Literacy & Numeracy Across Learning — CfE Scotland
A guide to Scotland's cross-curricular literacy and numeracy requirements — how CfE embeds literacy and numeracy in every subject, the role of all teachers, and what this means in practice for primary teachers.
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Literacy and numeracy in CfE
- 1 Responsibility of All In Scotland's CfE, literacy, numeracy, and health & wellbeing are the 'responsibility of all' — not just specialist teachers. Every teacher in every subject is expected to develop these skills.
- 2 Literacy across learning Reading, writing, listening, and talking should be developed in all subjects — not just English. A science teacher develops reading of non-fiction; a history teacher develops argument writing; a PE teacher develops listening skills.
- 3 Numeracy across learning Numerical and mathematical skills should be developed across subjects. Data in geography; measures in DT; time in music; statistics in PE.
- 4 Literacy Es&Os The CfE Literacy Experiences and Outcomes are designed to be applied across all curriculum areas. They cover: listening and talking; reading; writing.
- 5 SNSA (Scottish National Standardised Assessments) Standardised assessments in literacy and numeracy for P1, P4, and P7 pupils. Introduced 2017. Used formatively — not high-stakes school ranking. School reports don't include SNSA data publicly.
- 6 Glow Scotland's national digital learning network — provides online resources, tools, and a secure environment for all Scottish schools. Used widely for CfE resources and planning.
Learning objective
Explain the 'responsibility of all' principle in CfE; describe how literacy and numeracy are embedded across subjects; understand SNSA and how it differs from KS1/KS2 SATs.
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