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Mar 3, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Details of new teacher pay offer released by @COSLA: "The offer is for 28 months, is in three parts and covers the period 1 April 2022 to 31st July 2024".
@TesScotland@tes Story will follow.
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"1. A 7% increase at all SNCT pay points with effect from 1/4/22, with a cap at a starting salary of £80,000 or over, where a £5,600 flat rate uplift to salary will apply."
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Dec 8, 2020 • 18 tweets • 8 min read
THREAD:
The 2021 #SQA exams were cancelled today, to the surprise of many – but this story has been brewing for a long time. Let us take you back nearly nine months…
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It was way back on 19 March that the *2020* exams were cancelled, as Covid-19 swept through Scotland. tes.com/news/coronavir…
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Sep 4, 2020 • 17 tweets • 6 min read
My folks had a clearout and found my earliest foray into journalism. This was the very first school magazine at @Oldmachar, a new school back in 1989 when I was in S3. And it’s decent! Loving the front-page homage to @TerryGilliam
From the welcome by co-editor and creative driving force, Kelvin Murray. Aw, shucks. 🧠
Aug 12, 2020 • 31 tweets • 10 min read
SQA chief executive Fiona Robertson and SQA director of qualifications Gill Stewart about to face questions at @SP_EduSkills. FR making opening statement. Thread starts here. @TesScotland@tes@Emma_Seith#SQa#SQAresults#resultsday2020
Fiona Robertson: Historic school attainment had to form part of the moderation process but other factors also considered. "Schools and colleges were not seen as postcodes at all," she says.
