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I’ll be honest, I don’t spend a huge amount of my working week watching the broadcasts from Holyrood committees – even the one that deals with matters affecting “Education, Children and Young People”.

A big part of that is just down to time: there are always loads of potential stories demanding our attention and we need to make choices about the best use of one of our most valuable resources. Given that committee sessions are recorded, and get the full transcription treatment from parliamentary authorities, actually sitting down and watching entire sessions live is a bit of a rarity.

But yesterday I made an exception and it was definitely the right choice. Let me tell you why.

You may have already seen my reflections on the appearance of members of SATH – the Scottish Association for the Teachers of History – in front of the committee. This was related to the ongoing (and seemingly endless) controversy over the marking of Higher History exam papers last year.

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