Pupil Profile

The Pupil Profile will contain a broad range of information on pupils’ achievements, progress, interests, aptitudes, and participation in enrichment activities such as clubs, societies and sports opportunities.  This information will help parents to make informed choices.

The Profile will be introduced in 2007/2008 for pupils in P1 and P5, and rolled out to all pupils in subsequent years.  This will ensure that parents of the first cohort of pupils transferring under the new arrangements will have a Pupil Profile covering at least two years to inform their decisions.

The Pupil Profile will not provide a single objective score that would allow pupils to be ranked and will not therefore be able to be used as a tool for selection.

The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment has been developing the Pupil Profile over the last two years and has been testing and refining it with the help of teachers and parents.

Evaluation reports produced after the first year of the pilot are available.  Feedback has been positive and further development and expansion of the pilot has continued.