Curriculum for Excellence

Religious and Moral Education

Aims and Objectives

• To inform you about:– Curriculum for Excellence team– Developments so far– Nature of the new qualifications– Development Process

SQA CfE Team

• Came together in August 2009• Headed by Roddy Gillespie• Eight development teams based on

curriculum areas plus Literacy and Numeracy• Each with a Qualifications Development

Manager, QDCs (consultants) and a QDO (officer)

Development Model

Curricular Area

Suites of Courses

Course

Units

Curriculum Area Review Group

(CARG)

Qualification

Design Team (QDT)

Subject A

Subject Working Group (SWG)

Subject Working Group (SWG)

Subject Working Group (SWG)

Qualification

Design Team (QDT)

Subject B

Qualification

Design Team (QDT)

Subject C

Qualification

Design Team (QDT)

Subject D

Subject Working Group (SWG)

Subject Working Group (SWG)

Subject Working Group (SWG)

Appointments process• Curriculum Area Review Group - nominations

from key stakeholders• Qualification Design Team – nominations

from senior practitioners• Subject Working Group – self-nominations

from subject experts• Sign-off via SQA internal & external

committees

National 4 key features: • Replace Standard Grade (General) and

Intermediate 1• Courses will be unit based• Ungraded course award based on

achieving units and coursework assessment - SQA will quality assure the assessment

• To be available from session 2013/14

National 5 key features• Replace Standard Grade (Credit) and

Intermediate 2• Courses are unit based• Graded course award based on achieving

units, coursework assessment and external assessment by SQA – SQA will quality assure the assessments

• To be available from session 2013/14

RME Curriculum Area• The RME Curriculum Area has two sets of

Experiences and Outcomes:– Religious and moral education– Religious education in Roman Catholic

schools• Future courses at National 4 and 5 will build on

knowledge, skills, attitudes and aptitudes established 3-15

RME Curriculum Area• Current national qualifications include:

– Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies. – Religious Studies

• The SQA team responsible for the development of RME in the senior phase is currently engaging with practitioners and other bodies on suitable qualifications at National 4 and 5.

Existing qualifications

• Standard Grade Foundation to go• Access 3 and Higher to be retained as

‘points of stability’• Revision of existing qualifications at Access,

Higher and Advanced Higher to ensure they are consistent with CfE developments and to provide good progression

2012-

2013

•Final Standard Grade qualifications

2013-

2014

•New National 4 and National 5 qualifications available

2014-

2015

•New revised Higher qualifications available

•Final Intermediate 1 and 2, Higher and Advanced Higher qualifications

2015-

2016

•New revised Advanced Higher qualifications available

Proposed Implementation TimetableExisting Qualifications New/Revised Qualifications

SG Int 1&2 Higher Adv H Nat 4&5 Higher (rev)

Adv H (rev)

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

Thank you