A new website has been launched by the government to help children better understand how to keep safe during the pandemic, as well as guiding them through the testing process.
Secondary schools and colleges will operate a staggered return after the Christmas break, offering all non-exam year groups remote education, with face-to-face education for all starting on 11 January.
Families in five local authorities in Scotland who defer entry to primary one for their child next year will automatically receive an extra year of funded early learning and childcare (ELC).
Education Minister Kirsty Williams has provided further details of how the system put in place to replace examinations for general qualifications in 2021 will work.
Over 6,500 schools have signed up for the ‘catch up’ programme, which aims to raise speaking and language skills for pupils whose communication may have suffered as a result of missed time in education.
Almost three-fifths of schools told inspectors they had at least one pupil whose parents had removed them from school to be home educated since the start of the autumn term.