Education (Scotland) Bill - call for views

Date: 24th July 2024
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation

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Closing date August 30^th 2024

This Bill was created to support the education and skills reform being taken forward by the Scottish Government.

The changes brought in by the Bill respond to a range of reports and reviews, including:

The OECD Review of the Curriculum for Excellence and Professor Ken Muir’s report, “Putting Learners at the Centre. Towards a Future Vision for Scottish Education”. The Bill was introduced on 4^th  June 2024.

The purpose of this Bill is to establish a new body called Qualifications Scotland. It also creates a new office His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Scotland.

While the Bill provides the mechanism for reforming the current Scottish Qualifications Authority and creates a separate education inspection agency, its provisions largely replicate existing legislation, namely the Education (Scotland) Act 1996 and the Scottish Qualifications Authority Act 2002.

There are two calls for views – a shorter call and a more detailed call. The detailed call for views focuses on the new provisions introduced by this Bill.

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