{"id":2735,"date":"2026-11-03T14:46:36","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/cices\/?page_id=2735"},"modified":"2026-11-03T14:46:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:46:36","slug":"cic-evidence-papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/cices\/aboutthecic\/cic-evidence-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"CIC Evidence Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of Phase 1 of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle, Education Scotland reviewed evidence and feedback on how Scotland&#8217;s curriculum is working in practice for children and young people in order to identify areas for closer focus. This drew on a wide range of sources, including <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/cices\/aboutthecic-publications-independentreviews\/\">independent reviews of Curriculum for Excellence<\/a>&nbsp;international research, practitioner and stakeholder insight, and evidence gathered through curriculum review activity. To support this process, a series of background and evidence papers were commissioned across curriculum areas. Together, these papers provide a summary of current evidence and emerging thinking to support professional reflection, discussion and curriculum development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;margin: 1em 0;text-align: left;font-family: inherit\">\n  <thead>\n    <tr style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7\">\n      <th style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px;width: 45%\">Curricular Area<\/th>\n      <th style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px;width: 55%\">Evidence Paper Link<\/th>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/thead>\n  <tbody>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\"><strong>Expressive Arts<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/06\/24101938\/CIC-Background-and-Evidence-Paper-Expressive-Arts-March-2026-1-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Expressive Arts Background &amp; Evidence Paper (PDF)<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\"><strong>Health and Wellbeing<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/06\/22090651\/CIC-Background-and-Evidence-Paper-Health-and-Wellbeing-March-2026-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health and Wellbeing Background &amp; Evidence Paper (PDF)<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\"><strong>Languages<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/05\/21111502\/CIC-Background-and-Evidence-Paper-Languages-May-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Languages Background &amp; Evidence Paper (PDF)<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\"><strong>Literacy and English<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/06\/24101224\/CIC-Background-and-Evidence-Paper-Literacy-and-English-May-2026-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Literacy and English Background &amp; Evidence Paper (PDF)<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\"><strong>Literacy and G\u00e0idhlig<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/06\/24101940\/CIC-Background-and-Evidence-Paper-Literacy-and-Gaidhlig-March-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Literacy and G\u00e0idhlig Background &amp; Evidence Paper (PDF)<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\"><strong>Numeracy and Mathematics<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/05\/19142231\/CIC-Background-and-Evidence-Paper-Numeracy-and-Mathematics-November-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Numeracy and Mathematics Background &amp; Evidence Paper (PDF)<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\"><strong>Religious Education in Roman Catholic Schools<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/09\/08095426\/CA-CIC-Background-and-Evidence-Paper-Religious-Education-in-Catholic-Schools-August-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Religious Education in Roman Catholic Schools Background &amp; Evidence Paper (PDF)<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\"><strong>Religious and Moral Education<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/05\/19142232\/CIC-Background-and-Evidence-Paper-RME-May-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Religious and Moral Education Background &amp; Evidence Paper (PDF)<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\"><strong>Sciences<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/05\/19142237\/CIC-Background-and-Evidence-Paper-Sciences-March-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sciences Background &amp; Evidence Paper (PDF)<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\"><strong>Social Studies<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/05\/19142239\/CIC-Background-and-Evidence-Paper-Social-Studies-March-2026-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Studies Background &amp; Evidence Paper (PDF)<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\"><strong>Technologies<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;padding: 10px\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/05\/19142241\/CIC-Background-and-Evidence-Paper-Technologies-May-2026-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technologies Background &amp; Evidence Paper (PDF)<\/a>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Phase 1 of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle, Education Scotland reviewed evidence and feedback on how Scotland&#8217;s curriculum is working in practice for children and young people in order to identify areas for closer focus. 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