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Ten years ago, the then first minister Nicola Sturgeon said she wanted to be judged on closing the attainment gap between Scotland's richest and poorest children. Recent figures suggest there is still ...

Why is this so important? In 2015, Nicola Sturgeon gave a speech at the Wester Hailes Education Centre in Edinburgh. Amongst other things, then then First Minister pledged to eliminate the attainment ...

The Liberal Democrats have said the SNP's promise to close the attainment gap "lies in ruins" after Scottish exam results showed "minuscule progress". The party's education spokesperson Willie Rennie ...

A landmark SNP pledge to eliminate the poverty attainment gap between the richest and poorest Scots pupils is a "lifetime away from happening", the Government has been warned. Willie Rennie, Scottish ...

Details of how the latest tranche of government money will be allocated to help Scottish schools deal with disadvantage have been announced. The £50m is being targeted at the councils and schools ...

The way the Scottish Government measures the educational attainment gap between rich and poor is a contest between children who do well in exams Closing the attainment gap between Scotland’s children ...

Angela Constance MSP has praised the SNP’s investment in education which she says is “making a difference where it matters most”. The Almond Valley constituency MSP was marking the 10-year anniversary ...

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