
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Scotland
Highers
Secondary schools
Disadvantaged pupils
May 16, 2018
Exam body under fire over changes to geography Higher
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Scotland
Highers
Geography
Mar 1, 2018
Scotland: Pupils face longer exams under shake-up of qualification system
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Scotland
Exams
Highers
Feb 17, 2018
Changes to Higher exams and courses ‘go further than they had to’
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Scotland
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Feb 16, 2018
Tough new targets for schools to get more disadvantaged pupils to pass Highers
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Herald Scotland
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Scotland
Disadvantaged pupils
Highers
Oct 5, 2017
Poorer students with fewer Highers can enter Aberdeen University medical school
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Scotland
Highers
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Sep 25, 2017
Private schools across Scotland celebrate exam success at Highers
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Scotland
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Sep 16, 2017
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