Special report: Scottish strategy - Class act

Nursery World, 19 July 2007

Radical plans for class sizes, staffing and teacher training in Scotland could set the pace for the rest of the country. Simon Vevers takes a closer look.

The new Scottish National Party-led administration in Scotland has lost no time in unveiling a raft of new measures which will cost £25m this year and will have a major impact on both schools and the early years sector. An extension to the entitlement to free nursery education, a pledge to cut class sizes in primaries 1 to 3 to 18 pupils, 300 additional teachers and a further 250 training places - no...

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