NASUWT SSTA AHDS School Leaders Scotland We will be losing 450 teachers unless we fight these cuts. This will effect every single establishment in Glasgow for years to come. Please sign and share our petition. Our young people deserve better. chng.it/6FgWmPrqtq

A great pleasure to welcome to Glenalmond Peter Bain the President of School Leaders Scotland & Head of Oban High School & Tiree Primary School and Tiree High School A tour with Brianna & Robert, dinner last night & then gave a superb talk in chapel this morning. SCIS schools HMC (The Heads' Conference) SchoolsTogether Independent Schools

A lot of excellent points raised by our colleague Greg Dempster at AHDS which we at School Leaders Scotland agree with, especially stopping the “scores on the doors”.

The planned ‘fundamental review’ of inspection should move away from simplistic and misleading assumptions about school performance, says Greg Dempster tes.com/magazine/analy… Tes

Bold decisions and trust in teachers are essential if exams reform is to succeed, say Graham Hutton Peter Bain tes.com/magazine/analy… School Leaders Scotland

#ASCLmembers - voting papers for this year's elections to #ASCLCouncil and covering several regions will be sent out to your registered address this week.

Want to find out more about ASCL Council? ASCL Director of Policy Julie McCulloch explains more in this short video:

Education Scotland Janie McManus School Leaders Scotland will certainly be contributing to this consultation! Lots of suggestions to improve the evaluation and then the improvement of schools and local authorities across Scotland! SLS Council indicated clearly that the “scores on the doors” should go!

Scotland’s HM Chief Inspector of Education Janie McManus has announced there will be a review of school inspections developing new approaches. Find out more: education.gov.scot/news/hm-chief-…

Successful leadership relies on collaboration. School Leaders Scotland SCIS schools Peter Bain Graham Hutton George Watson's College The High School of Glasgow George Heriot's

President Peter Bain and General Secretary Graham Hutton representing School Leaders Scotland at the SCIS schools conference. Lorraine Davison’s opening speech about challenges and partnerships inspiring.

NEW: 'Modern language assistants disappear from Scottish state schools'

Another very worrying sign for the study of languages in Scotland: tes.com/magazine/news/… Tes Scotland Tes British Council Scotland Fiona Barclay Graham Hutton

Stimulating presentations at Colleges Scotland conference by Louise Murphy from the Resolution Foundation and the Commissioner for Fair Access, Prof John McKendrick on Education, Equality and the Economy and the vital role of colleges therein! Lots to think about! #collegesthrive

Great opening session with Cab Sec Jenny Gilruth at the Colleges Scotland Conference at City of Glasgow College stating the importance of the role colleges play in Scotland’s economy, of school-college partnerships, and of parity of esteem between vocational & academic courses #collegesthrive

Good luck to Scotland’s learners who are sitting SQA exams in the coming weeks! Your teachers have done a fantastic job of teaching you and you’ve been learning all the time! Now show off what you’ve learned and move on to the next stage of your pathway! School Leaders Scotland

Professor Carol Campbell James Withers Henry Hepburn Professor Alma Harris Graham Donaldson Prof Chris Chapman Ken Muir Andy Hargreaves Pasi Sahlberg School Leaders Scotland AHDS EIS NASUWT Scotland Consensus is impossible. However, across the wide range of communities essential to successful change in qualifications, there was a shared vision and significant support for the direction of travel. See ‘It’s Our Future’ EIS School Leaders Scotland Ades

Interesting commentary on education reform in Scotland from Henry Hepburn: “Action is needed soon, though, or the remaining reservoirs of goodwill will be in desperately short supply.” #TalkScottishEducation

“At school I was arrogant and lippy. My friend Glenn said to me, ‘You know what your problem is? You’ve got a superiority complex … ’”: my conversation with Charlotte Santry Tes about, er, me:
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A pleasure to attend the Civic Reception in the magnificent City Chambers to celebrate the 900th Anniversary of The High School of Glasgow The High School of Glasgow. Speeches by the Lord Provost and the Rector, John O’Neill, plus some wonderful singing from the pupils!

'We agree with Speakers for Schools about the importance of high-quality work experience and enrichment activities. The problem is that schools and colleges are poorly funded and under pressure on many fronts.'
Our comment on their report on university access: tinyurl.com/4ekhc4fe