But being educated in a poor and deprived designated area costs them an average of 20 points each By Bill Heaney West Dunbartonshire pupils are
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SQA EXAM RESULTS BASED ON POVERTY AND DEPRIVATION IS AN SNP SCANDAL – BAILLIE
“Worst of all, the SQA have done this on the basis of each school’s past performance, marking the school not the pupil, and baking in the attainment gap.
Parking arrangements as work in Helensburgh begins
By Ruth Crosbie Preparatory work for the Helensburgh Waterfront Development site will start from Monday 10 August, and drivers are encouraged to find alternative parking
HOUSING HELENSBURGH, CARDROSS AND THE LOCHSIDE
Argyll & Bute Council and its partners are preparing a new Local Housing Strategy which will set out priorities for action in the next five years (2021-26). We want to ensure the new strategy identifies issues and priorities across all types and tenures of housing and related services.
Referee Douglas Ross confirmed as Tory leader
Mr Ross was previously an MSP for the Highland and Islands region before leaving Holyrood to become an MP by defeating the SNP’s Angus Robertson to win the Moray seat in the House of Commons in 2017.
SCOTLAND NEEDS TO GROW UP
Nicola Sturgeon, whose daily briefings to the city and to the world, have been running for longer than The Mousetrap in London’s West End, was once again being economical with the truth.