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.
- Shared inspection framework 25 April 2024
- Glow users can now opt-in to use Adobe Express for Education 27 March 2024
- New Podcast examines the link between social media and misogyny 22 March 2024
- HM Inspectors publish new anti-bullying resource 21 March 2024
- Preventing and responding to gender based violence - Session 1 29 April 2024
- STEM Nation Award Drop-in Session 30/04/24 (am) 30 April 2024
- This is early level digital: CRIS Session 2 - Create 30 April 2024
- STEM Nation Award Drop-in Session 30/04/24 (pm) 30 April 2024
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British Sign Language (BSL) - Toolkit for Practitioners Last updated on 25 April 2024
This British Sign Language (BSL) Toolkit sets out the key national legislation and General Teaching Council for Scotland standards which practitioners should be aware of when working with BSL users.
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Mentors in violence prevention (MVP) Last updated on 25 April 2024
Find out about the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) programme.
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Safeguarding: identify, understand and respond appropriately to sexual behaviours in young people Last updated on 24 April 2024
This page is designed to help staff in schools and centres including education and training settings to identify, understand and respond appropriately to sexual behaviours in young people.
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The Playboxes method Last updated on 17 April 2024
Playboxes is an approach to supporting play. It is relevant for all children with Additional Support Needs (ASN).
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Dyslexia and inclusive practice Last updated on 17 April 2024
A professional learning resource to improve practice and empower whole-school approaches to support learners.
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Dealbhan-sgeidse - a’ co-roinn feartan cleachdaidh fìor èifeachdach bho sgrùdaidhean air roinn na Gàidhlig Last updated on 17 April 2024
Tha na dealbhan-sgeidse seo air an dealbhadh gus conaltradh proifeiseanta a bhrosnachadh, buaidh a thoirt air atharrachadh agus taic a thoirt do phlanadh leasachaidh.
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Pupil Equity Funding: Looking inwards, outwards, forwards – sharing effective practice to maximise support for learners and practitioners Last updated on 12 April 2024
This publication is intended to support school leaders and local authority staff as they further develop and refine their approaches to Pupil Equity Funding.