Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) is the Scottish National Curriculum which applies to all children and young people aged 3-18, wherever they are learning.  It aims to raise achievement for all, enabling children and young people to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to succeed in learning, life and work.

The Four Capacities – the curriculum aims for all children to become:

• Successful Learners
• Confident Individuals
• Responsible Citizens
• Effective Contributors

The Eight Curriculum areas are:

• Expressive Arts – including art and design, dance, drama and music
• Health and Wellbeing – mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing; PE; food and health; substance misuse; and relationships, sexual health and parenthood
• Languages – listening and talking, reading and writing in English and modern languages, plus classical languages and literacy, and Gaidhlig/Gaelic learners (where available)
• Mathematics – including analysing information, solving problems and assessing risk
• Religious and Moral Education (denominational and non-denominational) – learning about Christianity, other world religions, and developing values and beliefs
• Sciences – understanding important scientific concepts across planet Earth, forces, electricity and waves, biological systems, materials and topical science
• Social Studies – understanding people, place and society in the past and present including history, geography, modern studies and business education
• Technologies – including computing science, food, textiles, craft, design, engineering, graphics and applied technologies

Additional important themes across the curriculum are creativity, enterprise and global citizenship, which include sustainable development, international education and citizenship.