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SCOTTISH ATTAINMENT GAP: NICOLA STURGEON ACCUSED OF BEING 'ALL OVER THE PLACE'





SCOTTISH ATTAINMENT GAP: NICOLA STURGEON ACCUSED OF BEING 'ALL OVER THE PLACE'

9th June

By John-Paul Holden

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Nicola Sturgeon is under fresh pressure over the poverty-related attainment gap
in Scottish education.


Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of leading a government that is “all over the
place” after she and the Education Secretary made contradictory statements about
when the poverty-related attainment gap would be closed.



Shirley-Anne Somerville suggested last month that she did not want to be tied to
a fixed target for achieving the outcome. The SNP manifesto for the 2016
Holyrood election commits the Scottish Government to supporting the
substantial closure of the attainment gap "within a decade". 

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Asked on May 18 if it was still the Government’s aim to eliminate the difference
in education outcomes between wealthy and deprived pupils, Ms Somerville said
“yes” but added: “I’m not going to set an arbitrary date on when the attainment
gap will be closed, particularly so close to the experiences that we are still
having with the pandemic.”

Only days later she appeared to U-turn, telling The Scotsman that the Government
was still determined to see substantial closure of the gap by 2026. This was
reiterated by the First Minister during FMQs on Thursday.



Ms Sturgeon said: “Let me quote from the manifesto commitment at the 2016
election. ‘That the Scottish Government would support the substantial closure of
the attainment gap by 2026’. I stand by that. That remains the policy and the
objective of the Government.”

Speaking later, Willie Rennie, education spokesperson for the Scottish Liberal
Democrats, said: “This is no way to run an education system. Last month the
Education Secretary was absolutely adamant that she would not set a target for
closing the attainment gap. Today the First Minister said the old target still
stands.

“Nicola Sturgeon used to claim education was her number one priority, but now
the government doesn’t know if their key target even exists anymore.

“The attainment gap is getting bigger, not shrinking as the SNP promised. Tens
of thousands of children deserve better. They need extra support after the
disruption of the last two years, not a government that is all over the place.”




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