Experiences and Outcomes

Published 01/01/2017. Last updated 03/04/2023

Experiences and outcomes (often called Es&Os) are a set of clear and concise statements about children's learning and progression in each curriculum area. They are used to help plan learning and to assess progress. Es&Os are available in two formats (PDF and Microsoft Word) and in two languages - English and Gaelic.

Benchmarks have been developed to provide clarity on the national standards expected within each curriculum area at each level. They set out clear lines of progression in literacy and English and numeracy and mathematics, and across all other curriculum areas from early to fourth levels (first to fourth Levels in Modern Languages). Their purpose is to make clear what learners need to know and be able to do to progress through the levels, and to support consistency in teachers' and other practitioners' professional judgements.

Es&Os are included in the benchmark documents.

There are sets of Es&Os for the three areas that are the responsibility of all staff - literacy across learning, numeracy across learning and health and wellbeing across learning.

Experiences and outcomes (full set)
Expressive arts
Health and wellbeing
Languages
Numeracy and mathematics
Religious and moral education
Sciences
Social studies
Technologies
Health and wellbeing across learning, literacy across learning, numeracy across learning

Download the full set of experiences and outcomes

This document contains the experiences and outcomes for all curriculum areas.

By exploring the entire set of experiences and outcomes, you will be able to see the curriculum from the early years to the end of S3 as a whole.

PDF file: All experiences and outcomes (2.27 MB)

Word file: All experiences and outcomes (4.33 MB)

Expressive arts

PDF file: Expressive arts (387 KB)

Word file: Expressive arts (412 KB)

PDF file: Ealain chruthachail (274 KB)

Word file: Ealain chruthachail (922 KB)

Health and wellbeing

PDF file: Health and wellbeing (541 KB)

Word file: Health and wellbeing (664 KB)

PDF file: Slàinte agus sunnd (404 KB)

Word file: Slàinte agus sunnd (1.4 MB)

Languages

This curriculum area includes literacy and English, literacy and Gàidhlig, Gaelic (Learners), modern languages and classical languages.

Numeracy and mathematics

PDF file: Numeracy and mathematics (457 KB)

Word file: Numeracy and mathematics (506 KB)

PDF file: Àireamhachd agus matamataig (333 KB)

Word file: Àireamhachd agus matamataig (1.2 MB)

Religious and moral education/Religious education

Religious and moral education (non-denominational)

PDF file: Religious and moral education (389 KB)

Word file: Religious and moral education (473 KB)

PDF file: Eòlas creideimh agus moraltachd (281 KB)

Word file: Eòlas creideimh agus moraltachd (1.1 MB)

Religious education in Roman Catholic schools

PDF file: Religious education in Roman Catholic schools (386 KB)

Word file: Religious education in Roman Catholic schools (510 KB)

PDF file: Eòlas creideimh ann an sgoiltean Caitligeach (279 KB)

Word file: Eòlas creideimh ann an sgoiltean Caitligeach (1.1 MB)

Sciences

PDF file: Sciences (673 KB)

Word file: Sciences (605 KB)

PDF file: Saidheansan (692 KB)

Word file: Saidheansan (1.1 MB)

Social studies

PDF file: Social studies (436 KB)

Word file: Social studies (486 KB)

PDF file: Cuspairean sòisealta (374 KB)

Word file: Cuspairean sòisealta (1 MB)

Technologies

PDF file: Technologies (352 KB)

Word file: Technologies (2.3 MB)

PDF file: Teicneòl asan (420 KB)

Word file: Teicneòlasan (2.3 MB)

Responsibility of all: Health and wellbeing, literacy, numeracy across learning

PDF file: Combined Responsibility of all (515 KB)

PDF file: Health and wellbeing across learning (380 KB)

Word file Health and wellbeing across learning (521 KB)

PDF file: Slàinte agus sunnd thar ionnsachaidh: dleastanasan nan uile (233 KB)

Word file: Slàinte agus sunnd thar ionnsachaidh: dleastanasan nan uile (1.1 MB)

PDF file: Literacy across learning (364 KB)

Word file: Literacy across learning (455 KB)

PDF file: Litearrachd (304 KB)

Word file: Litearrachd (970 KB)

PDF file: Numeracy across learning (373 KB)

Word file: Numeracy across learning (463 KB)

PDF file: Àireamhachd (252 KB)

Word file: Àireamhachd (1 MB)

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Experiences and Outcomes

Published 01/01/2017. Last updated 03/04/2023

Es&Os are included in the benchmark documents.

There are sets of Es&Os for the three areas that are the responsibility of all staff - literacy across learning, numeracy across learning and health and wellbeing across learning.