Ready to Learn
Students’ engagement with school, the belief that they can achieve at high levels, and their ability and willingness to do what it takes to reach their goals not only play […]
Articles on School Isssues
A watershed for Scottish education?
NB This is an opinion piece offered by David Istance Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD. This is a watershed moment for Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence, say some of […]
Opening hearts and minds to God
In recent weeks and months some of us may felt disturbed by some of the things we have read and heard being said about our faith and about the Church. […]
Promoting the Worth of Catholic Schools
Catholic education in Scotland is secure for as long as parents understand and are committed to the particular form of education which Catholic schools offer. Head Teachers of Catholic […]
Do our politicians value Education?
“Education, Education, Education”. We all remember Tony Blair’s famous mantra which proclaimed the three main priorities of his government in May 2007. As we approach the elections to the Scottish […]
Education Minister praises Catholic schools
A full version of an article written by UK Education Secretary Michael Gove can be found in The Catholic Herald of w/b 20th February 2011. Catholic schools can avoid “unsympathetic […]
Archbishop Conti on Catholic Social Teaching
“The most dangerous consequence of an undiscerning application of the principle of inclusion is the loss of the sense that not everything is true – truth being ultimately the object […]
How Catholic Schools are Bringing Values to Life
The choice of theme for Catholic Education Week in 2009 – Bringing Values to Life – could not be more appropriate at this time. For, as we look around the world, […]
Continuity in Catholic Education
In this article, Leonard Franchi reminds us of the importance of the great riches and traditions bequeathed to the Church to help us to understand various aspects of Church life […]
Catholic schooling is a right, says Pope
Catholic schools are a concrete manifestation of the right to freedom of education, says Benedict XVI. The Pope expressed this conviction on 25th September 2008 during an address in the […]
Faith schools work
In this article which appeared in the Independent on Suday 31st August 2008, Melanie McDonagh argues that Faith schools work – untill you take the faith away. Attached files SCESNews_Jan […]
Cardinal calls for truth about Catholic schools
This is the text of Cardinal O’Brien’s speech to Catholic Secondary Head Teachers on 1 May 2008. Attached files SCESNews_Aug 2012_lowres.pdf (9.9 MB)
First Minister Celebrates Catholic Education
First Minister Alex SalmondCardinal Winning Education LectureUniversity of Glasgow, Saturday, February 2, 2008 Your Eminence, Your Grace, My Lords, Reverend Fathers, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great honour to […]
Catholic Education Week 2008
Catholic Education Week (26th January to 2nd February 2008) As we enter Catholic Education Week 2008, we celebrate what is distinctive and excellent about Catholic Education in Scotland. We look […]
Living in Communion
When I was representing the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland at a recent conference attended by colleagues from across Europe, I was struck by the significant variations in the ways that […]
Educating Together in Catholic Schools
The Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education is convinced that the experience in Catholic schools should be understood as an experience of communion. This is expressed in a newly-released document […]
Secularists demand marginalization of Christians
LifeSiteNews.com reported on 4th April 2007 that the UK’s secularists and homosexual activist groups are demanding the curtailing of Christian influence in British society. Terry Sanderson, head of the National […]
Do faith schools promote social cohesion?
Do faith schools promote cohesion and help with integration or are they a force for division in society? In this New Statesman article of 27th November 2007, Paul Donovan […]
Role of Faith in education contested
ZENIT reports that State funding of Catholic schools has been a hotly debated topic in the lead-up to Oct. 10 legislative elections in the Canadian province of Ontario. John Tory, […]
Catholic Schooling in Scotland
The Faith School Debate: Catholic Schooling in Scotland by Stephen J McKinney (This article was originally published in The Pastoral Review, July/August 2007. For […]
Scottish schools fight sectarianism
HMIe in Scotland has published a report intended to help teachers tackle sectarianism in the classroom. The report, entitled ‘Count Us In: Promoting Understanding and Combating Sectarianism’, outlines initiatives from schools across [&hellipread more
School briefing on Equality Act
New Guidance has been issued by the Scottish Executive to help education authorities and schools understand their obligations under on the Equality Act 2006. SCES has produced this briefing to highlight […]
Pope John Paul II's speech at St Andrew's College of Education
On the 25th anniversary of the Papal visit to Scotland in June 1982, it is appropriate to reflect upon the prescient words spoken by Pope John Paul II at that […]
Guidance to schools on the Equality Act
New Guidance has been issued by the Scottish Executive to help education authorities and schools understand their obligations under on the Equality Act 2006. Education authorities and schools are expected […]
Parent Council Welcome Pack
The Scottish Executive has published a Welcome Pack for members of new Parent Councils. The leaflets in this pack are designed to answer some of the questions members may have […]
The Greens’ Manifesto on Catholic Schools
Most people are “for” the environment.We are in favour a range of initiatives which are designed to reduce the disastrous effects of global warming on our planet.For many people, I […]