• Period Description Dec 2020 - Jan 2021 Analysis of administrative data and literature/policy review. (ed.ac.uk)
  • More than 700 pupils across 20 schools are being given a lesson in cyber security by staff from PwC Scotland as part of Cyber Scotland Week 2020. (futurescot.com)
  • The lessons coincide with Cyber Scotland Week 2020, run by Scotland IS, which debuted in 2019 in recognition of the importance of cyber security both in our working and personal lives. (futurescot.com)
  • EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 11: Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon looks down as Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills John Swinney during the Ministerial Statement on the SQA Exam Results 2020 in the Scottish Parliament on August 11, 2020 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (newstatesman.com)
  • The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 is the Scottish Government's official tool for identifying those places in Scotland suffering from deprivation. (pkc.gov.uk)
  • Jordanhill, located in Glasgow's west end, has kept its position at the top of the rankings for the fifth consecutive year, according to data revealed in The Times School League Table 2020. (scotsman.com)
  • The West Lothian school has risen from 108th place in 2016 - when 37 per cent of pupils attained Nicola Sturgeon's 'gold standard' of five or more highers - to 12th place in 2020, a year which saw 70 per cent of pupils achieve the gold standard. (scotsman.com)
  • Edinburgh's Boroughmuir High School takes seventh place in the 2020 league table - one place down from its position as the sixth best school in Scotland in 2019. (scotsman.com)
  • This data was last updated in October 2019 and Next update is due in October 2020. (whatuni.com)
  • The data for secondary pupils in the Scottish capital showed the proportion has increased from 14 per cent to 20 per cent in the wake of the pandemic. (scotsman.com)
  • Tes Scotland recently calculated that the average attendance rate across primary, secondary and special state schools in 2022/23 was 90.9 per cent, with primary schools at 93 per cent and secondary schools on 88.2 per cent. (scotsman.com)
  • FTG), also known as Gaelic-medium education (GME), is a form of education in Scotland that allows pupils to be taught primarily through the medium of Scottish Gaelic, with English being taught as the secondary language. (wikipedia.org)
  • Leading from the front, Claire Reid, Regional Leader for PwC Scotland, delivered the lesson to her old primary school, while staff visited primary and secondary schools in their own local areas. (futurescot.com)
  • The 12-month pilot will initially target children who attend school less than 60% of the time and is expected to work one-on-one with at least 250 pupils from secondary and primary school. (childrenshealthscotland.org)
  • Green education spokesman Ross Greer said: "The decision to offer Covid-19 vaccinations to most secondary school pupils will certainly help reduce this disruption, if its rollout is swift. (stv.tv)
  • This is in addition to current advice for staff and secondary pupils to take an LFD test twice a week and to record all results. (stv.tv)
  • Delivered as part of Keep Scotland Beautiful's award-winning Upstream Battle campaign, the STEM the Flow competition encourages pupils to investigate and design solutions to tackle marine litter at source with a pupil-led STEM project for Primary 5 to Secondary 3. (glowscotland.org.uk)
  • CityFibre , the City of Edinburgh Council, and the University of Edinburgh's Data Education in Schools programme - part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal - will deliver the Smart City-focused Internet of Things (IoT) pilot to primary and secondary school year groups across Edinburgh. (communicationstoday.co.in)
  • Our secondary pupils particularly love the 'My Life' library which shares stories of real people and helps combat the stigma of addiction. (renfrewshire.gov.uk)
  • The 2023 Sunday Times childcare league table uses data. (lomondschool.com)
  • The hallway is empty at Baton Rouge Magnet High School on Jan. 30, 2023 in Baton Rouge, La. America's Black and Latino students are at a disadvantage in nearly every measure of educational opportunity, with less access to advanced classes, counselors and even certified teachers, according to data released Wednesday, Nov. 15, by the U.S. Education Department. (yahoo.com)
  • From 1 June to 30 September 2023 we delivered 1,074 Career Information, Advice and Guidance engagements for 783 school pupils through a mix of group and one-to-one sessions. (skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk)
  • As at the 30 September 2023 of the 2,205 maintained school pupils in the local authority, 69% were registered on myworldofwork.co.uk. (skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk)
  • METHODS: Of the 502,628 UK Biobank participants recruited between 2007 and 2010, 442,027 (mean age, 56±8 years) had available data and were included in the analyses conducted in 2023. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is the world's biggest international education study, involving schools and pupils in 85 countries around the world. (nfer.ac.uk)
  • A group of S6 pupils from Lomond School, and their company 'Seastainable', last week came out on top at the area finals of the Young Enterprise Scotland Company Programme. (lomondschool.com)
  • The Young Enterprise Company Programme process is a lengthy one that requires hard work and determination from August until at least May, and pupils therefore had to individually apply to be part of the team and demonstrate their commitment from the start. (lomondschool.com)
