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.
Featured Article
- Literacy & English, Literacy & Gàidhlig, HWB and Science – Collaboration Groups Expressions of Interest
As part of the early work on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle we are looking for practitioners to join curriculum area collaboration groups. Initially we are looking for volunteers to support […]
Recent Updates
- PILOT Curriculum Review – Computing Science
Education Scotland Pilot Curriculum Review of Computing Science The 2021 OECD report on Scotland’s curriculum recognised the strengths of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), and made a range of recommendations to ensure that this strength would persist into the future including: “Develop a systematic approach to curriculum review. Scotland could consider establishing a curriculum review […] - Literacy & English, Literacy & Gàidhlig, HWB and Science – Collaboration Groups Expressions of InterestAs part of the early work on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle we are looking for practitioners to join curriculum area collaboration groups. Initially we are looking for volunteers to support the work in Literacy & English, Literacy & Gàidhlig, HWB and Science. We are aiming to create and recruit for collaboration groups for the other […]
- Why Are We Reviewing and Evolving Scotland’s Curriculum?
Ollie Bray, Strategic Director, Education Scotland A process is now in place for reviewing and evolving Scotland’s Curriculum. In Scotland we are calling this the Curriculum Improvement Cycle (the CIC). Well we are still at an early stage of the planning process and recognise that reviewing the curriculum will take time. There are some […]
1 This Glow Blog is a temporary home for information and news about the Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC). We imagine that content currently hosted here will be transferred to form part of the Education Scotland web estate from Autumn 2025.
