Tag: SSTA

“Cover up” claim after it emerges one child was permanently excluded from Scottish schools last year

News

Deadline News Journalist - January 12, 2018

ONLY one child was permanently excluded by Scottish schools last year, astonishing new government statistics have revealed. Despite growing concern about violence and disruption in...

Stressed out school kids hit back at SQA with spoof Twitter account

Local News

Guest - April 18, 2014

SCOTLAND’S under-pressure school kids have taken revenge on exams body the SQA - by creating a Twitter account to ridicule the new Curriculum for...

Calls for violent pupils to be permanently banned

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 4, 2012

VIOLENT children who disrupt classes should be permanently banned from mainstream schools, a Scottish teaching union has said. The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) says...

Parents face jail in truanting crackdown

Scottish News

Peter Laing - October 8, 2012

THE parents of three Scottish youngsters face up to a month in jail for letting the youngsters skip school. Education bosses in Edinburgh have started...