  • The programme was launched to encourage more school pupils - particularly girls - to study STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects and ultimately pursue careers in technology roles, where there remains a disproportionate number of males. (futurescot.com)
  • In a report by Lucy Adams, BBC Scotland Social Affairs Correspondent, children missing from school for long periods will now be supported instead of being punished under a new pilot programme in Glasgow. (childrenshealthscotland.org)
  • We will work with young people, school staff and parents/guardians/carers to develop this programme in both Scotland and Wales. (createsend.com)
  • As a first step, we are hoping to recruit 20-30 young people ( 2-4 young people per school) from Scotland and Wales to take part in a four-week programme ( 4 one and half hour twilight sessions) of workshops. (createsend.com)
  • This contains the results of the annual pupil census, annual teacher census, pre-school data and school estate data. (gov.scot)
  • Just to be clear, while all P5 to S6 children will be invited to take part in the census, it's only the older pupils who will be given the section on sexual relationships. (holyrood.com)
  • This paper used data from the Scottish Pupil Census in combination with curriculum for excellence teacher-based assessments to observe the percentage of pupils who perform at or above their relevant level in both literacy and numeracy. (fraserofallander.org)
  • The Pupils in Scotland Census is an annual dataset collection that collates a wide variety of information on pupils in all publicly funded schools in Scotland. (ubdc.ac.uk)
  • The Scottish Government was urged to address the "alarming trend" in the nation's schools after the scale of the crisis was laid bare in a new report by the Commission on School Reform, which was set up by the Reform Scotland think tank. (scotsman.com)
  • Half of high schools pupils were said to be missing a day every fortnight in Dundee, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire. (scotsman.com)
  • There are an increasing number of dedicated Gaelic-medium schools in Scotland. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1) Data for ethnicity and English as an Additional Language does not include grant aided special schools. (gov.scot)
  • The Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS) is celebrating a one hundred per cent pass rate by its pupils who were entered for National 2 SQA qualifications by its specialist schools this year. (scis.org.uk)
  • SCIS represents more than 20 specialist schools across Scotland, which support children and young people with significant and complex needs. (scis.org.uk)
  • Capability Scotland has two specialist schools Corseford in Johnstone and Stanmore House in Lanark. (scis.org.uk)
  • The Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS) welcomes the EDSK report, which recognises our positive practices and the beneficial impact of the independent school sector in Scotland. (scis.org.uk)
  • In Scotland, the charity test has been diligently applied and has proven the value our schools provide to society, incentivising a huge increase in wider access to our schools. (scis.org.uk)
  • We will not gather new data, but drawing together existing data will provide a clear picture of which Scottish and RUK institutions are chosen by different groups of BAME pupils, with a particular focus on schools in Edinburgh and the Lothians, Fife and South East Scotland. (ed.ac.uk)
  • Children will be sampled by year 9-12 classes, randomly selected from schools, pupil referral units and colleges in each area, with the questionnaire conducted online while in school. (salford.ac.uk)
  • Schools record information on pupils attendance and absence from school and the reasons for this. (gov.scot)
  • These data, and Table 4.1 below, do however show levels of absence as recorded by schools. (gov.scot)
  • It's not new, in the sense that for years, local councils, schools and health boards have been asking teens personal questions about their lives, but they've been asking those questions in their own way, making the data collected difficult to compare. (holyrood.com)
  • The DfE has written to schools requesting them to submit performance data on how they are spending school-led catch-up tutoring grants from the first week back after half term. (isc.co.uk)
  • Bath and North East Somerset Council has issued guidance to local schools urging them to instruct pupils to start wearing masks again and to cancel assemblies in response to a surge in infections. (isc.co.uk)
  • The Government has been urged to pause education funding reforms after a report from the Commons Public Accounts Committee found that the changes would result in a 1.2 per cent drop in real terms per pupil funding in the most deprived fifth of schools. (isc.co.uk)
  • Following concerns about pupil privacy, at least two schools in England are reversing plans to install facial recognition systems in canteens. (isc.co.uk)
  • Schools will be responsible for ensuring that accounts for pupils no longer in their school are identified to Education City. (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
  • As of September 2016 based on Scottish Executive figures the rate of diagnosed autism in Scottish schools was 1 in 51 in a 15 year rolling cohort, but seven years before in 2009 it was just 1 in 129 (in 1998, the first year of data, it was 1 in 925). (ageofautism.com)
  • According to another set of figures the total number of pupils with "additional needs support" in Scottish schools rose 73% in just five years from 98,253 to 170, 239, or 25% of Scotland's children (again the proportion is likely to be much worse among younger children). (ageofautism.com)
  • In English schools Autistic Spectrum cases continue to rise and are less than three year behind the levels now reported in Scotland. (ageofautism.com)
