Centre Improvement Plan 2026/27

National Improvement Framework & Local Authority Service Plans 

The National Improvement Framework (NIF) and Improvement Plan sets out the vision and priorities for Scottish education that have been agreed across the system, and the national improvement activity that needs to be undertaken to help deliver those key priorities. This complements the ongoing implementation of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC), and Developing the Young Workforce (DYW), which are the three supporting pillars of the Scottish education system.

East Dunbartonshire Council’s (EDC) education priorities for 2026 are outlined in the Education Business Improvement Plan 2026-2029 and centre on equity, excellence, and children’s rights.

We use ‘Quality improvement framework for the early learning and childcare sectors’ to evaluate practice at centre level using a 3 step process;

  1. How are we doing?
  2. How do we know?
  3. What are we going to do now?

 

2025 – 2026 Standards & Quality Report

The evaluation process of the previous year’s Centre Improvement Plan often flags areas in which can be identified as an area of priority for the following or naturally leads us into an area for improvement focus.  Our accomplishments from this year are published in our  S&Q report 2025-26

To read this years improvement plan in full click on the link below

CPEYC CIP 2026-27

 

2026 Curriculum Event – Drop in session – POSTPONED

UPDATE – Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete our Curriculum Event interest form. Based on feedback received, we have made the decision to postpone this event. We will send out alternative options for families in the near future.
As always we like to remind everyone that we have an open door policy when it comes to your child’s learning and development opportunities, and would encourage anyone who has any questions to reach out.
Our priority is your child’s wellbeing whilst in our care, and we rely on your input to ensure we can continue to get it right for both them and their family.
Team Colquhoun 💙
Would you like to better understand the curriculum your child follows?
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes?
Are you interested in learning more about how to support your child’s development through play?
Would you like to spend some time getting to know the team better?
Are you interested in joining our Colquhoun Park Family and would like to have a walk around our centre?
If you answered YES, to any of these questions then we would love for you to join us on Wednesday 18th of February (in-service day) for our drop in Curriculum Event.
We will have an open door between 10:30am & 12:30pm on this day.
All are welcome.
Click on the link below to register interest or suggest alternatives 👇

Curriculum Event – Book your spot

UP, UP and AWAY!

Since August 2025, staff in centre have been familiarising themselves with the Up, Up and Away document. This resource is part of the CIRCLE (Child Inclusion Research into Curriculum Learning & Education) framework, and has been created to support early years education in Scotland, by providing strategies to support the development of literacy in our little learners.

In January 2026 we will be introducing this resource into centre, focusing on our environment and using the audit tools and guidance to ensure we are creating a space which supports & promotes literacy development to the highest standards.

Here we have created a short video to explain the ‘Literacy Caterpillar’  and the components that this is made up of.

Up, Up & Away! Literacy Caterpillar

 

Also links to: Up, Up and Away – Literacy Caterpillar, Why is literacy important?, What is Literacy?

 

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