Education: improvement framework and plan - 2021

Sets out the vision and priorities for Scottish education that have been agreed across the system, and the national improvement activity that needs to be undertaken to help deliver those key priorities.


Annex B

References and useful links 

An Empowered System 
https://education.gov.scot/improvement/learning-resources/an-empowered-system/

Assessing Children's Progress – information for parents and carers
https://www.gov.scot/publications/assessing-childrens-progress-guide-for-parents-and-carers/

Child Poverty for Scotland third annual report
https://www.gov.scot/policies/poverty-and-social-justice/child-poverty/

Curriculum for Excellence What is Curriculum for Excellence? | Curriculum for Excellence | Policy drivers | Policy for Scottish education | Scottish education system | Education Scotland

Curriculum for Excellence: Building the Curriculum 5: A Framework for Assessment,
Scottish Government, February 2011, ISBN: 978-0-7559-9941-5 (web only) https://www.education.gov.scot/Documents/btc5-framework.pdf

Developing the Young Workforce – Scotland's Youth Employment Strategy, Scottish Government, December 2014, ISBN 978-1-7854-4033-5 https://beta.gov.scot/publications/developing-young-workforce-scotlands-youth-employment-strategy/ 

Driving Excellence and Equity: Advice on School Improvement Planning 2017/18
https://education.gov.scot/improvement/Documents/NIFschoolimprovementguidance201718.pdf

Education Bill policy ambition: joint agreement
https://www.gov.scot/publications/education-bill-policy-ambition-joint-agreement/

Education Working for All! : Commission for Developing Scotland's Young Workforce Final Report, Scottish Government, June 2014 ISBN 978-1-7841-2523-3 https://beta.gov.scot/publications/education-working-commission-developing-scotlands-young-workforce-final-report/

Education (Scotland) Act 2016 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/8/contents/enacted

Education Governance: Next Steps – Empowering our teachers, parents and communities to deliver excellence and equity for our children http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0052/00521038.pdf

Empowering Schools: A consultation on the provisions of the Education (Scotland) Bill https://www.gov.scot/publications/empowering-schools-consultation-provisions-education-scotland-bill/

ELC Quality Action Plan https://www.gov.scot/publications/blueprint-2020-expansion-early-learning-childcare-scotland-quality-action-plan/ 

Empowering Schools: education reform progress update https://www.gov.scot/publications/empowering-schools-education-reform-progress-update/

Empowering teachers, parents and communities to achieve Excellence and Equity – a governance review
https://beta.gov.scot/publications/empowering-teachers-parents-communities-achieve-excellence-equity-education-governance-review/

Engaging Parents and Families Toolkit https://education.gov.scot/improvement/learning-resources/engaging-parents-and-families-a-toolkit-for-practitioners

Family Learning Framework – Advice for Practitioners Family Learning Framework | Practice exemplars | National Improvement Hub (education.gov.scot)

Food and drink in schools consultation analysis report
https://www.gov.scot/publications/report-responses-consultation-nutritional-requirements-food-drink-schools/ 

GIRFEC Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC): GIRFEC principles and values - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Growing Up in Scotland: Father-child relationships and child socio-emotional wellbeing
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/03/5231/downloads#res515142 

Health and Wellbeing in Curriculum for Excellence http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/Schools/HLivi 

How Good is Our School? 4th edition, Education Scotland, September 2015,
ISBN 978-0-7053-1889-1
https://education.gov.scot/improvement/Documents/Frameworks_SelfEvaluation/FRWK2_NIHeditHGIOS/FRWK2_HGIOS4.pdf

Independent Review of the Scottish National Standardised Assessments at Primary 1 Independent+Review+of+the+Scottish+National+Standardised+Assessments+at+Primary+1.pdf (www.gov.scot)

Insight http://www.gov.scot/insightbenchmarking

International Council of Education Advisers
https://beta.gov.scot/groups/international-council-of-education-advisers/

International Council of Education Advisers: Report 2016-2018 https://www.gov.scot/publications/international-council-education-advisers-report-2016-18/

Learning for Sustainability Action Plan https://education.gov.scot/improvement/Documents/LearningforSustainability-Vision2030ActionPlan.pdf

