Welcome

A process is now in place for reviewing and evolving Scotland’s Curriculum. This will be known as the Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC).   

This Glow Blog is designed to act as temporary home¹ or hub for information and announcements about the CIC. It will include, for example, items on:

• Why we are evolving Scotland’s Curriculum; 

• What is being reviewed;  

• Who has been involved in the review cycle so far, and,  

• How to get involved.  

Where are we now? 

Work has now begun on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. We are still at an early stage of the planning process and recognise that reviewing curriculum takes time. We are committed to keeping you updated on the process and the progress being made as well as giving a clear idea of what you can expect and when and how you might prepare for any changes that could happen in the future. 

If you are interested to learn more about the Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) and how we got to where we are, then a good place to start exploring would be the About the CIC tab in the navigation at the top of this page. If you want to dive a bit deeper, you will find lots of information and links to a variety of publications in the Useful Reading section. You can also find this in the navigation. From October we will be publishing a termly eBulletin giving updates on progress with the CIC. You can sign up here.  

What’s coming next? And when? 

By the end of 2024 we will be publishing three draft working papers to share some of the findings from pilot curriculum review work over the last 18 months as well as options for evolving the ‘technical framework’ for Scotland’s Curriculum. The third paper will focus on the importance of making sure that we all have clarity regarding the language and terminology of curriculum reform.

In early 2025 we will publish a fourth working paper that will set out in more detail how the review process will work, including the review of curriculum areas.