Political Row Breaks Out over Closing the Exam Results Attainment Gap

Scotland exam results: Ministers under pressure for failing to close poverty-related attainment gap

Attainment has risen in the last year but the gap between pupils from the wealthiest and most deprived backgrounds remains almost static

Political row breaks out over closing the exam results attainment gap

A row has broken out over the SNP’s record on closing the poverty related attainment gap.

Nicola Sturgeon pledge to eliminate attainment gap between pupils 'in tatters'

The former SNP leader pledged in 2015 "to close the attainment gap completely" but latest exam results show it remains at 17 per cent.

Exam results show SNP is STILL failing Scots pupils as attainment gap still wide

Nicola Sturgeon vowed to 'substantially eradicate' the attainment gap between deprived and affluent students - but failed to do this.

Exam results: Attainment gap progress is a black mark for Scottish Government

Exam results: Attainment gap progress is a black mark for Scottish Government

As BBC Scotland anticipate a widening attainment gap today, how the SNP HAS CLOSED the attainment gap within Scottish schools and WIDENED it with England

Professor John Robertson OBA This morning BBC UK’s Scotland Correspondent repeated the old ‘concerns about the Scottish Government’s failure to close the attainment gap.‘ It’s a lie. From the Scottish Government’s Literacy and numeracy standards reach record high report in December 2024: The proportion of pupils achieving the expected level in literacy and numeracy across primary and secondary schools has reached a new high, officials figures sh…