Curriculum for Excellent

Curriculum for Excellence is Scotland’s national curriculum.

It provides a coherent and inclusive curriculum for 3-18 years wherever learning is taking place, including early learning childhood centres and schools, colleges and community learning. It places children and young people at the heart of Scotland’s Education.

Four capacities

• a successful learner
• a confident individual
• a responsible citizen
• an effective contributor

Curricular Areas

• Languages and Literacy
• Mathematics and Numeracy
• Expressive Arts
• Health and Wellbeing
• Religious and Moral Education
• Sciences
• Social Studies
• Technologies

Curriculum for Excellent Levels

• Early – Preschool to P1
• First Level to the end of P4
• Second Level to the end of P7
• Third and Fourth level S1 to S3
• Senior phase S4 to S6 and other forms of study.