Gaelic Education

Gaelic Learner Education

We deliver Gaelic Learner Education (GLE) using the Scottish Government’s 1+2 language learning approach. This means children learn Gaelic as an additional language from Primary 1 through to the end of secondary school.

Under this approach:

  • every child learns one modern language (L2) from Primary 1 to the end of S3
  • every child is entitled to learn a second modern language (L3) from Primary 5 onwards

Gaelic can be taught as either L2 or L3.

You can read more about this policy in Language Learning in Scotland: A 1+2 Approach.

Schools providing GLE

GLE is offered in many schools in the highlands.

View schools that provide GLE

View the map of Gaelic Learner Schools

Page last modified: 27 October 2025

Gaelic Team

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