Putting Learners at the Centre: Towards a Future Vision for Scottish Education

Report provided to Scottish Ministers by Professor Ken Muir on the replacement of the Scottish Qualifications Authority, reform of Education Scotland and removal of its inspection function.


Appendix I: References

OECD (2021), Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence: Into the Future, Implementing Education Policies, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/scotland-s-curriculum-for-excellence_bf624417-en

The Race Equality and Anti-Racist Education Programme https://www.gov.scot/groups/race-equality-and-anti-racism-in-education-programme-stakeholder-network-group/

The CLD Standards Council https://cldstandardscouncil.org.uk/

The Scottish Government Fair Work Policy https://www.gov.scot/publications/fair-work-first-guidance-support-implementation/

Scottish Government's response to the OECD report, the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (22 June 2021) https://www.gov.scot/publications/oecd-review-of-curriculum-for-excellence-scottish-government-response/

Curriculum for Excellence review: implementation framework (27 October 2021) https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-curriculum-future-implementation-framework-oecds-2021-review-curriculum-excellence/pages/7/

Reforming qualifications and assessment https://www.gov.scot/news/reforming-qualifications-and-assessment/

Announcement of the appointment of Louise Hayward's – Reforming qualifications and assessment (27 October 2021) https://www.gov.scot/news/reforming-qualifications-and-assessment/

Education Reform Consultation on Behalf of Professor Ken Muir, University of the West of Scotland and Independent Advisor to the Scottish Government (30 Sept 2021) https://www.gov.scot/publications/independent-review-education-scotland-scottish-qualification-authority-professor-kenneth-muir/

Terms of reference, Independent Advisor on Education Reform https://www.gov.scot/publications/advisor-to-the-scottish-government-on-the-reform-of-sqa-and-education-scotland-remit/

Terms of reference, Expert Panel https://www.gov.scot/groups/education-reform-expert-panel/

Terms of reference, Practitioner and Stakeholder Advisory Group (PSAG) https://www.gov.scot/groups/practitioner-and-stakeholder-advisory-group-psag/

Children's Parliament, Scottish Youth Parliament and Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) report available on the Children's Parliament website https://www.childrensparliament.org.uk/ from March 2022.

UNCRC Article 29 – The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland: https://www.cypcs.org.uk/rights/uncrc/articles/article-29/

Support for Learning: All our children and All their Potential (June 2020), Angela Morgan: https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/independent-report/2020/06/review-additional-support-learning-implementation/documents/support-learning-children-potential/support-learning-children-potential/govscot%3Adocument/support-learning-children-potential.pdf

Curriculum Making in Europe: Policy and Practice within and Across Diverse Contexts by Professor Walter Humes and Professor Mark Priestley (2021) https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781838677350

Goodison Group Schooling, Education and Learning 2030 and Beyond (March 2020) https://www.scotlandfutureforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SchoolingEducationLearning_2030Beyond_ProjectReport_WebVersion.pdf

Goodison Group Where Next for Scottish Education? (March 2021) https://www.scotlandfutureforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-02-03_WhereNextForEducation_Report.pdf

From hierarchies to networks: Possibilities and pitfalls for educational reform of the middle tier | Emerald Insight by Christopher Chapman, Policy Scotland and Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, University of Glasgow https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JEA-12-2018-0222/full/html

The Education (Scotland) Act 1996, Part 1 The Scottish Qualifications Authority https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/43/contents

SQA's Overview submission to Professor Muir https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/consultation-paper/2021/09/independent-review-education-scotland-scottish-qualification-authority-professor-kenneth-muir/documents/sqa/sqa/govscot%3Adocument/sqa.pdf

The Scottish Qualifications Authority, Guide to Scottish Qualifications, (September 2019) https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/Guide_to_Scottish_Qualifications.pdf

Upper-secondary education student assessment in Scotland: A comparative perspective: OECD Education Working Paper No. 253, Professor Gordon Stobart: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/upper-secondary-education-student-assessment-in-scotland_d8785ddf-en;jsession

The Scottish Government's Education Governance: Next Steps (June 2017) https://www.gov.scot/publications/education-governance-next-steps-empowering-teachers-parents-communities-deliver-excellence/documents/

HM Inspectors are defined under section 135(1) of the 1980 Act https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/44/section/135

The Further and Higher Education Act, 2005 (Section 13) https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/6/section/13

