Kinross High School is celebrating a landmark achievement—becoming the first school in Scotland to secure renewal of the prestigious STEM Nation Award. This recognition not only cements the school’s reputation as a leader in science, technology, engineering and maths education, … Continue reading
STEM Nation Open Days Building on last year’s successful STEM Nation Award Open Days, our team at Education Scotland is working with a group of inspirational educators to host a series of STEM Nation Open Days across Scotland. The programme … Continue reading
The Education Scotland STEM Team compiles a list of grants and funding for STEM learning. Download the document below for the latest update on grants and funding for STEM-related learning and programmes. STEM Grants and Funding (June 2025) If you … Continue reading
Building on last year’s successful STEM Nation Award Open Days, our team at Education Scotland is delighted to announce that we are working with a group of inspirational educators to host a series of STEM Nation Open Days across Scotland. … Continue reading
Each term, the Education Scotland Science Team shares a newsletter filled with updates, insights, and resources designed to support science practitioners across Scotland. Whether you work in early learning, primary, secondary, or community settings — or lead within a department, … Continue reading
Join us for the third session in our Science Curriculum Improvement Cycle webinar series on Wednesday 26th November 4:00 to 5:30pm This online session will include: The latest updates on CIC progress An exploration of the draft curricular rationale statement … Continue reading
Join us for the second session in our Science Curriculum Improvement Cycle webinar series on Wednesday 29th October 4:00 to 5:30pm. This session will provide: Updates on the progress of the Science Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) A focus on cross-cutting … Continue reading
The window for STEM Nation Award applications is currently open. We invite applications from all registered settings in ELC, primary school, secondary school and CLD sectors. If you haven’t already done so, please use this link to register. In order to receive feedback in August, element evidence must be submitted by Friday 26 June 2026. Any evidence received after this date will be shared with validators at the start of the next
The work to review and update Scotland’s 3-18 sciences curriculum is now well underway. The Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) process, which began for sciences in November 2024, offers a structured way to review and refresh the 3–18 sciences curriculum. The … Continue reading
Education Scotland is delighted to announce that Spartans Community Foundation in North Edinburgh has become the first community learning and development provider to achieve the STEM Nation Award. Debbi McCulloch, CEO at Spartans Community Foundation, said: “We are honoured to … Continue reading
