footnotes
1 National Qualifications cover Standard Grade, Access 1, 2 and 3, Intermediate 1 and 2, Higher and Advanced Higher
2 Guidance on the appropriate age and stage when young people can be presented for externally assessed qualifications (Scottish Executive Education Department Circular 03/2005)
3 HM Inspectorate of Education, Improving Scottish Education ( HMIE, 2006), Extracts quoted from pages iv-2 and 2-3.
4 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Quality and Equity of Schooling in Scotland ( OECD, 2007). Extracts quoted from pages 16 and 86.
5 There will, however, remain an expectation that young people are entitled to two hours of quality physical education per week, in order to meet the expectations set out in the experiences and outcomes for health and wellbeing
6 Exceptions to the phrase "all outcomes" will include areas where specific sets of experiences and outcomes are specialised, e.g. in Gàidhlig, Classics or denominational RE.
7 Exceptions to the phrase "all outcomes" will include ares where specific sets of experiences and outcomes are specialised, e.g. in Gàidhlig, Classics or denominational RE.