Education Scotland background document https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/consultation-paper/2021/09/independent-review-education-scotland-scottish-qualification-authority-professor-kenneth-muir/documents/education-scotland-consultation-support-paper/education-scotland-consultation-support-paper/govscot%3Adocument/education-scotland-consultation-support-paper.pdf

Research Scotland report, Review of the Regional Improvement Collaboratives (December 2021) https://www.gov.scot/publications/review-regional-improvement-collaboratives/pages/10/

Teaching in a Diverse Scotland: Increasing and Retaining Minority Ethnic Teachers in Scotland's Schools (2018), by Professor Rowena Arshad: https://www.gov.scot/publications/teaching-diverse-scotland-increasing-retaining-minority-ethnic-teachers-scotlands-schools/

Joint Agreement on Education Reform https://www.gov.scot/publications/education-bill-policy-ambition-joint-agreement/pages/3/

Progress and Challenge: Reflections on the Development of the West Partnership 2018-2020 (Feb 2021) https://www.westpartnership.co.uk/?dlm_download_tag=progress-and-challenge

An externally commissioned review of Education Scotland's locality work (February 2022) https://education.gov.scot/education-scotland/news-and-events/news/an-externally-commissioned-review-of-education-scotland-s-locality-working-now-published/

Climate Emergency Action Plan https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/media/47336/climate-emergency-skills-action-plan-2020-2025.pdf

National Gaelic Plan https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-gaelic-language-plan-2016-2021/pages/4/

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education in Scotland (HMIE) was established as an Executive Agency of the Scottish Ministers under the terms of the Scotland Act 1998 section 93 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/93

Care Inspectorate Inspection Framework (June 2021) https://www.careinspectorate.com/images/documents/6128/Quality%20framework%20for%20early%20learning%20and%20childcare%202021.pdf

Welsh Inspectorate A Learning Inspectorate Independent review of Estyn, Professor Graham Donaldson (June 2018) https://www.estyn.gov.wales/system/files/2022-01/A%2520Learning%2520Inspectorate%2520-%2520en%2520-%2520June%25202018.pdf

The Scottish Government's Young Person's Guarantee, www.youngpersonguarantee.scot

SDS's Career Service Review https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/career-review/

Scottish Government's 15-24 Learner Journey Review (May 2018) https://www.gov.scot/publications/15-24-learner-journey-review-9781788518741/

Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights: General Comment No. 1: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Education/Training/ Compilation/Pages/a)GeneralCommentNo1 TheAimsofEducation(article29)(2001).aspx

The Scottish Attainment Challenge – Plans for the Scottish Attainment Challenge (SAC) for 2022/23 to 2025/26 were set out by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills in November 2021. https://www.gov.scot/news/closing-the-attainment-gap-4/

The National Improvement Framework (NIF) – The 2021 National Improvement Framework and Improvement Plan which was published in December 2020. https://www.gov.scot/publications/2021-national-improvement-framework-improvement-plan/

Realising the Ambition: Being Me – The national practice guidance for early years in Scotland covering the period from birth through early childhood into primary education which was introduced in February 2020. https://education.gov.scot/improvement/learning-resources/realising-the-ambition/

International Council of Education Advisers: 2nd Formal Report which was released in December 2020. https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/strategy-plan/2020/12/2021-national-improvement-framework-improvement-plan/documents/achieving-excellence-equity-2021-national-improvement-framework-improvement-plan/achieving-excellence-equity-2021-national-improvement-framework-improvement-plan/govscot%3Adocument/achieving-excellence-equity-2021-national-improvement-framework-improvement-plan.pdf

Audit Scotland: Improving Outcomes for Young People through School Education which was published in March 2021. https://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/publications/improving-outcomes-for-young-people-through-school-education#:~:text=School%20education%20is%20not%20just%20about%20exam%20results., ways%2C%20including%20their%20learning%2C%20wellbeing%20and%20economic%20 circumstances

The Scottish Government's response to the Scottish Funding Council's Coherence and Sustainability: A Review of Tertiary Education and Research which was published in October 2021. https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-governments-response-scottish-funding-councils-review-tertiary-education-research-scotland/pages/2/#:~:text=The%20Scottish%20Government%E2%80%99s%20Response%20to%20the%20Scottish%20Funding,large%20part%2C%20follows%20the%20structure%20of%20the%20Review

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