This is Falkirk Council Children’s Services’ key policy: Learning to Achieve. It aims to respond and align with the changing educational landscape. It has been created by senior leaders and staff across our service with the extensive involvement of children and young people. Learning to Achieve is designed to offer direction on how we deliver Curriculum for Excellence across Falkirk Council educational establishments. It provides the scaffolding which allows us to build on our longstanding commitment to achievement in its widest sense and continues to stand the test of time. 01 Foreword prompt regular reflection by all educators. support a collaborative ethos enabling the focused sharing of ideas and approaches. enable innovation to improve pedagogy. develop frameworks for planning for a wide range of purposes. drive quality assurance practices at all levels in education services. help to inform school and cluster improvement planning. This Learning to Achieve policy captures and communicates the entitlements of children and young people across Falkirk Council educational establishments. Its purpose is to set out how we ensure all children and young people have the best learning experiences which enables their success and progress.

	Learning to Achieve policy 2023

Scotland’s curriculum – Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) – helps our children and young people gain the knowledge, skills and attributes needed for life in the 21st century. Curriculum for Excellence places learners at the heart of education. At its centre are four fundamental capacities. These capacities reflect and recognise the lifelong nature of education and learning. The four capacities are aimed at helping children and young people to become:

• Successful learners
• Confident individuals
• Responsible citizens
• Effective contributors

As part of their learner journey, all children and young people in Scotland are entitled to experience a coherent curriculum from 3 to 18, in order that they have opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to adapt, think critically and flourish in today’s world.

Curriculum is defined as the totality of all that is planned for children and young people from early learning and childcare, through school and beyond. That totality can be planned for and experienced by learners across :

• Curriculum areas and subjects
• Interdisciplinary learning
• Ethos and life of the school
• Opportunities for personal achievement

There are eight curriculum areas:

• Expressive arts
• Health and wellbeing
• Languages (including English, Gàidhlig, Gaelic learners, modern languages and classical languages)
• Mathematics
• Religious and moral education (including Religious and moral education and Religious education in Roman Catholic schools)
• Sciences
• Social studies
• Technologies.

To find out more click the links below:

	Experience and outcomes
	Curriculum principles and practice
	Building the Curriculum