  • The BBC put together a team of around 60 staff to develop the project and recruited pupils from over half of all the schools in the country to help produce the content. (iconbar.com)
  • It was difficult to find schools that were in the more remote areas of Scotland and Wales, but the majority of England was well counted for. (iconbar.com)
  • Schools: The data was released under freedom of information legislation. (stv.tv)
  • More than half of all schools in Scotland reported at least one positive case of Covid-19 among pupils in the first two weeks of term, new figures show. (stv.tv)
  • A freedom of information request submitted to Public Health Scotland (PHS) shows that 1455 schools in Scotland recorded a positive case between August 16 and August 27, the first two weeks of term - 58.7% of all schools. (stv.tv)
  • While it is not clear how many of the cases in schools were contracted there as opposed to the community, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has repeatedly said the return of schools in Scotland contributed to the spike in Covid-19 cases seen in recent weeks, which she said this week has shown signs of dissipating. (stv.tv)
  • Larry Flanagan, the general secretary of the EIS teaching union, said: "Since pupils and staff returned to schools last month, we have seen a substantial increase in Covid infection rates across the country. (stv.tv)
  • There have been significant outbreaks linked to schools, with Covid-related absence rates amongst pupils and teachers at record high levels. (stv.tv)
  • We must do everything we can to make our schools safe for both pupils and staff. (stv.tv)
  • In light of the latest data and evidence, we have decided to extend the period for safety mitigations in schools to remain in place until at least the October holidays. (stv.tv)
  • Within each of these schools, one curriculum year group was selected, at random, and, within this year group, one class (two in four schools) was randomly selected and the pupils within this class asked to take part in an online self-completion survey. (gamblingcommission.gov.uk)
  • They also believe that a kindergarten system would help to ensure that all children benefit from play-based, pupil-focused learning, avoiding the current postcode lottery where some schools have adopted varying degrees of this approach (typically for their youngest pupils) while others have not. (bellacaledonia.org.uk)
  • While schools in Scotland are provided with guidance on their approach to restraint and seclusion, it is not statutory. (heraldscotland.com)
  • One school had no policy documents on the matter, but confirmed that dozens of physical intervention techniques had been used on pupils in their schools. (heraldscotland.com)
  • Nearly seven decades after the Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate, the new data offers a glimpse of basic differences that endure in schools serving predominantly Black and Latino students. (yahoo.com)
  • Yet Black and Latino students are more likely to attend schools with lower percentages of certified teachers, according to the new data. (yahoo.com)
  • These new CRDC data reflect troubling differences in students' experiences in our nation's schools," said Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine E. Lhamon. (yahoo.com)
  • In 2021-22, 36 pupils started Foundation Apprenticeships in schools at SCQF Level 4-6 in this area. (skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk)
  • We were joined by a panel of 12 young people from Hawick High School and St Modan's High School, as well as an audience of young people from various SHINE schools around Scotland to support our discussions. (createsend.com)
  • In between short presentations about health literacy, a new interactive health data dashboard for SHINE schools, sleep science and mental health literacy, we gathered opinions and ideas from the young people via the Mentimeter app. (createsend.com)
  • Between 1987 and 2006, researchers studied the factors that best accounted for declining adolescent mental health in 20 schools in the West of Scotland. (createsend.com)
  • The local primary is rated as very good by Ofsted, and older children benefit from being in the catchment area for The Royal High School, which was founded in 1128, making it one of the oldest and most prestigious state schools in Scotland. (morewoodbikes.com)
  • Differences between urban and rural schools, as well as differences across the local authorities based within the Northern Alliance region, were observed and data on free school meal registration, as an indicator for social-economic status, were also analysed. (fraserofallander.org)
  • Differing levels of funding for schools mean that pupils from deprived areas may experience schooling that is less well-resourced, and with less experienced teachers. (theferret.scot)
  • The top ten state schools in Scotland have been announced based on pupil performance in a year that saw exams replaced by teacher estimates. (scotsman.com)
  • Aiming to enhance the number of children using data science education in schools, pupils will develop their understanding of data-driven solutions for a range of issues both inside and outside of the school environment. (communicationstoday.co.in)
  • The project will kick off in schools in spring and a number of pupils will be invited to attend a Smart Cities event in Edinburgh in May to showcase their solutions. (communicationstoday.co.in)
  • The project is a fantastic addition to our Data Education for Schools project. (communicationstoday.co.in)
  • By bringing business, schools and the university together we can ensure that we are providing young people with skills and confidence to take full advantage of the opportunities provided within our data driven society. (communicationstoday.co.in)
