FOI/202500494680 · FOI · unclear

“Flexible” four day teaching week correspondence: FOI release

Published: 2026-02-18
Received: 2025-11-20
Responded: 2025-12-19
Directorate: Education Reform Directorate
Topic: Education, Public sector
Exemptions: None detected

Information requested

All correspondence between Jenny Gilruth and her advisors regarding the plans to introduce a “flexible” four day teaching week that were announced on 20 November 2025.

Response

The Scottish Government has developed a single document that references the four-day teaching week; I have included it as an attachment.

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Attachments

FOI 202500494680 - Information Released - Annex A PDF 90.0 kB

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