Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has described the moderation of pupils’ exam results across the country as “disgraceful”. He criticised the “postcode lottery” created by the Scottish Qualification ...

More than a quarter of pupils had their grade changed from teacher estimates by the SQA leading to heavy criticism from opposition politicians. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh ...

The Scottish government has become embroiled in a row over the moderation of exam results disadvantaging students from poorer backgrounds as critics warned the same problem could happen in the rest of ...

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Exam results in Scotland that were downgraded by a controversial moderation process will be withdrawn, the Scottish education secretary has announced. John Swinney told the Scottish parliament that ...

Nicola Sturgeon said it was ‘very possible’ she would have joined Friday’s protest against the SQA (Anthony Devlin/PA) Nicola Sturgeon said she would have likely protested against the downgrading of ...