Agenda
• Welcome• FAQs• Background• Next steps: key issues
• If you have any questions please note them on the post-it notes and we will make the answersavailable on the school website
Curriculum for Excellence at
Monifieth High School
• Skills for life
• Qualifications for the future
• Wider achievement
• Personal support
• Offering different routes
The Monifieth High School Learning Triangle
Interpersonal Skills
Thinking Skills Communication Skills
What’s different about the new qualifications?• The new qualifications will be less prescriptive; with more
personalisation and choice• Courses are made up of 2 or more units. Each unit is internally
assessed (pass/fail)• National 4 has an additional ‘value added’ unit which
combines different elements of a Course into an overall assessment. There is no external exam at National 4
• National 5 and above: courses assessment consists of:– External exam marked by SQA– ‘added value’ element - Assignment completed and marked in school
• National 5/ Higher/Advanced Higher are graded A-C
Skill-based Highers & National 4/5?
5 Highers in S5?
Extra Highers “from scratch” in S6?
3 Science Highers?
Approved by Scottish Government, HMI, SQA?
www.educationscotland.gov.uk/parentzone/cfe
University of Aberdeen Curriculum for Excellence Statement
“The University of Aberdeen currently does not stipulate a minimum number of Standard Grade and/or Intermediate 2 qualifications. This will be extended to include National 5 subjects. “ “We remain committed to promoting a fair admissions policy to ensure we give equal consideration to candidates who apply on time and who possess the necessary knowledge and skills, irrespective of the route travelled through the Senior Phase, S4 to S6.” “In at least one of the Senior Phase years – S4 or S5 or S6, there is an expectation that a minimum of three Highers or Advanced Higher subjects are studied and presented for examinations.”
University of Aberdeen Curriculum for Excellence Statement
Medicine
• National 5 qualifications : English and Maths are required (currently Grade B minimum); Biology and Physics are recommended but not compulsory (Grade B minimum).
• Higher qualifications : Chemistry (Grade B minimum). • Two subjects are required from Biology/Human Biology, Maths,
Physics. • Two further Highers in most other subjects – applicants should
check with the Medical Admissions office if clarification required. These may be taken across the Senior Phase – S4 to S6
• There is no requirement, and therefore no advantage given, to obtaining the three sciences required in one sitting. Maths is regarded as a science.