Scottish Greens Urge Exam Overhaul for 150,000 Pupils as Results Highlight High-Stakes System
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Updated · The Independent · Aug 4
Scottish Greens Urge Exam Overhaul for 150,000 Pupils as Results Highlight High-Stakes System
2 articles · Updated · The Independent · Aug 4
Summary
Nearly 150,000 Scottish pupils received exam results as the Scottish Greens pressed Education Secretary Mairi McAllan to overhaul what they called an antiquated, high-stakes assessment system.
The party urged McAllan to adopt Professor Louise Hayward’s 2023 review, which recommended fewer exams, more coursework and continuous assessment, and scrapping exams for S4 pupils.
Those proposals were rejected by former education secretary Jenny Gilruth, but the Greens said they would back the government if it now chose to implement the recommendations in full.
Laura Moodie said results day exposes how end-of-term exams can punish pupils facing extenuating circumstances, framing the push as part of building a qualifications system fit for a 21st-century curriculum.