  • However, councils are currently assessing public buildings across Scotland - including schools - for the lightweight concrete which was used from the 1950s up to the mid-1990s, with all expected to report back next week. (yahoo.com)
  • She said: "I have a list of schools that are impacted in Scotland, and the mitigations that our local authority partners have put in place will now be considered by officials in Scottish government. (yahoo.com)
  • Figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats in May said the substance was present in 37 schools in Scotland. (yahoo.com)
  • The data showed the light and bubbly form of precast concrete was present in nine schools in Dumfries and Galloway, seven in Aberdeen, six in Clackmannanshire and five in West Lothian. (yahoo.com)
  • b) by the managers of a grant aided school for pupils in attendance at such schools. (who.int)
  • This information is used to monitor pupil engagement and also to ensure pupils safety and wellbeing by following up on pupils who do not attend school. (gov.scot)
  • The recent outcry over the use of algorithms in determining school pupil qualifications across the UK has highlighted the need for organisations to remember their legal duty to process personal data fairly, a data protection law expert has said. (pinsentmasons.com)
  • Meanwhile, in both 2022/23 and 2021/22, a total of 12 per cent of all pupils - or about 80,000 youngsters in total - were found to have had an attendance rate of under 80 per cent - meaning they were missing at least one day per week on average. (scotsman.com)
  • Gaelic-medium education is increasingly popular throughout Scotland, and the number of pupils who are in Gaelic-medium education has risen from 24 in 1985 (its first year) to 5,066 in 2021. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2021, 11,874 pupils in Scotland were receiving some kind of education in Gaelic representing 1.7% of the country's student population. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nearly 5,100 students in Scotland were enrolled in Gaelic-medium education in 2021, a 92% increase over 2009 figures. (wikipedia.org)
  • Over 6,800 other pupils in Scotland were receiving instruction in Gaelic language courses in 2021. (wikipedia.org)
  • In Na h-Eileanan Siar, nearly 100% of all pupils were receiving some form of Gaelic-language education in 2021. (wikipedia.org)
  • BAME students applying to university for 2021 admission will be asked which universities they are applying to in Scotland and the rest of the UK and the reasons underlying their choice, taking account of a range of factors including qualifications attained, institutional perceptions, social networks and financial considerations. (ed.ac.uk)
  • New government data on school absences during the spring term of 2021 has revealed that 57.5 per cent of physical school sessions were missed because of partial school closures caused by COVID between the start of term and the beginning of the Easter holidays. (isc.co.uk)
  • The institution related data was last updated on WhatUni in August 2021 and Next update is due in March 2022, which will include data for the 2019/20 academic year. (whatuni.com)
  • For each year since 2010, this dataset shows the National Records of Scotland (NRS) estimated life expectancy figures at birth for females and males within the Perth and Kinross. (pkc.gov.uk)
  • The dataset within this group contains the National Records of Scotland (NRS) mid-year population density estimates for the Perth and Kinross Council area for the years 2000 to. (pkc.gov.uk)
  • The Scotsman reported local data in April showing 14 per cent of Edinburgh primary school pupils were now being described as having persistently poor attendance, compared to 7 per cent in 2018/19. (scotsman.com)
  • Outside that region, Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Inbhir Nis opened in 2007 in Inverness and serves pupils in class 1-7, as does Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce which opened in 2013 in the capital city of Edinburgh. (wikipedia.org)
  • Develop a better understanding of patterns of participation by BAME students drawing on a range of administrative data gathered by the Scottish Government, the SFC, the University of Edinburgh and the City of Edinburgh Council. (ed.ac.uk)
  • Identify the reasons given by local school pupils for their decision to either apply to the University of Edinburgh or to other institutions in Scotland or in the rest of the UK. (ed.ac.uk)
  • Administrative data collared and published by SFC, the Scottish Government, the University of Edinburgh and the City of Edinburgh Council. (ed.ac.uk)
  • The main part of the research will consist of an interview study with about 30 school pupils in Edinburgh and hinterland. (ed.ac.uk)
  • The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336, VAT Registration Number GB 592 9507 00, and is acknowledged by the UK authorities as a " Recognised body " which has been granted degree awarding powers. (ed.ac.uk)
  • The work has been coordinated and funded by the Data for Children Collaborative at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, and the other partners include the India-based CivicDataLab, East Neuk Analytics and Professor John McKendrick from Glasgow Caledonian University. (fraserofallander.org)
  • School pupils across Edinburgh will be challenged to come up with creative ways of using new technologies to tackle local issues and help transform their hometown into a Smart City as part of a unique partnership with local businesses and organisations. (communicationstoday.co.in)
