The revelations undermine Nicola Sturgeon’s claims that her government is prioritising the need for all children to have equal opportunities Andrew Milligan/PAChildren from deprived families are facing “completely unacceptable” restrictions on their education because schools in poor areas teach significantly fewer subjects than those serving the middle classes, The Times can reveal. A new analysis of Scottish government data showing deprivation levels, alongside a school-by-school breakdown of the number of Highers on offer, shows a direct link between how affluent a catchment area is and the variety of curriculum subjects available to pupils in their senior phase. In the schools serving Scotland’s poorest communities, an average of 17.2 subjects are on offer. But, in schools where less than one in four pupils lives in a deprived postcode, teenagers can expect to choose between 23 subjects. Previously, the Scottish government has sought to explain a disparity in…

Source: The Times August 13, 2017 23:03 UTC