Early Years

Curriculum for Excellence

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The Scottish curriculum is currently going through a national review called Curriculum for Excellence with the aim of developing a streamlined curriculum for 3-18-year-olds and implementing new approaches to assessment.

This section has brief information about the Purposes and the Principles of the 3-18 curriculum.

Curriculum for Excellence in the early years

Find information here on how Curriculum for Excellence relates to early years education and to the existing 3 to 5 guidance.

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