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ERIC ED604833: Thematic Inspection of Empowerment for Curriculum Leadership

The Education Reform -- Joint Agreement published in June 2018 sets out the collective agreement by a commissioning group including the Scottish Government, COSLA, SOLACE, ADES, and Education Scotland. The Joint Agreement sets out agreed principles, enablers, and measures that will support and encourage the empowerment of schools in Scotland. These include the commitment that Education Scotland would carry out three inspections in the 2018-19 academic year looking at the following themes: Readiness for Empowerment; Curriculum Leadership; and Parent and Pupil Participation. This report draws together the findings from the second thematic inspections on Curriculum Leadership that took place in the spring term of 2019. Evidence was gathered for each of the following areas: (1) Curriculum: How well are headteachers and schools empowered to design their local curriculum in line with Curriculum for Excellence and in collaboration with their school community?; and (2) Leadership of learning: How well are headteachers and schools empowered to lead learning in line with Curriculum for Excellence and in collaboration with their school community? Schools visited were asked to complete a self-

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