Curriculum for Excellence

Curriculum for Excellence is about ensuring that we help develop and educate our young people and invest in them to become:

• successful learners with enthusiasm and motivation for learning and openness to new ideas and determined to reach high standards of achievement:
• confident individuals with physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and self respect and ambition;
• responsible citizens with respect for others and a commitment to participate responsibly in political, economic, social and cultural life whilst developing a knowledge of the world and Scotland’s place in it;
• effective contributors with resilience and self-reliance, who can communicate, work in partnership and apply critical thinking, solve problems and be enterprising and creative.

Curriculum for Excellence Achievement Framework

Level -------------------- Experiences and outcomes for most children or young people

Early--------------------- in pre-school and in primary 1
First---------------------- by end of P4, but earlier for some
Second------------------- by end of P7, but earlier for some
Third--------------------- in S1 - S3, but earlier for some
Fourth------------------- fourth level broadly equates to SCQF level 4
Senior------------------- in S4 - S6, but earlier for some

In developing the expectations for each level, we shall take into account evidence of what children can achieve with appropriate pace and challenge. Initially we shall formulate programmes of study which can be achieved by the majority (average) of children by the end of each session. We shall set expectations as appropriate.

The new Achievement Framework does not imply that there will be testing at specific stages e.g. at the end of each level. Teachers will constantly observe and judge progress using a variety of approaches. They will continually assess, using broad summative judgements, when they believe that a child has a secure grasp of a programme of study. A Whole School decision will be made about assessment processes.