Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when the timeline for curriculum improvement and qualifications reform will be published.
In this year’s Programme for Government we committed to setting out a single combined timeline for reform to curriculum and qualifications in June 2025, with the aim of providing clarity about next steps for the education system. The Scottish Government has worked closely with our lead delivery partners Education Scotland and the SQA to produce a timeline for the Curriculum Improvement Cycle and Reforms to Qualifications and Assessment. The document sets out progress to date and next steps and was published today (23 June 2025): Curriculum, Qualifications and Assessment Reform – Progress to Date and Next Steps - gov.scot.
The publication provides an initial timeline to give clarity to partners and practitioners across the education and skills system, as well as to parents and carers and young people, about when they will start to see changes in teaching and assessment.
While change to curriculum, qualifications and assessment should be expected, the focus will remain on the enhancement of excellent learning and teaching as we know this will make the greatest impact on outcomes for our children and young people.
The work aims to support more consistent teaching, learning and assessment experiences, and improved attainment and achievement of our children and young people.
The Scottish Government is actively delivering a programme of reform that is coherent, realistic, practical and deliverable.