We provide a range of consultancy and support services to Education systems across the world. Just one of these is to support educationalists who wish to visit Scotland and gain insight into some of the lessons we have learned in our journey to educational excellence.  The system is of course far from perfect, but we have led the way with developments that include:

• The world's first national intranet for schools
• A structure of inspection that includes inspecting the education function of local municipalities
• A graduate profession, where every teacher must be register with the General Teaching Council and meet their Professional Standards
• A set of published Quality Indicators that are used by schools, local municipalities and the national inspection service

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There is not a single UK wide education system, but four different systems within the UK, one in England, one in Wales, one in Scotland and one in Northern Ireland.  Scotland has always had it's own education system: this uniqueness is not the result of any recent political agreement such as the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.  The continuation of Scotland's unique system of education was in fact part of the Union of the (Scottish and English) Parliaments in 1707, and the system existed long before that.

This continuity of educational vision and evolution of practice has served Scotland well over the years, allowing the system to respond to current issues and needs at an international as well as a local level.  As just one example, the Scottish Education System reviewed it's own practice in 1947, concluding that, amongst other things:

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E3net is based in Scotland, a beautiful part of the United Kingdom.  

It was created by a group of education experts who had a vision for Empowering Educational Excellence through a network that allowed colleagues with significant experience of leading educational development to to share their experiences.

This network has grown to include colleagues form across the world who share a common belief in the power of education to transform lives, and the importance of building the capacity of local teaching staff to deliver relevant and inspiring learning experiences.

The speakers at the Learning Together conference are just some of the experts involved in e3net.  Find out more at our main website www.e3net.org.uk.