Sistema educativo escocés

1. Scottish Education overview
for Catalan visitors
March 2011
Nick Morgan
n.morgan@ltscotland.org.uk

2. Learning and Teaching
Scotland

3. Scotland
• Population - 5.1 million
• Part of UK, but Scottish Government has full
responsibility for education (no UK education
system)
• 95% of pupils attend local state comprehensive
schools
• Aim for every school to be excellent
(high quality and high equity)

4. 2,900 Schools
32 Local Authorities
53,000 Teachers
750,000 Learners
Agencies
Faculties of Education

5. Learning and Teaching Scotland
c.270 staff, with a remit
• Ensure that curriculum and approaches to learning
and teaching, including Assessment and the use of
ICT, assist young people to develop their full
potential
• Promote innovation, ambition and excellence
• Support improvement in the quality of education
• Work in partnership with Government and other
stakeholders to build capacity

6. National agenda
A ‘Smarter Scotland’ to support the Government's
purpose of sustainable growth and other strategic
objectives
National outcomes agreed between Government
and Local Authorities, such as “We are better
educated, more skilled and more successful”
National indicators and targets include:
‘Increase the proportion of school leavers in positive
and sustained destinations’

7. National Outcomes for Scotland
We live in a Scotland that is the most attractive place for doing business in
Europe
We realise our full economic potential with more and better employment
opportunities for our people.
We are better educated, more skilled and more successful, renowned for our
research and innovation.
Our young people are successful learners, confident individuals, effective
contributors and responsible citizens.
Our children have the best start in life and are ready to succeed.
We live longer, healthier lives.
We have tackled the significant inequalities in Scottish society.
We have improved the life chances for children, young people
and families at risk.

8. National Outcomes for Scotland contd...
We live our lives safe from crime, disorder and danger.
We live in well-designed, sustainable places where we are able to
access the amenities and services we need.
We have strong, resilient and supportive communities where people
take responsibility for their own actions and how they affect others.
We value and enjoy our built and natural environment and protect it
and enhance it for future generations.
We take pride in a strong, fair and inclusive national identity.
We reduce the local and global environmental impact of our
consumption and production.
Our public services are high quality, continually improving,
efficient and responsive to local people’s needs.

9. Curriculum renewal
Curriculum for Excellence is intended to
• equip young people with the Skills they will
need for tomorrow’s workforce
• make sure that Assessment supports learning
• allow more Choice to meet the needs of
individual young people
• to enable young people to flourish in Life

10. successful learners confident individuals
with with
•enthusiasm and motivation for learning •self respect
•determination to reach high standards of achievement •a sense of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
•openness to new thinking and ideas •secure values and beliefs
•ambition
and able to
•use literacy, communication and numeracy skills and able to
•use technology for learning •relate to others and manage themselves
•think creatively and independently •pursue a healthy and active lifestyle
•learn independently and as part of a group •be self aware
•make reasoned evaluations •develop and communicate their own beliefs
•link and apply different kinds of learning in and view of the world
new situations •live as independently as they can
•assess risk and take informed decisions
•achieve success in different areas of activity
To enable all young
people to become
responsible citizens effective contributors
with with
•respect for others •an enterprising attitude
•commitment to participate responsibly in •resilience
political, economic, social and cultural life •self-reliance
and able to and able to
•develop knowledge and understanding of •communicate in different ways and in
the world and Scotland’s place in it different settings
•understand different beliefs and cultures •work in partnership and in teams
•make informed choices and decisions •take the initiative and lead
•evaluate environmental, scientific and •apply critical thinking in new contexts
technological issues •create and develop
Learning and Teaching
•develop informed, ethical views of complex •solve problems
Scotland
issues

11. ICT policy and Glow
1997 – ICT infrastructure investment growth
1998 – ‘National Grid for Learning’ programme
- Equipment, content, skills, (Learning and Teaching focus)
2000 – Consultants report on future needs
2002 – ‘Scottish Schools Digital Network’ planning starts
2001 – LTS support for Teachers
– Communities of practice
– Innovation: Digital Video, Computer games, Social Media
– Evaluation research to track trends and benefits
2004 Procurement for ‘Glow’

12. Challenges include:
• Multilingual schools / diversity
• Literacy (PISA etc)
• Science
• Health and Well-Being
• Quality provision and variation
• Under-achievement
• Leadership

13. Subjects
• Literacy
- Lower rankings; gender differences; socio-
economic; variability within the country
• Science
- ‘Science and Engineering Action plan’
• Health and Well-Being

14. Quality
• Self-Evaluation culture
• HMIE and ‘How Good is Our School’ series
• Local Authorities quality assurance
• School and departmental planning
• Parents

15. Under-achievement
• Bottom 15% - ‘Closing the Gap’
• ‘More Choices, More Chances’
• ‘Schools of Ambition’, ‘20:20’, etc
• Vocational education
• Apprenticeships

16. Leadership development
• Local authority planning and ‘growing’
• ‘Standard for Headship’ and SQH
• Headteacher networking / Heads Together
• Workforce reform: Chartered Teachers,
Probationers, Faculty heads