{"id":1408,"date":"2026-10-01T12:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2026-10-01T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:09:15","slug":"centre-improvement-plan-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/2026\/10\/01\/centre-improvement-plan-2026-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre Improvement Plan 2026\/27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>National Improvement Framework &amp; Local Authority Service Plans\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-670\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/uploads\/sites\/3841\/2022\/08\/26115614\/Picture1-300x292.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/uploads\/sites\/3841\/2022\/08\/26115614\/Picture1-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/uploads\/sites\/3841\/2022\/08\/26115614\/Picture1.png 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0activity 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.<\/p>\n<p>East Dunbartonshire Council&#8217;s (EDC) education priorities for 2026 are outlined in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk\/about\/our-council\/performance-reports\/business-improvement-plans-2026-2029\/education-business-improvement-plan-2026-2029\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiH0KO91piXAxWEZ0EAHbWvDq8Qy_kOegoIAggACAAICBAC\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAgQAg\" aria-label=\"Education Business Improvement Plan 2026-2029. Link preview. Site: East Dunbartonshire Council. Title: Education Business Improvement Plan 2026-2029 - East Dunbartonshire Council. URL: https:\/\/www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk\/about\/our-council\/performance-reports\/business-improvement-plans-2026-2029\/education-business-improvement-plan-2026-2029\/.\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(26, 13, 171); border-bottom: 0px rgb(26, 13, 171);\">Education Business Improvement Plan 2026-2029<\/a><!--TgQPHd|||[[&quot;https:\/\/www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk\/about\/our-council\/performance-reports\/business-improvement-plans-2026-2029\/education-business-improvement-plan-2026-2029\/&quot;,null,null,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[{&quot;1218&quot;:[16,null,null,null,[1]]}]],16,null,&quot;Education Business Improvement Plan 2026-2029 - East Dunbartonshire Council&quot;,&quot;Provision: 21 Early Years Centres, 1 ASN Early Years, 32 Primary, 8 Secondary, 1 ASN School, 6 Enhanced Learning Resources, Wellbeing Support Services, 31 partner Early Years providers, Post school support. Local Outcomes: Lead Local Outcome 3 (safe, healthy, ready to learn); contribute to Local Outcome 2 (equipped for life\/work) and Local Outcome 4 (safe place). Teams: Early Years\/Primary, Secondary\/Provision, ASN\/Children&#039;s Services, School Planning\/Improvement, Educational Psychology, Skills for Learning\/Life\/Work. Priorities: Excellence, equity, narrowing poverty attainment gap, children&#039;s rights, health\/wellbeing, literacy\/numeracy, positive destinations. Strategy: IMAGINE framework across seven priorities.&quot;,null,&quot;East Dunbartonshire Council&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com\/faviconV2?url\\u003dhttps:\/\/www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk\\u0026client\\u003dAIM\\u0026size\\u003d128\\u0026type\\u003dFAVICON\\u0026fallback_opts\\u003dTYPE,SIZE,URL&quot;,[[1790852777699335,4286340,2936975285],null,null,null,null,[[2,0,0,6]]],null,&quot;8567f2d6-f60e-418a-934a-4a92b4e4ea49&quot;]]--> and centre on equity, excellence, and children&#8217;s rights.<\/p>\n<p>We use<strong> &#8216;Quality improvement framework for the early learning and childcare sectors&#8217;<\/strong> to evaluate practice at centre level using a 3 step process;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How are we doing?<\/li>\n<li>How do we know?<\/li>\n<li>What are we going to do now?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1409 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/uploads\/sites\/3841\/2026\/10\/01120109\/Image-for-Self-Evaluation-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/uploads\/sites\/3841\/2026\/10\/01120109\/Image-for-Self-Evaluation-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/uploads\/sites\/3841\/2026\/10\/01120109\/Image-for-Self-Evaluation-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/uploads\/sites\/3841\/2026\/10\/01120109\/Image-for-Self-Evaluation.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2025 \u2013 2026 Standards &amp; Quality Report<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The evaluation process of the previous year\u2019s 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.\u00a0 Our accomplishments from this year are published in our\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/uploads\/sites\/3841\/2026\/10\/01120303\/SQ-report-2025-26.docx\">S&amp;Q report 2025-26<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To read this years improvement plan in full click on the link below<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/uploads\/sites\/3841\/2026\/10\/01120435\/CPEYC-CIP-2026-27.docx\">CPEYC CIP 2026-27<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Improvement Framework &amp; Local Authority Service Plans\u00a0 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\u00a0activity that needs to be undertaken to help deliver those key priorities. This complements the ongoing implementation of Curriculum for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/2026\/10\/01\/centre-improvement-plan-2026-27\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Centre Improvement Plan 2026\/27&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8618,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,156,66],"tags":[401,427,254,428,379],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-centre-news","category-getting-it-right-for-every-child","category-development","tag-2025-26","tag-2026-27","tag-centre-improvement-plan","tag-evaluation","tag-standards-quality-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1412,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions\/1412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/colquhounparkearlyyearscentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}