Shaping the Future: Strengthening Scotland's education system through empowered schools
Final report of the Independent Professional Advisor on future school reform in Scotland, with a focus on improvement, funding and governance.
Footnotes
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4 SNP could take more than a century to close attainment gap - Scottish Liberal Democrats
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9 Public service spending and performance in Scotland | Institute for Fiscal Studies
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13 International Council of Education Advisers: third report 2021-2023 - gov.scot
14 International Council of Education Advisers: third report 2021-2023 - gov.scot
15 Chapman and Donaldson| Where next for Scottish Education: Creating tomorrow’s education for today
16 Putting Learners at the Centre: Towards a Future Vision for Scottish Education
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18 International Council of Education Advisers: third report 2021-2023 - gov.scot
19 International Council of Education Advisers: third report 2021-2023 - gov.scot
20 Putting Learners at the Centre: Towards a Future Vision for Scottish Education - gov.scot
21 Education (Scotland) Act 2025
22 Written question and answer: S6W-28044 | Scottish Parliament Website
23 Reforms must go 'far beyond' Scottish education bill, MSPs told | Tes
24 New chief says SQA 'shouldn't be marking our own homework' | The Herald
25 School inspections are changing - Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space
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27 Misleading Educational Statistics - Enlighten
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29 How the world’s best-performing school systems come out on top | McKinsey
30 National Improvement Framework Interactive Evidence Report
31 How good is our school? (4th edition)
32 How-Good-Is-Our-Education-Authority-Framework_August-2024.pdf
33 Local Government Benchmarking Framework | Improvement Service
34 Metrics for success for Scottish Education
35 Metrics for Success for Scottish Education
36 PISA: Programme for International Student Assessment | OECD
38 Findings - National Qualifications experience 2020: rapid review - gov.scot
39 Education (Scotland) Act 1980
40 Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000
41 Education (Scotland) Act 2025
42 Concordat between the Scottish Government and Local Government
44 Education Reform – Joint Agreement
45 Thematic Inspection of Readiness for Empowerment
47 Where next for Scottish Education: Leading from the classroom March 2024
49 Les Walton CBE - Association of Education Advisers
51 International Council of Education Advisers minutes: October 2025 - gov.scot
52. Organisations – Scotland's Health on the Web
53 LFR 01 2024-25 and POBE 2025.
54 Value for Money in School Education | OECD
55 Local government budgets 2025/26 | Audit Scotland
57 Scottish Local Government Finance - Green Book: 2026-2027 - gov.scot
58 Briefing: Local government budgets 2024/25
59 Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000: statutory guidance - gov.scot
60 14 Principles of Democracy | liberties.eu
61 Local Financial Return (LFR) - gov.scot
62 Education Endowment Foundation | EEF
63 Scotland's Equity Toolkit: supporting recovery and accelerating progress
64 Why has Education Scotland stopped sharing inspection overviews? | Tes
65 Factors influencing primary school pupils’ educational outcomes
67 Pupil Equity Funding: national operational guidance 2023 - gov.scot
68 Devolved school management: guidelines - gov.scot
69 Education Reform – Joint Agreement
70 Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment: review and key recommendations - gov.scot
71 GTC Scotland: The Standard for Headship
72 ADES Towards a world class learning system
73 Education Reform – Joint Agreement
74 International Council of Education Advisers: third report 2021-2023 - gov.scot
76 Teacher Workforce Planning Advisory Group: initial teacher education intake figures 2024 - gov.scot
77 Audit Scotland| School education
78 The Atlas Of Management Thinking
79 AHDS Workload survey report - AHDS
80 Governing Education in a Complex World | OECD
81 EIS Response To Governance Review| Final Version.pdf
82 Curriculum and Assessment Board minutes: December 2021 - gov.scot
83 Additional Support for Learning: A Review of System Delivery for Learners
84 How is Scotland Performing?
85 National Improvement Framework Interactive Evidence Report
86 Scottish Local Government Finance and 2025-26+Local+Government+Finance+Circular+10-2024+-+12+December+2024.pdf
87 LFR 01 2024-25 and POBE 2025.
88 Explore the data | Benchmarking
89 Improving outcomes for young people through school education
90 Briefing: Local government budgets 2024/25
91 Improving outcomes for young people through school education
92 Building the Curriculum 3: A Framework for Learning and Teaching
93 Putting Learners at the Centre: Towards a Future Vision for Scottish Education
94 Full Report: Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence | OECD
95 An Empowered System | Resources | Education Scotland
96 Education Reform – Joint Agreement
97 Creating an empowered system: an evaluation strategy
98 Supporting documents - International Council of Education Advisers Report 2018-2020 - gov.scot
99 Putting Learners at the Centre: Towards a Future Vision for Scottish Education