Concerns over the funding of education reform boards highlighted in an exclusive Tes Scotland story yesterday have now been raised in the Scottish Parliament.

We reported how the boards charged with taking forward the reform of Education Scotland and the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) have received only a fraction of the funding requested from the Scottish government.

This afternoon education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville was grilled about these issues during an education debate in Parliament.

Following a statement by Ms Somerville highlighting data published in December, which had suggested a partial recovery in literacy and numeracy attainment levels from the significant drop during Covid, Conservative MSP Meghan Gallacher homed in on concerns about education reform.

“It’s Groundhog Day: yet another statement where data is stacked against this government that has no meaningful solutions to improve the education and life chances of all children and young people – and questions must be asked over education reform funding,” said Ms Gallacher.

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