Education Scotland faces fresh scrutiny over errors in curriculum documents

Education Scotland is facing renewed criticism after documents linked to its curriculum work were found to contain factual errors and references an academic believes are fictitious. The article argues that the episode raises questions about the organisation’s competence at a time when it is helping reshape Scotland’s school curriculum.

Academic Brodie Runciman identified around 20 apparently non-existent references and alerted the Scottish Government in April, which referred the matter back to Education Scotland. The organisation says AI was used for editing and is correcting errors; it says a proposal about pornography addiction lessons for children as young as eight appeared only in an early draft. Other reported mistakes include saying the Last Supper took place on a Friday and errors in Spanish and French. Education Scotland’s annual staff costs exceed £30 million, and the curriculum review concerns a system criticised by some teachers and parents.