Timetable for new school exams

Fiona Hyslop, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, has announced that new school exams will be introduced in 2014.

A consultation on the new qualifications which closed on 31 October originally proposed that secondary pupils would face new exams in 2013 but the Curriculum for Excellence Management Board has advised that the shift of the start of the revised qualification system would ensure that teachers would have more opportunity to develop quality preparation for its delivery.

This will allow additional time for Curriculum for Excellence to be fully implemented with development opportunities for quality training.

Scottish Government news release: Timetable for new school exams