  • This is a fantastic opportunity for young people across Edinburgh to explore how digital technology can change the way we live our lives - and to help us come up with data-driven solutions for some of the challenges facing the Capital. (communicationstoday.co.in)
  • Data collection for the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study will complete at the end of June. (createsend.com)
  • Over 3,300 nurseries featured in the table from every council area in Scotland. (lomondschool.com)
  • Argyll and Bute Council will act as the 'Data Controller' in regard to the personal data you provide to us. (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
  • Although America is not subject to the same data protection laws as in the UK, Argyll and Bute Council has followed nationally agreed procedure to ensure Education City provide an adequate level of protection in accordance with UK data protection laws. (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
  • We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is kept securely and more information on how we do this is provided on the Council website ( www.argyll-bute.gov.uk ) or can be provided in paper format on request to [school name and phone number]. (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
  • As part of the annual Cyber Scotland week, the council has organised a range of events for staff and the public to raise awareness of cybercrime that many people can be easily caught out with. (glasgow.gov.uk)
  • Gas usage data from Perth & Kinross Council owned buildings fitted with meters that record automatic readings. (pkc.gov.uk)
  • Electricity usage data from Perth & Kinross Council owned buildings that have meters where automatic readings are recorded. (pkc.gov.uk)
  • We have also strengthened guidance for staff and pupils identified as being low-risk contacts of positive cases. (stv.tv)
  • Last month the ICO, together with the Alan Turing Institute, published guidance on AI and data protection . (pinsentmasons.com)
  • The guidance provides practical advice to organisations, many of which have been seeking further regulatory guidance on how data protection laws apply to new advanced technologies. (pinsentmasons.com)
  • Almost a third of Scottish pupils are absent from school at least one day every fortnight as "shocking" new evidence shows attendance rates are still failing to recover from the disruption caused during the Covid-19 lockdowns. (scotsman.com)
  • It showed that more than 200,000 pupils had an attendance rate below 90 per cent in 2022/23 - which works out as being absent an average of one day per fortnight. (scotsman.com)
  • Information on attendance and absence was not collected in 2011/12, as this data is now collected only once every two years. (gov.scot)
  • Since 2007/08 pupils' rate of attendance has increased from 93.2 to 93.6 per cent in 2012/13. (gov.scot)
  • The report states that overall school attendance has dropped across Scotland since the disruption of the Covid pandemic. (childrenshealthscotland.org)
  • PISA 2025 will provide important evidence on the experiences and outcomes of the current cohort of 15-year-olds being educated in post-pandemic Scotland. (nfer.ac.uk)
  • Approximately 10% of our pupil cohort are LAC. (morewoodbikes.com)
  • All HESA Student Record data displayed on the site is subject to data display thresholds, where a cohort must consist of at least 52.5 students in order to be displayed on the site. (whatuni.com)
  • If a cohort contains less than 52.5 students, then an 'insufficient data' message will be displayed on the site. (whatuni.com)
  • The largest Gaelic unit is at Mount Cameron Primary School in East Kilbride which enrolled 70 pupils at the start of the 2015/16 school year. (wikipedia.org)
  • Primary school pupils returned to school today in a phased route out of lockdown. (dailyrecord.co.uk)
  • It comes as primary school pupils returned to school today. (dailyrecord.co.uk)
  • In Northern Ireland, similarly, there is no centralised testing taken by all pupils after primary school, leaving the CCEA similarly poorly-equipped to hand out grades even semi-fairly. (newstatesman.com)
  • Right now, children in Scotland start primary school at either four or five - but many believe that this should not happen until the age of seven. (bellacaledonia.org.uk)
  • The overwhelming majority of countries actually send their children to school aged six, a full two years later than some children in Scotland head off to primary school, and there are more countries with a starting age of seven than there are those adopting the approach we simply take for granted. (bellacaledonia.org.uk)
  • 118,034 pupils (17.6 per cent of all pupils) had an additional support need recorded. (gov.scot)
  • In recent years one fairly radical idea - at least for Scotland - has attracted increasing levels of attention and widespread support: changing the age at which pupils start school. (bellacaledonia.org.uk)
  • Using technology to support online safety in Scotland 'Safeguarding is a golden thread that runs through the curriculum. (netsupportsoftware.com)
  • This webinar offered research expertise to support the successful interpretation of the SHINE Mental Health Survey data report. (createsend.com)
  • Free Meal Entitlement is 40% and one quarter of our pupil body have additional support for learning requirements. (morewoodbikes.com)
  • Growing evidence, it said, suggested pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds with lower entry grades did just as well as other students if given the appropriate support. (universityworldnews.com)
  • It has also been accessed by all councils in Scotland with some like Inverclyde, Perth and Kinross, and Dumfries and Galloway, reaching out to Fiona and her team for further information and support. (renfrewshire.gov.uk)
