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

Footnotes

1. 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/

2. 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

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

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

5. UNCRC Article 29 – https://www.cypcs.org.uk/rights/uncrc/articles/article-29/

6. In this report the phrase 'all learners' encompasses children and young people:

• who speak different languages.
• who come from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
• who follow different faiths.
• who require additional support needs.

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

8. Education (Scotland) Act 1980, Part V: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/44/part/V

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

10. 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

11. SQA Accreditation Regulatory Framework 2019: https://accreditation.sqa.org.uk/accreditation/accreditationfiles/Regulation/SQA_Accreditation_Regulatory_Framework_2019_v3.pdf

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

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

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

15. Education Reform Consultation on behalf of Professor Kenneth Muir, University of the West of Scotland: https://www.gov.scot/publications/independent-review-education-scotland-scottish-qualification-authority-professor-kenneth-muir/

16. Expert Panel (EP): https://www.gov.scot/groups/education-reform-expert-panel/

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

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

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

20. 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

21. 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

22. OECD (2021), Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence: Into the Future, Implementing Education Policies, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/bf624417-en

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

24. 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

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

26. From hierarchies to networks: Possibilities and pitfalls for educational reform of the middle tier, Emerald Insight, 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

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

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

29. SQA Overview submission: 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

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

31. 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">

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

33. OECD 2021, Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence: Into the Future: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/scotland-s-curriculum-for-excellence_bf624417-en

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

35. 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/

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

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

38. 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

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

40. 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/

41. 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/

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

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

44. 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

45. 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/

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

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

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

49. Scotland Act 1998 section 93 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/93

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

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

52. 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

53. An unpublished internal report shared with Professor Muir for information on non-SQA awards

54. 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

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

56. SDS Career Service Review, https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/career-review/

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

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

59. Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence: Into the Future | en | OECD https://www.oecd.org/education/scotland-s-curriculum-for-excellence-bf624417-en.htm

60. Education Reform: Consultation on Behalf of Professor Ken Muir, University of the West of Scotland and Independent Advisor to the Scottish Government (www.gov.scot) 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-reform-consultation-behalf-professor-ken-muir-university-west-scotland-independent-advisor-scottish-government/education-reform-consultation-behalf-professor-ken-muir-university-west-scotland-independent-advisor-scottish-government/govscot%3Adocument/education-reform-consultation-behalf-professor-ken-muir-university-west-scotland-independent-advisor-scottish-government.pdf?forceDownload=true

61. An online survey of young people was also conducted, the results of which have been analysed separately and are not included within this report.

62. These include: successful learner, confident individual, effective contributor and responsible citizen.

63. Remit of the advisor to the Scottish Government on the reform of SQA and Education Scotland: https://www.gov.scot/publications/advisor-to-the-scottish-government-on-the-reform-of-sqa-and-education-scotland-remit/

64. General Comment No 1:The Aims of Education (Article 29) (2001) https://www.ohchr.org/EN/issues/education/training/compilation/pages/a)generalcommentno1theaimsofeducation(article29)(2001).aspx

65. 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/

66. 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/

67. 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

68. 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/

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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%20circumstances

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

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

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

75. 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/