What is the Curriculum for Excellence Scotland?

What is the Curriculum for Excellence Scotland?

Curriculum for Excellence is Scotland’s curriculum for children and young people aged 3-18. It’s an approach designed to provide young people with the knowledge, skills and attributes they need for learning, life and work in the 21st century.

Who introduced the Curriculum for Excellence?

Curriculum for Excellence is the national curriculum for Scottish schools for learners from the ages 3–18. It was developed out of a 2002 consultation exercise – the ‘National Debate on Education’ – undertaken by the-then Scottish Executive on the state of school education.

Does Scotland follow the national curriculum?

England and Wales follow the National Curriculum (with the exception of the Foundation Phase in Wales), Northern Ireland follows the Northern Ireland Curriculum and Scotland follows the Curriculum for Excellence (also known as the CfE) for nursery, primary and secondary schools.

Does Scotland have a better education system than England?

New figures show long-term education decline as Scotland falls behind England. It used to be said Scotland had the best education system in the world.

How good is Scotland’s education system?

Four Scottish universities are in the Times Higher Education Top 200 World Universities and more than 94% of international students studying here think that Scotland is a good place to be.

What curriculum do Scottish schools follow?

The Curriculum for Excellence (CfE)
The Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) is the national curriculum used from nursery to secondary school. It was implemented in 2010. It comprises a broad general education up to the end of S3 (third year in secondary) followed by a senior phase of learning from S4 to S6.

Why is the Curriculum for Excellence good?

It aims to raise standards, improve knowledge and develop skills, closing the gap between the lowest and highest performers. Ultimately it aims to nurture young people as successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens.

Where does Scotland rank in education?

In 2014, research by the Office for National Statistics found that Scotland was the most highly educated country in Europe and among the most well-educated in the world in terms of tertiary education attainment, above countries like Finland, Ireland and Luxembourg, with roughly 40% of Scots aged 16–64 educated to NVQ …

Who has better education Scotland or England?

In terms of performance, in the most recent PISA tests (2018), Scotland rated a little below England in reading, and substantially below England in Maths and Science.

Is education better in Scotland than England?

On reading, the two are comparable, with Scotland on 504 against England’s 505, both higher than the OECD average, but on maths Scotland’s 489 is lower than in 2012 and way behind England’s 504. In science, it’s the same story, with Scotland’s 490, again below 2012 levels and lagging England by 17 points.

How good is Scottish education?

The whole of the UK is classed as one country – even though the school systems vary in each nation – but with Scotland’s performance so similar to England’s this makes little difference to the world ranking. The UK overall is in 26th place for maths, 23rd for reading and 21st for science.