Curriculum for Excellence is Scotland’s curriculum for children and young people aged 3-18.
It’s an approach designed to provide young people with the knowledge, skills and attributes they need for learning, life and work in the 21st century.
It aims to enable every child or young person to be a:
- Successful learner
- Confident individual
- Responsible citizen
- Effective contributor.
At Dunbar Grammar we endeavour to provide a challenging and varied curriculum. Our curriculum structure is unique to the school and is designed to best meet the needs of all students.
Stages and levels
The curriculum is broken into two broad stages:
- a broad general education, providing a rounded education from the early years until the end of S3
- a senior phase, which will include studying for qualifications (from S4-S6).
The broad general education is divided into five curriculum levels (Early, First, Second, Third and Fourth) across eight curriculum areas.
At Dunbar Grammar we endeavour to provide a challenging and varied curriculum. Our curriculum structure is unique to the school and is designed to best meet the needs of all students.
The National Parent Forum of Scotland have produced a short overview of the National curriculum for parents.
You can also find specific information on our courses in the course choice section of this website.
