Andrew Denholm had the front page splash in the Herald in Scotland with our Global Gaps report.

Scotland’s brightest pupils are falling behind their international counterparts, according to an influential study.

A report by the Sutton Trust said recent figures from industrialised countries showed “major weaknesses” in Scotland including a “prolonged and sustained decline in able pupils’ performance in science”.

The educational charity report, which used figures from tests conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), said Scotland was below the median in reading and mathematics and “trailing behind the performance of able pupils in England in most subject areas”.

***

Read the full article here. Read the Herald’s leading article on the report here.