  • Findings presented here are the proportions of pupils who reported teacher support of 4 or higher. (who.int)
  • Detail on prescriptions in the Perth and Kinross, divided Adapted from data published by NHS ISD Scotland, licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0. (pkc.gov.uk)
  • Uniquely funded by a central government grant rather than the local authority, Jordanhill saw 86 per cent of its pupils achieve the gold standard - down from 88 per cent in 2019, the last year when pupils were assessed with exams. (scotsman.com)
  • From fifteenth place in the 2019 league table, Cults Academy in Aberdeen has jumped six places in The Times league tables making it to number nine, according to the latest data. (scotsman.com)
  • We have recently completed the first phase of the work which involved an initial analysis of attainment based on existing, limited, data on deprivation as well as a scoping study of additional information and data that could be used to gain further insights into what matters most when considering how to tackle the attainment gap. (fraserofallander.org)
  • A 'digital divide' is also evident , where deprivation has an impact on levels of internet access and numbers of devices (such as laptops and tablets) which pupils can use to access schoolwork and other learning materials. (theferret.scot)
  • Attainment is often measured against the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) , which is a relative measure of deprivation in small areas of Scotland. (theferret.scot)
  • It remains the case that the vast majority of Covid-19 absences - about 69% - are pupils who are isolating, with around 28% being due to Covid-related sickness. (stv.tv)
  • To kick off the week-long activities, a special public awareness event is being held at the Donald Dewar statue on Buchanan Street from 10am - 4pm on Monday 28 February in partnership with Police Scotland, Strathclyde University, Glasgow Caledonian University, CGI (the council's IT partner), CGI and Glasgow's Golden Generation. (glasgow.gov.uk)
  • So far, the Alcohol and Drugs Awareness Action Pack has been used across NHS Scotland, by our partners the Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership, the Metropolitan Police, Merseyside Police and Police Scotland among others. (renfrewshire.gov.uk)
  • The largest is Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu (Glasgow Gaelic School), established in 2006 and catering to pupils aged three to eighteen, the country's first 3-18 Gaelic-medium school. (wikipedia.org)
  • Kenny Meechan, Glasgow City Council's Head of Information and Data Protection Officer said: 'Each year we have delivered a series of interactive events to help raise awareness of cybercrime and help people not fall foul of the fraudsters. (glasgow.gov.uk)
  • As a result of this inconsistency in recording practice and methods, collecting and comparing data on a national level, as recommended by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, is currently impractical, if not impossible," the report said. (heraldscotland.com)
  • In addition, network members shared learning with each other after the presentation on best practice regarding a whole-school approach to sharing the data reports in the school setting. (createsend.com)
  • This will enable pupils to practice solving challenges using sensors and data analysis, with some of the data they'll be collecting travelling over the CityFibre network. (communicationstoday.co.in)
  • And it said pupils will not be taught in the parts of buildings where the concrete is considered a risk. (yahoo.com)
  • So the moderation process is palpably less fair in Scotland or Northern Ireland than in England or Wales, in that both teachers and the watchdog in both countries have better information about individual pupils to moderate results from. (newstatesman.com)
  • Across the UK, qualifications bodies such as the SQA in Scotland and Ofqual in England put in place algorithmic modelling in a bid to moderate the grades recommended for pupils by their teachers. (pinsentmasons.com)
  • The report looks across a wide range of data, some of which are rural specific to scope out alternative evidence that could be used by school and local authorities to identify issues that may be impacting attainment. (fraserofallander.org)
  • It is updated by local authorities and the data is. (pkc.gov.uk)
  • NFER is delivering PISA 2025 in Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government. (nfer.ac.uk)
  • This paper was written to help stimulate thinking about the future social services workforce in Scotland in 2025. (iriss.org.uk)
  • Cyber Scotland Week is a great platform for raising awareness of this, and it has also given us an opportunity to show the workers of tomorrow the opportunities that are available to them should they decide to pursue a career in technology. (futurescot.com)
  • Meeting with more than 700 children throughout the course of Cyber Scotland Week will not only help embed those essential cyber safety and skills messages, but Tech We Can will also help instill the belief in these young people that they can do anything, and tech is a great option for the future. (futurescot.com)
  • Local primary pupils have been participating in a cyber themed poetry competition that we will be asking the public to vote on - with the winning school awarded a £100 book token. (glasgow.gov.uk)
  • These data are used primarily in equalities monitoring. (gov.scot)
  • These results are based on a sample of 2,943 pupils aged 11- 16 across curriculum years 7-11 (S1 - S5 in Scotland) using the Ipsos MORI Young People Omnibus. (gamblingcommission.gov.uk)
  • You may wish to redirect your request to NHS Grampian or National Records of Scotland who may hold this information. (moray.gov.uk)
