Curriculum for Excellence
The report Educating for Excellence, which followed the National Debate on Education in 2002, gave a commitment to completely review the curriculum and create a single, coherent curriculum from age 3 to age 18 with space for children to achieve and teachers to teach.
The first phase of the review got underway in November 2003 and culminated in the publication of A Curriculum for Excellence in November 2004. This set out the values, purposes and principles for education from 3 to 18 and for the first time set out what type of young people schools should produce:
- successful learners
- confident individuals
- effective contributors to society
- responsible citizens
The Ministerial Response to A Curriculum for Excellence set out a timetable for a phased process of engagement with the teaching profession and A Curriculum for Excellence: Progress and Proposals was published in March 2006.
A dedicated Curriculum For Excellence website has been set up for this vital piece of schools reform.