{"id":806,"date":"2026-08-18T15:10:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/pase\/?page_id=806"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:32:28","slug":"cic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/pase\/cic\/","title":{"rendered":"CIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) is a systematic, ten-year programme led by Education Scotland to systematically review, co-create, and refresh the Scottish curriculum. The CIC was developed from recommendations contained within the 2021 OECD Review of Scottish Education which recognised the strengths of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), and made a range of suggestions to ensure that this strength would persist into the future. The CIC aims to create a\u00a0<strong>planned, proactive, and evidence-based approach<\/strong> to curriculumw review, ensuring coherence, clarity, and relevance for learners aged 3 to 18.<\/p>\n<p>CIC Glow blog:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/cices\/\">Curriculum Improvement Cycle \u2013 Education Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CIC Explainer for Teachers and Practitioners\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Explainer 1 and 2:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/05\/19142246\/CIC-Explainer-for-Teachers-and-Practitioners-November-2025.pdf\">FINAL Curriculum Improvement Cycle Explainer for Teachers and Practitioners &#8211; designed v.1 <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/cices\/uploads\/sites\/10666\/2026\/06\/22115459\/CIC-Explainer-2.pdf\">CIC Explainer 2 draft updated<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please note the documents below are <strong>draft materials<\/strong>. The content, format and style are subject to change. It would not be appropriate to change current planning or tracking and monitoring systems in establishments at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>There is\u00a0<strong>no expectation<\/strong>\u00a0on educators, schools or settings to do anything now with these samples. They are being shared as part of the co-design process and in advance of engagement and feedback time during the 2026\/27 session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Draft Curriculum Design Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/cices\/building-scotlands-curriculum-draft-resource\/\">Building Scotland\u2019s Curriculum: a draft resource for discussion and further co-design \u2013 Curriculum Improvement Cycle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Draft Sample Materials\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/cices\/curriculum-improvement-cycle-cic-early-draft-sample-materials-june-2026\/\">Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC): Early Draft Sample materials June 2026 \u2013 Curriculum Improvement Cycle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC)? The Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) is a systematic, ten-year programme led by Education Scotland to systematically review, co-create, and refresh the Scottish curriculum. The CIC was developed from recommendations contained within the 2021 OECD Review of Scottish Education which recognised the strengths of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/pase\/cic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CIC<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12801,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-806","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/pase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/pase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/pase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/pase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/pase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/pase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/pase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/pase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}