  • I've now got 2 out of 13 pupils where the workflow fails. (johnjohnston.info)
  • For such a basic piece of classroom practise, worksheet distribution and jotter work, I can't really have something that fails so frequently (like losing a couple of pupils jotters). (johnjohnston.info)
  • These linkages and solutions could differ significantly depending on a range of factors including where in Scotland the child lives (e.g. rural vs urban) and the types of neighbourhoods and homes that they are growing up in. (fraserofallander.org)
  • What messages emerge from the accounts of local school pupils in relation to their HE decisions? (ed.ac.uk)
  • For younger pupils, the attainment gap is measured in relation to literacy, numeracy, reading and writing. (theferret.scot)
  • Over the last year, we have been exploring a new collaboration to see how data and software tools can facilitate progress towards tackling the poverty-related attainment gap in Scotland. (fraserofallander.org)
  • The report summarises research to date from Scotland, the UK and further afield looking at the effect of COVID-19 on the attainment gap. (fraserofallander.org)
  • This report also looks at research on the impact of Covid-19 in rural areas and whether there is evidence of a differential impact on the attainment gap in rural Scotland. (fraserofallander.org)
  • The educational attainment gap in Scotland has been one of the biggest challenges for the current Scottish Government. (theferret.scot)
  • How is the attainment gap measured in Scotland? (theferret.scot)
  • There has also been criticism of the "huge variations and gaps" in the data on reported incidents being collected in Scotland. (heraldscotland.com)
  • The results are used to improve teaching and learning in maths, reading and science and to provide valuable insights into background factors such as pupils' attitudes, school resources, teaching practices and qualifications, and how they relate to pupil achievement. (nfer.ac.uk)
  • The project is demanding both in terms of the time and commitment required from the pupils but also when it comes to the standards they are expected to meet. (lomondschool.com)
  • This collaborative project looked at how data and analysis could shed light on these issues to better evidence policy solutions, particularly at a local level. (fraserofallander.org)
  • The FAI led the data and analysis work for this collaborative project, working closely with the Northern Alliance Regional Improvement Collaborative (RIC). (fraserofallander.org)
  • The project is funded by Transport Scotland and is a joint survey between. (pkc.gov.uk)
  • Linkage to integrated Multimedia City Data Project (iMCD) participants studying during this. (ubdc.ac.uk)
  • The project will encourage young people to think about how they can use sensors and data to understand their environment and to develop tools that can improve their local communities, learning how data can be used for good. (communicationstoday.co.in)
  • To calculate the sample size, it was used the average dmft value and standard deviation obtained in a previous study (SES) 11 , adopting criteria of the SB Brazil Project 2010 5 resulting in 296 pupils with 95% confidence level, 20% precision and design effect (deff) 2, according to the formula used by the SB Brazil 2010. (bvsalud.org)
  • We are currently preparing for the upcoming PISA 2024 Field Trial in Scotland. (nfer.ac.uk)
  • If you are a pupil, parent or from a school in Scotland and have been contacted about taking part in the PISA 2024 Field Trial, please click on one of the links below for further information. (nfer.ac.uk)
  • PISA provides high-quality, internationally comparable data to inform education policy in the UK and across the world. (nfer.ac.uk)
  • A 2009 review of Pisa data found no evidence that starting school earlier led to increased reading levels by the age of 15. (bellacaledonia.org.uk)
  • It will also mean researchers can directly compare the current generation's self-reported offline offending with levels observed in a previous survey in England/Scotland in 2014/15. (salford.ac.uk)
  • Tes takes a closer look at changes to school funding over the last decade, including data from the Institute of Fiscal Studies that found that between 2009-10 and 2018-19, spending per pupil fell by 8 per cent in real terms in England. (isc.co.uk)
  • With a decade of experience serving on a local authority education committee I have never seen such a perverse and grotesque threat to children from a government with a legal responsibility to get it right for every single child in Scotland," he told the Greenock Telegraph . (holyrood.com)
  • Lees said that the growth of AI and use of algorithms by organisations across many sectors, particularly in the adtech and fintech sectors, has been followed closely by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) - the UK's data protection authority. (pinsentmasons.com)
  • If I delete the Literacy sub-section 1 on the two pupils sections that are giving problems will I be able to distribute work to the new Literacy sections I create there? (johnjohnston.info)
  • Vous pouvez également accéder à ce catalogue en utilisant API (cf Documentation de l'API ). (pkc.gov.uk)
  • That will ensure that in-person learning can continue and pupils will hopefully return to a normal learning experience as quickly as possible. (stv.tv)
  • Ensure pupils are equipped with the proper digital safety skills to navigate the world online While many children today are viewed as 'digital nomads', which is not necessarily a skill they are born with - it's something that is learned and needs to be carefully. (netsupportsoftware.com)
