TEACHING unions welcomed a report on Scottish education today calling for a radical overhaul of the curriculum.

The Stobart Report, published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), suggested scrapping exams before senior school in Scotland to enhance student learning and ease staff workloads. 

Professor Gordon Stobart, an honorary research fellow at Oxford University, said that Scottish schoolchildren faced “exam loading,” which may be limiting their learning. The Scottish government said it would consider the findings.