Initiatives

Browse our selection of web links to educational initiatives both in Scotland and in other countries.

National Priorities in Education
Support for schools and education authorities taking forward the implementation of the National Priorities in Education.
Literacy and Numeracy website
Online resource that aims to bring together the best in new thinking and effective practice to support teachers, librarians and parents as they help learners develop word and number skills.
Health Promoting Schools website
This a resource to assist schools in planning, developing and evaluating health promotion. It acts as an online library, offering a range of practical tools, guidance and information on the Health Promoting School.
Curriculum for Excellence website
Everything you need and want to know about Scotland's new curriculum for ages 3-18 - 'Curriculum for Excellence'.
Access Network
The Access Network has been set up for teachers of Access units and clusters in Scotland. The blog enables teachers to keep up-to-date with the group’s activities and meetings.
Applied Educational Research Scheme (AERS)
AERS conducts research to benefit school education in Scotland. Led by a consortium of three Scottish universities, it explores issues affecting teachers, learners and managers, and other areas such as governance and leadership, citizenship, and educational inequalities.
Assessment is for Learning
Visit the new resource developed to support the Assessment is for Learning programme, a national initiative with representation from all areas of the Scottish education community.
BT Education Programme - Communication for Life
This is a free resource for citizenship education in secondary schools, but requires registration. The 'Schools Question Time' pack, developed in partnership with the Institute for Citizenship, contains lesson plans and activities for inside and outside the classroom. It has student cards, teacher's notes and posters.
Determined to Succeed
Determined to Succeed (DtS) is the Scottish Executive's strategy for enterprise in education. It aims to help Scotland's young people develop self-confidence, self-reliance and ambition to achieve their goals - in work and in life. A new website supports DtS by providing information and practical resources for young people, parents, teachers, businesses and local authorities.
Eco Schools
Find out how your school can enter for the Eco Schools award scheme. The aim of the scheme is to get whole school communities to work together to improve their environment, to encourage citizenship and to promote healthy lifestyles.
Educating for Race Equality - a Toolkit for Scottish Teachers
This resource has examples of good practice, staff development exercises and useful links.
Education for Citizenship
Find out exactly what is meant by education for citizenship and get information and advice on developing citizenship activities in your school.
eSchola
eSchola is an opportunity for teachers from all over Europe to showcase their ICT (Information and Communications Technology) projects online. The eLearning awards reward the best examples of innovative ICT projects in schools.
eSchoolnet
An educational portal for schools in Europe. It offers e-learning news, online training, European curriculum resources and school practice ideas. It enables European teachers, trainers and students to meet through collaborative school projects and learning communities.
Future Learning and Teaching (FLAT)
The FLAT Programme has been established by the Scottish Executive to support and encourage pilot projects that challenge the current concepts of schools and explore new ways of learning and teaching.
How Good is Our School?
A series of self-evaluation publications using performance indicators for school managers and teachers (2002 edition).
MasterClass
Information about the ICT Masterclass programme.
Measurement of the Impact of ICT on Children's Education (MIICE)
The MIICE project focuses on measuring the impact of ICT on the education of young people in Scottish schools and involves most Scottish local authorities and teacher education institutions. The MIICE website has recently been expanded to include publications such as toolbox material and discussion papers.
One Scotland. Many cultures.
This website is part of a campaign organised by the Scottish Executive to tackle and eliminate racism in Scotland. It describes the history of migration to Scotland and the experiences of the groups of people who now live in the country.
Royal Bank of Scotland: Community Investment
The Royal Bank of Scotland has supported the Scottish Centre for Financial Education since it was established in 2002. It provides resources to assist the development of financial capability through its 'Money Sense' education industry link programme and runs a scheme to improve school grounds, and its staff are involved in supporting a wide range of charities.
ScotXed - Scottish Exchange of Educational Data
The ScotXed programme supports the effective and secure exchange of data to provide access to high quality information in Scottish school education. It is a partnership programme, involving all parties in the Scottish school education system.
ThinkuKnow
This website for young people provides tips and advice on safe surfing and chatrooms.