  • In those circumstances, the data protection principles and requirements need to be considered from the outset, before organisations proceed to use any technologies that use algorithms, to ensure they can satisfy their 'accountability' obligations. (pinsentmasons.com)
  • Furthermore, where councils could provide comprehensive data, an average incident rate of six-per-child emerged. (heraldscotland.com)
  • COSLA is the national association for the 32 councils across Scotland. (renfrewshire.gov.uk)
  • Personal data will be held in Education City for as long as children are engaging with the service. (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
  • Scotland is one of the first nations that will have to confront the meltdown of its services because of the tsunami of neurological problems engulfing its children. (ageofautism.com)
  • Those pushing for change, such as backers of the Upstart Scotland campaign, argue that children benefit most from a play-based experience that aids their overall development, not a system that values measurable reading, writing and counting skills above all else. (bellacaledonia.org.uk)
  • One central principle behind implementing a play-based, ringfenced kindergarten stage across the entire country is that it would protect children from the harms that can be done by a system that prioritises data and deadlines over wellbeing. (bellacaledonia.org.uk)
  • Health and wellbeing development officer, Fiona White, in partnership with I Am Me Scotland-a Renfrewshire based charity that helps build safer communities-played a key role in the development of the Alcohol and Drugs Awareness Action Pack for children and young people. (renfrewshire.gov.uk)
  • This survey collected data on health behavior, lifestyle and context in school-aged children that would enable us to better understand reasons for development of risky health behavior among school-aged children and youth. (who.int)
  • According to the SB Brazil 2010 data, there was a 17% reduction in the 'decayed' component of dmft index in 5-year-old children, with a decrease in the mean dmft value from 2.8 in 2003 to 2.3 in 2010 5 . (bvsalud.org)
  • HBSC teams provided disaggregated data for Belgium, United Kingdom and Denmark. (who.int)
  • As such, the HBSC study is the product of topic-focused groups that collaborate to develop the conceptual foundations of the study, identify research questions, decide the methods and measurements to be employed, and work on data analyses and the dissemination of findings. (who.int)
  • The data is available for external use by agreement with the HBSC International Coordinator and the Principal Investigators. (who.int)
  • Information on how to request further data can be found on www.hbsc.org. (who.int)
  • Our data collection from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) comprises aggregated queried data for full and part-time students, (UK and non-UK domiciled) from years of entry to Higher Education study for years 2000 to 2015 inclusive. (ubdc.ac.uk)
  • The Data Protection Officer can be contacted at the Council's headquarters is at Kilmory, Lochgilphead PA31 8RT. (argyll-bute.gov.uk)
  • The Transport Scotland survey has sparked outrage from parents and campaign groups for needlessly probing young adults for sensitive personal information. (scottishdailyexpress.co.uk)
  • A Transport Scotland spokesman said: 'The question on sexual orientation applies only to young people aged 16 and over and there is an option not to answer. (scottishdailyexpress.co.uk)
  • Changes have subsequently been applied to the grading of pupils following complaints that some pupils had had their teacher-assessed grades disproportionately adjusted by reference to the past performance of the school they attended. (pinsentmasons.com)
  • The study will contribute data to an international study, which will allow comparisons with more than 30 other countries around the world. (salford.ac.uk)
  • For example, if only 20 students study a particular subject at a specific university, then the data will not be shown on the site. (whatuni.com)
  • UCAS provides the basic course data including entry requirements, study modes, course duration and start dates for UCAS and CUKAS members as well as other Higher Education Institutions. (whatuni.com)
  • 89.5 per cent of pupils were recorded as being White-Scottish or White-other British. (gov.scot)
  • In Scotland, the social services sector currently employs just under 8% of the total Scottish workforce (SSSC, 2012b). (iriss.org.uk)
  • Twenty percent were added to the total number of volunteers, in order to compensate for losses and refusals, then were selected a sample size of 355 pupils. (bvsalud.org)
  • The system of moderation was devised after pupils were unable to sit national exams earlier this year due to coronavirus restrictions. (pinsentmasons.com)
  • Meanwhile, PHS data also shows nearly 15% of cases during the same time period could be linked to an educational setting, a nursery, school, college or university, although higher education had not yet returned for the new term during the time the data covers. (stv.tv)
  • In any case, it's questionable if a mass survey should be used to gather this kind of sensitive information - or if it's even likely to be taken seriously by most pupils. (holyrood.com)
  • Among those blasting the survey Simon Calvert of the Christian Institute, which has almost 10,000 members in Scotland, said: 'The Scottish Government seems obsessed with asking intrusive questions and collecting sensitive personal information. (scottishdailyexpress.co.uk)
  • The data was released as part of the Civil Rights Data Collection, a federal survey of nearly every public school in the nation. (yahoo.com)
  • The Hands Up Scotland Survey looks at how pupils across the country travel to school and nursery. (pkc.gov.uk)
  • Scotland: national cross sectional survey. (who.int)