Actually before we got education devolved to our parliament, hardly any Scottish history was taught in Scottish schools, beyond some primary school level stuff about Robert Bruce and Robert Burns. Thankfully that's changed now, but there's still a lot of anglocentric stuff simply because, for example, WWII gets taught as a 'British' thing and that inevitably means focus on London.
The ignorance of most English people about their Celtic colonies is stunning - witness what some prominent newscasters and politicians have recently had to say about Ireland... But as you say, that's at least partly the fault of the education system.
For an accessible overview of Scottish history, I think one of these two is probably best.
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The ignorance of most English people about their Celtic colonies is stunning - witness what some prominent newscasters and politicians have recently had to say about Ireland... But as you say, that's at least partly the fault of the education system.
For an accessible overview of Scottish history, I think one of these two is probably best.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198714882/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198206151/
The one by Chris Harvie starts in prehistory and goes right up to 2014. :)