Learner Participation in Educational Settings (3-18) https://education.gov.scot/improvement/self-evaluation/learner-participation-in-educational-settings-3-18

Learning together: national action plan on parental involvement, engagement, family learning and learning at home 2018 – 2021
https://www.gov.scot/publications/learning-together-scotlands-national-action-plan-parental-involvement-parental-engagement/

Mental Health Foundation Survey report into teachers' mental health
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/news/70-scotlands-teachers-lack-training-address-mental-health-problems-schools

National Improvement Hub https://education.gov.scot/improvement

National Improvement Framework: Consultation on measuring the attainment gap and milestones towards closing it
https://consult.gov.scot/national-improvement-framework/measuring-the-attainment-gap/user_uploads/sct10171411861-3.pdf

National Parent Forum's review of the 2006 Parental Involvement Act
https://www.npfs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Final-E-versionpdf.pdf

OECD Education Policy Outlook 2015, Making Reforms Happen
http://www.oecd.org/edu/education-policy-outlook-2015-9789264225442-en.htm

OECD Report Improving Schools in Scotland: An OECD perspective
http://www.oecd.org/edu/school/improving-schools-in-scotland.htm

Out to Play, practical guidance for creating outdoor play experiences in early learning and childcare (https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/0054/00544754.pdf)

Parental Involvement Act: https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/getting-involved/Scottish%20Schools%20(Parental%20Involvement)%20Act

Parent Communications Plan https://beta.gov.scot/publications/national-improvement-framework-parent-communication-plan/

ParentzoneScotland https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/

Primary to secondary school transitions: systematic literature review - key findings https://www.gov.scot/publications/primary-secondary-transitions-systematic-literature-review-research-findings/

Research Strategy for Scottish Education https://www.gov.scot/publications/research-strategy-scottish-education/

Refreshed Narrative on Scotland's Curriculum https://scotlandscurriculum.scot/5/

Regional Improvement Collaboratives (RICs): interim review https://www.gov.scot/publications/regional-improvement-collaboratives-rics-interim-review/pages/3/

Reporting to Parents and Carers Guidance for schools and ELC settings https://education.gov.scot/improvement/Documents/par7-ReportingParentsCarersGuidance300117.pdf

Review of Personal and Social Education: preparing Scotland's children and young people for learning, work and life https://www.gov.scot/publications/review-personal-social-education-preparing-scotlands-children-young-people-learning-work-life/

Scottish Attainment Challenge http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/Schools/Raisingeducationalattainment

Scottish Household Survey https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/16002

Scottish Learner Panel - Children and young people put their needs and interests at the heart of the Scottish education system https://youngscot.net/news-database/children-and-young-people-put-their-needs-and-interests-at-the-heart-of-the-scottish-education-system

Self-evaluation framework for Initial Teacher Education https://education.gov.scot/improvement/Documents/SelfEvalFrameworkforITE.pdf

Senior Phase: Headteacher Survey report was published in September 2019: https://www.gov.scot/publications/senior-phase-headteacher-survey/

Supporting disabled children, young people and their families: guidance https://www.gov.scot/publications/supporting-disabled-children-young-people-and-their-families/ 

Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000 statutory guidance https://www.gov.scot/publications/statutory-guidance-standards-scotlands-schools-etc-act-2000-9781786528759/ 

Standardised Assessments in Scotland: Improvement Activity Plan Standardised+assessments+in+Scotland+-+improvement+activity+plan+-+August+2019.pdf (www.gov.scot)

Synergies for Better Learning: An International Perspective on Evaluation and Assessment, OECD Reviews of Evaluation and assessment in Education, Organisation for Economic Development (OECD), April 2013, OECD Publishing, Paris ISBN: 9789264190641 http://www.oecd.org/edu/school/synergies-for-better-learning.htm

Towards a Learning System; a new approach to raising standards for all in Scottish schools https://thestaffcollege.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Towards-a-Learning-System-v1.0.pdf 

Young Women Lead Committee Report on Sexual Harassment in Schools:
http://www.ywcascotland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/YWL-Report-FINAL.pdf

Contact

Email: nationalimprovementframework@gov.scot

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