This month's news

A New Era for Scotland’s Youngest Citizens? Getting the Legislation Right

25 May 2012

As Europe takes forward the EC communication on Early Childhood Education and Care and the Scottish Government prepares its Children and Young People Bill, this conference asks: is this the start of a new era?

Curriculum for Excellence audit

23 May 2012

Education Scotland has now published the results of its Curriculum for Excellence audit, carried out with each of Scotland’s education authorities. The audit indicates that the implementation of the new National Qualifications and full delivery of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) continues to be achievable within the agreed national timescale.

Qualitative evaluation of play@home published

21 May 2012

NHS Health Scotland has published a report evaluating play@home, a universal programme offered to all parents and carers in Scotland aimed at guiding them on aspects of care and development to help give their child the best start in life, improving skills for parenting and supporting positive mental health and physical development.

The search is on for Scotland’s Favourite Places

15 May 2012

Take part in a national project called 'My Favourite Place in Scotland' by writing about the place in Scotland that you love the most.

Just2easy – now available via Glow

4 May 2012

Log in to Glow to use J ust2easy , a set of online tools for creating and editing a variety of content for publication on the internet.

Major milestones reached in delivery of new National Qualifications

30 April 2012

Two major milestones on the route towards introduction of Scotland’s new National Qualifications are delivered today (Monday 30 April) by the Scottish Qualifications Authority and Education Scotland.

Innovative approaches to quality assurance and moderation - newly published

26 April 2012

Education Scotland has worked with a range of practitioners to publish case studies on innovative ways of developing quality assurance and moderation processes.