Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence
Into the Future
Students in Scotland (United Kingdom) engage in learning through Curriculum for Excellence
(CfE), which aims to provide them with a holistic, coherent, and future-oriented approach
to learning between the ages of 3 and 18. CfE offers an inspiring and widely supported
philosophy of education. Schools design their own curriculum based on a common framework
which allows for effective curricular practices. In 2020, Scotland invited the OECD
to assess the implementation of CfE in primary and secondary schools to understand
how school curricula have been designed and implemented in recent years. This report
analyses the progress made with CfE since 2015, building upon several months of observations
in Scotland, the existing literature and experiences from other OECD countries. The
OECD analysis and recommendations aim to support Scotland as it further enhances CfE
to achieve its potential for the present and future of its learners. Just as Scotland’s
Curriculum for Excellence was among the pioneers of 21st century learning, its most
recent developments hold valuable lessons for other education systems and their own
curriculum policies.
Published on June 21, 2021
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