What we assess

Assessment of the broad range of planned learning is required across the full range of contexts and settings in which the curriculum is experienced. These contexts include the ethos and life of the school as a community, curriculum areas and subjects, interdisciplinary learning and opportunities for personal achievement. They cover learning both within and outwith education establishments and classrooms.

Assessment will focus on the application of standards and expectations of each learner's progress and achievement in knowledge and understanding, skills, and attributes and capabilities as detailed in the experiences and outcomes within curriculum areas and subjects and in the curriculum guidance and specifications for qualifications and awards in the senior phase.

Building the Curriculum 4: Skills for learning, skills for life and skills for work shows how skills for learning, life and work are embedded in the experiences and outcomes and the senior phase. It supports thinking about evidence of progression in those skills and how they can be developed and applied across learning and in different contexts.