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As a trainee teacher, I saw the damage the SNP is inflicting on Scottish education

4 November 2017

9:00 AM

4 November 2017

9:00 AM

Once one of the best in the world, Scotland’s education system has been steadily marching backwards for the past ten years. From the outside, it seems baffling: why, given that Scottish spending per pupil is among the highest in the world, are things going so wrong? From the inside, it’s far easier to understand.

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