Welcome to Education Scotland
Education Scotland is the national body for supporting quality and improvement of learning and teaching in Scottish education.
We are driven by the shared ambitions of supporting the development and wellbeing of all those who work in education and ensuring positive experiences and outcomes for all learners.
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Learning in Scotland
Find out more about how we support different sectors, programmes and strategies.
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Curriculum for Excellence
Education Scotland works in collaboration with stakeholders, learners, practitioners and communities to help children and learners acquire the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence.
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Inspection and Review
Education Scotland supports the system to gather, analyse, evaluate and share an agreed set of data, including independent external evaluation.
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Early Learning and Childcare (ELC)
Find out more about the full range of early years education and childcare available in Scotland.
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Professional Learning
We support education professionals to make a difference in the classroom, school and wider community through access to a wide range of professional learning and leadership opportunities.
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Scottish Attainment Challenge
The Scottish Attainment Challenge aims to raise the attainment of children and young people living in deprived areas, in order to close the equity gap.
- Education Scotland website refresh 13 April 2023
- New interim Chief Executive announced 31 March 2023
- New report encourages creative thinking 29 March 2023
- Scottish Government’s Inspection of Early Learning and Childcare and School Age Childcare Services in Scotland consultation report released 24 March 2023
- Improving Gender Balance and Equalities in CLD: Launch of new resources 24 April 2023
- British Sign Language Toolkit launch for Teachers of Deaf children 26 April 2023
- STEM Nation Award Drop-in Session 6 03 May 2023
- STEM Nation Award Drop-in Session 7 03 May 2023