Welcome to Education Scotland
Education Scotland is the national body for supporting quality and improvement of learning and teaching in Scottish education.
We are driven by the shared ambitions of supporting the development and wellbeing of all those who work in education and ensuring positive experiences and outcomes for all learners.
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Learning in Scotland
Find out more about how we support different sectors, programmes and strategies.
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Curriculum for Excellence
Education Scotland works in collaboration with stakeholders, learners, practitioners and communities to help children and learners acquire the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence.
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Inspection and review
Education Scotland supports the system to gather, analyse, evaluate and share an agreed set of data, including independent external evaluation.
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Early Learning and Childcare (ELC)
Find out about the full range of early childhood education for children under school age in Scotland
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Professional Learning
Professional learning resources for educators across Scotland.
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Scottish Attainment Challenge
The Scottish Attainment Challenge aims to raise the attainment of children and young people living in deprived areas, in order to close the equity gap.
- New resource published to support early years educators with teaching reading 29 February 2024
- Education Scotland publishes ‘Numeracy in Religious and Moral Education’ resource 21 February 2024
- Education Scotland survey to explore National Digital Academy 20 February 2024
- Education Scotland publishes latest National Summary Report for the Scottish Attainment Challenge 12 February 2024
- Diversity in the Curriculum with Mirrors and Windows 11 March 2024
- Gaelic Professional Learning Network – middle leaders secondary 11 March 2024
- Leaders of Geography CLPL consultation - 12 March 2024 12 March 2024
- Supporting learners facing difficulties with numeracy and mathematics - multiplication and division (part 1) 12 March 2024
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Safeguarding: Domestic abuse information for educators Last updated on 08 March 2024Find out about the nature of domestic abuse, the indicators and impact on children and young people, and how to respond to potential cases of domestic abuse.
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Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) - An overview Last updated on 08 March 2024
Find out about the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) programme.
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Collaborative Improvement Last updated on 08 March 2024
Each Collaborative Improvement (CI) report is the result of shared work involving staff from the Local Authority, Education Scotland (ES) and the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES) and presents an evaluative summary, identifying strengths and areas that may require further focus.
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Benchmarks exemplification Last updated on 08 March 2024
This exemplification will support practitioners to use the Benchmarks, taking into account key messages about assessment and moderation.
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Improving Digital Practice within Community Learning and Development (CLD) Last updated on 01 March 2024
This document highlights what effective digital practice looks like within CLD and gives associated examples.
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Teaching and Learning with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Last updated on 01 March 2024This briefing provides a definition of AI, explores some of its uses in education, and identifies further reading around the topic.
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Learning to read in the Early Years: A professional support overview Last updated on 29 February 2024
The professional support overview outlines the range of ways that educators build a holistic knowledge of each child as a reader in order to effectively support their reading journey.