City of Edinburgh Council Schools & Colleges Partnership

SCHOOLS- developing skills for life, learning and work

• Curriculum for Excellence is designed to help you get skills for life, skills for learning and skills for work.
• A new range of courses are being introduced for you in S3 upwards which aim to provide pupils with skills for work.
• From S2 onwards you need to be aware of new possibilities which may become available.

COLLEGES - delivering courses for skills for work

• Colleges are best placed to deliver most skills for work courses.
• Only some of these courses are available as part of the school college provision.
• Each college has its own range of courses and arrangements with schools.
• Some courses happen at college and others are taught by college staff in school.
• Find out all about Edinburgh's three colleges: Jewel & Esk, Stevenson, Telford by following the links on the Colleges page.
  

CAREERS SCOTLAND - supporting the development of careers

• Careers Scotland supports people of any age at any stage in the process of becoming employed.
• They also provides advice to pupils in school through their Careers Advisers.
  

SQA - determining the qualifications

• SQA stands for the Scottish Qualifications Authority, the organisation responsible for all the courses, examinations, qualifications and certificates.
• You can find details about any SQA certificated course on the SQA website.

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