Welcome to Education Scotland’s Community Learning & Development information portal. This site aims to support practitioners by providing them access to news and updates that will be useful in their work with children, young people, adults, families and communities.
For further information or to discuss support that we can offer please contact your local CLD Officer: Local Authority contacts
You can explore the Education Scotland professional learning offer for CLD here: Professional learning for Community Learning and Development | National approach to professional learning | Professional Learning | Education Scotland
This site is specifically for information sharing however in future releases it will contain links to resources.
Latest News & Information
The SG Test and Learn project is a small-scale project that was developed and delivered in collaboration with Scotland’s education system. The SG Test and Learn project is a small-scale project that was developed and delivered in collaboration with Scotland’s colleges, universities and Community Learning & Development (CLD) organisations The… Read more
This information session, to be held online on Monday 1st June 2026 at 4.00 to 5.00pm, will provide information to potential facilitators about the new national professional learning programme: ‘Equity: Mitigating the impact of poverty on Scotland’s children and young people’. The programme has been developed by Education Scotland and… Read more
New Education Scotland Associates (ESAs) in Education Scotland CLD Team – 2025 / end March 2026 During 2025 Education Scotland recruited Education Scotland Associates (ESAs) across the organisation to support and develop key projects. The ESA’s are all CLD practitioners working in the field who joined Education Scotland on a part… Read more
The Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) is a ten year programme to systematically review Scotland’s Curriculum in response to learners’ needs and societal demands. We have two upcoming sessions for CLD practitioners and leaders where we will take you through a sensemaking toolkit for CLD. Join us to find out more about the… Read more
