This guidance is an update to the Teacher Digital Skills published previously. It aims to support the development of digital skills for all Scottish educators, including Early Learning and Childcare, school and Community Learning and Development sectors. It is based on the UK essential digital skills framework, the Digital Competence Framework for Educators (DigCompEdu) and education council standards for Scottish educators.

View the UK essential digital skills framework with this link
View the EU Digital Competence Framework for Educators with this link
Find out more about national standards with this link

Documents

Education-Scotland-digital-skills-for-scottish-educators-2026 update (pdf)
Education-Scotland-digital-skills-for-scottish-educators-2026 update (Word)

Take the survey

Use this link to access the form and evaluate your own digital skills:

Digital Skills for Scottish Educators (2026) – Fill in form

Copy the form and use it with my colleagues

Use this link to make a copy of the form that you can use with staff or colleagues to evaluate your setting or organisation’s digital skills:

Make a copy of the form 

Next steps

View the digital learning and teaching toolkit (UofG)

Find out more about effective use of digital with this link