May 2021. Education in Covid Scotland

I am afraid that whenever a politician asks to be judged on their record, it is sensible to assume this reflects a confidence they won’t be. At the very least such promises are hostages to future headlines. Take, for instance, Nicola Sturgeon’s boast that education - and specifically closing the gap between the best and worst schools in Scotland - is her top priority. Judge me on this, she said. Well, OK. Scotland used to be way up there in Education Standards, nowadays we’re in the Relegation area of the League of Europe.