Key documents

Curriculum for Excellence through Outdoor Learning

Read the guidance document on outdoor learning and the curriculum in Scotland

Health and Safety on Educational Excursions - A good practice guide

This Scottish Government guidance is designed to help all those involved in organising educational excursions to ensure that those taking part stay safe and healthy

Scottish Outdoor Access Code

Detailed guidance on your responsibilities when exercising access rights and if you are managing land and water. The Code defines how access rights should be exercised.

Sustainable development education

Natural Heritage Futures

Natural Heritage Futures (Scottish Natural Heritage, 2009) is an initiative that aims to guide the future management of the natural heritage towards 2025, within the wider context of sustainable development.

Learning For Our Future: Scotland's First Action Plan for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

Actions to be taken by the Scottish Government over five years (2010-11) in support of sustainable development education and how outdoor learning can contribute by connecting children and young people with the natural world, our culture and society.

Choosing Our Future: Scotland's Sustainable Development Strategy

Scottish Government strategy setting out the measures for Scotland to turn the UK’s 'One future - different paths' framework into action. Policies and programmes are in place to drive change in key areas including 'learning to make Scotland sustainable'.

Physical activity

Reaching Higher: Building on the Success of Sport 21

Scotland's revised sport strategy has been published by the Scottish Government following a review of Sport 21: 2003-2007. The strategy sets out the long-term aims and objectives for sport until 2020 and plans for its delivery and evaluation.

Let's Make Scotland More Active

A strategy to be more physically active and set national targets for physical activity in Scotland. The strategy acknowledges partnership working as the only way of bringing about sustainable change. Active Schools is a relevant partnership.

Report of the Review Group on Physical Education

This report focused on how schools can be supported to implement improvements in the physical education curriculum, and how that might in turn lead to greater participation and levels of performance in physical education, sport and physical activity for life.

Out There - Sport Scotland

A Sport Scotland statement and policy position on countryside sports. The purpose of 'Out There' is to provide information on Sport Scotland's policy position and its aspirations for countryside sports.