The languages curriculum includes modern languages, classical languages and Scots.

Confidence in knowing other languages and understanding other cultures are skills for students as they prepare to live and work in a global society.

Languages experiences and outcomes

Languages principles and practice documents

Languages benchmarks (PDF, 287KB)

Modern languages

A 1+2 approach to modern languages

Modern languages reference grammars

Classical languages

Active learning strategies in classical languages

Scots language

Keen tae Ken yir Kin

The Scottish Languages Act

The Scottish Languages Act 2025 came into full effect on St Andrews Day, 30 November 2025.

Measures contained within the Act include:

• introducing educational standards for Gaelic and Scots
• establishing Gaelic and Scots as official languages
• supporting the creation of areas of linguistic significance in Gaelic communities so that ministers can better target policies to support the language’s growth
• enabling parents in every part of Scotland to apply for Gaelic nursery and early years places for their children
• ensuring that more qualifications are available in Gaelic
• introducing targets on the number of people speaking and learning Gaelic

National Qualifications

Browse the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) website to find subject-specific materials across the range of languages.