NICOLA STURGEON was forced to admit that the Scottish government “needs to do better” on education after figures showed more than half of 13 and 14-year-olds were performing below expectations.

Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, the Scottish First Minister said she had been “very open that this is not good enough.”

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale accused Ms Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party (SNP) of letting education fall by the wayside.