Publications and Resources
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CfE through an Equality Lens (287.45 kB) (College Development Network) - Beyond the Senior Phase - University Engagement with Curriculum for Excellence (Universities Scotland - May 2012)
- College Development Network - Curriculum for Excellence - Developing School/College Partnerships (2008-2009) - Joining up the Learning (September 2009) (1.12 MB)
- Literacy across the Curriculum (64.36 kB)
- Numeracy across the Curriculum (79.49 kB)
- Thinking Inside the Box - Initial College Perspectives on Curriculum for Excellence (35.32 kB)
- Demonstrations of the use of Curriculum for Excellence to examine college-based provision (Autumn 2009) (42.4 kB)
CfE Briefings
- CfE Briefing 11: Planning for Learning Part 1: Through the Broad General Education
- CfE Briefing 10: The Role of Community Learning and Development and partnership working
- CfE Briefing 9 - Learning about Scotland
- CfE Briefing 8 - Progression from the Broad General Education to the Senior Phase (Part 3)
- CfE Briefing 7 - Progression from the Broad General Education to the Senior Phase (Part 2)
- CfE Briefing 6 - Progression from the Broad General Education to the Senior Phase
- CfE Briefing 5 - Personalised Learning
- CfE Briefing 4 - Interdisciplinary Learning
- CfE Briefing 3 - Profiling and the S3 profile
- CfE Briefing 2 - Assessing progress and achievement in the 3-15 broad general education
- CfE Briefing 1 - Broad general education in the secondary school
CfE Factfiles
- CfE Factfile - Health and Wellbeing (406.62 kB)
- CfE Factfile - Supporting Learners (480.02 kB)
- CfE Factfile - Parents as Partners (519.72 kB)
- CfE Factfile - Assessment and Qualifications (351.37 kB)
- CfE Factfile - Background and Benefits (351.68 kB)
- CfE Factfile - The Secondary Experience (359.31 kB)
Education Scotland
- What is Curriculum for Excellence?
- How was the curriculum developed?
- The purpose of the curriculum: the four capacities
- Building the Curriculum Series
- Curriculum areas and subjects
- National Qualifications Support
- Assessment
- Making good assessment decisions 3 - 18 (PDF flowchart)
- Sharing Practice for learning, teaching and assessment
- Sharing Practice for learning teaching and assessment: secondary sector
- Taking a Closer Look at the National Assessment Resource - a professional learning resource
- Using Glow and ICT
- Sharing Practice for using Glow and ICT
- Curriculum for Excellence Management Board
- Communication Toolkit - Education Scotland
- Working Out - A report on work-related learning for scottish secondary school pupils (September 2009) (5.57 MB)
- Expanding Opportunities - A report on school-college partnership programmes in Scotland (August 2008) (1.68 MB)
Scottish Government
- The Scottish Government - Building the Curriculum 5 - a framework for assessment (revised February 2011)
- Films of CfE in action which have been produced by the Scottish Government - (17 August 2010): Pimp my trolly, International Trade, Perth Papers, Combined
- The Scottish Government - Leading Change 2: Learning from Schools of Ambition (May 2010)
- The Scottish Government - A policy and practice framework to support delivery of Scottish Government's guaranteed offer of post-16 learning to every young person in the Senior Phase (April 2010)
- 10 point plan for new curriculum (news release 30 March 2010)
- Cabinet Secretary - Taking Forward Curriculum for Excellence (January 2010) (82.09 kB)
- The Scottish Government - Building the Curriculum 4 - skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work (2009) (645.93 kB)
- Curriculum for Excellence: A quick guide
- The Scottish Government - Building the Curriculum 3 - a framework for learning and teaching (2008) (382.19 kB)
- The Scottish Government - Skills Utilisation Literature Review (2008) (796.7 kB)
- The Scottish Government - Skills for Scotland A Lifelong Skills Strategy (September 2007) (617.41 kB)
- The Scottish Government - Building the Curriculum 1 - the contribution of curriculum areas (2006)
Scottish Parent Forum - Nationals in a Nutshell
SQA
- SQA Overview of Qualifications Reports
- SQA Overview of Implementation of New Qualifications (17.3 kB)
- SQA CfE Subject Working Groups - SQA have set up Subject Working Groups (SWGs) in subject areas to participate in the development of the products (Course/Unit specifications, support packs etc) in connection with the new Curriculum for Excellence qualifications and are looking for teaching professionals to assist in this work.
- SQA's curriculum for excellence pages, including an update on the new qualifications
- SQA Curriculum for Excellence news
- Definitions
- Development stages diagram
- Development timeline
- Liaison team
- SCQF Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework diagram (as at March 2013)