Complacent showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.

This is not the time to be complacent about complacency

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Scots should not be complacent about the quality of their education system because of previous achievements, a report has warned.

The commission's chairman, Keir Bloomer - who was also one of the architects of the Scottish government's new Curriculum for Excellence - said the time when Scotland was a world leader in education had passed.

He said: "We should be encouraged about the performance of Scotland's schools. We perform well by international standards and our children, by and large, receive a good standard of education.

"However, we should not delude ourselves about our position or allow ourselves to be complacent.

"Scotland was without doubt a world leader but that time has passed, and in order for it to return we must improve."

"The central message of this report seems to me to be very clear: there is absolutely no reason why Scottish schools cannot be first class, but the current structures won't allow this to happen, so we need to change them."

Scottish Labour's education spokesman Hugh Henry said: "We cannot afford to be complacent about Scottish education and this evidence should be a wake-up call but sadly it appears education is rapidly sliding down the government's agenda.